| Description |
xiii, 252 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The stage is set --- Arabia and the Arabs --- The preparing of the Prophet --- The messenger --- The message --- Persecution; immigrants and helpers --- The Prophet at war --- Islam perfected --- The person of the Prophet --- The first Caliphs --- Civil war --- The law and the prophet --- Reason and belief; dissenting views --- The Sufi dimension --- A thousand years of constancy --- Reform --- Revolution --- The coming majority religion? |
| Analysis |
Islam |
| Notes |
Includes glossary |
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Originally published: London : Ithaca, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index |
| Subject |
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.
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Islam -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Islamic countries -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104955
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| ISBN |
086372194X |
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185964046X |
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9780863721946 |
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9781859640463 |
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