Parable and politics in early Islamic history : the Rashidun caliphs

Parable and politics in early Islamic history : the Rashidun caliphs / Tayeb El-Hibri.

The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD) has been familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which lend a factual credibility to scholarly narratives, and the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Isl...

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Main Author: El-Hibri, Tayeb
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
622-661
Caliphs > Historiography.
Caliphate > Historiography.
Prophets > Islamic Empire > Historiography.
Islam and politics > Islamic Empire > Historiography.
Islamic parables > Islamic Empire > History.
Historiography > Political aspects > Islamic Empire.
Historians > Islamic Empire > History.
HISTORY > Medieval.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Historians
Historiography
Historiography > Political aspects
Islam and politics > Historiography
Islamic parables
Prophets > Historiography
Kalif
Islam.
Geschichtsschreibung.
Kalif.
Islamic Empire > History > 622-661 > Historiography.
Islamic Empire
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Abu Bakr: the moment of confirmation
  • 'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb: a saga of law and conquest
  • 'Uthman: the challenge of innovation
  • The road to civil war: issues and boundaries
  • 'Ali: in the image of the prophets
  • From caliphate to kingship: 'Umar's reign and future changes
  • Appendix 1: Abu Mikhnaf's account of the Saqifa of Banu Sa'ida
  • Appendix 2: The succession to 'Umar
  • Appendix 3: Manushihr's declaration.

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