| Description |
xvi, 415 pages : maps, genealogical tables ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: The heirs of the prophet Muhammad. London : Little, Brown, 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [396]-402) and index. |
| Contents |
Table of contents -- 1. Medina : oasis capital of the Muslim state -- 2. Ali : first disciple of the prophet -- 3. Arabian soldiers of the seventh century -- 4. Aisha and the other mothers of the faithful -- 5. Caliph Abu Bakr and the Ridda Wars -- 6. The invasion of the Holy Land and the death of the first caliph -- 7. Omar and the great victories -- 8. Uthman : third caliph of Islam -- 9. Imam Ali : the fourth caliph -- 10. Muawiya the Umayyad, Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn. |
| Summary |
[In this book, the author] recounts the lives of the handful of individuals - the first four Caliphs, the Prophet's widows and the conquering generals - who led and influenced Islam after the death of Muhammad. Within this fifty-year span of conquest and empire-building, [the author] identifies the seeds of discord and civil war that destroyed the unity of Islam and traces the roots of the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims to the rivalry of the two people who best knew and loved the Prophet: his cousin and son-in-law Ali and his wife Aisha. -Dust jacket. |
| Subject |
ʻĀʼishah, approximately 614-678.
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ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661.
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Islam -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781585678969 |
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