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Muslims, Jews, and Pagans: Studies on Early Islamic Medina

By Michael Lecker

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
1995
ISBN
9004102477, 9789004102477
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10783946 bytes)
Series
Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts, V. 13
Pages
180\99
Topic
Religion
Time added
2016-05-19 17:34:40
Islam Islamic Studies Religion Islamic Theology Th

Description

This text examines the available source material on the `Uliya area south of Medina on the eve of Islam and at the time of the Prophet Muhammad. It provides some of the necessary background for the study of the Prophet's history by utilizing, in addition to the Prophet's biographies, various texts about the history, geography and inhabitants of this area. The topics include the landscape, notably the fortifications, the delayed conversion to Islam of parts of the Aws tribe, the Quba' village and the incident of Masjid al-Dirar in 9 A.H. The three appendices deal with historical apologetics, pointing to the social context in which the Prophet's biography emerged during the first Islamic century.

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