The Succession To Muhammad: A Study Of The Early Caliphate

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In a convincing reinterpretation of early Islamic history, Wilferd Madelung examines the conflict that developed after the death of Muhammad for control of the Muslim community

• The Succession To Muhammad: A Study Of The Early Caliphate available on February 20 2017 from Indigo for 47.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521646963 ξ4 registered February 20 2017
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521646963 ξ1 registered April 03 2012
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521646963 ξ3 registered February 05 2015
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521646963 ξ2 registered April 03 2012
  
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He demonstrates how this conflict, which marked the demise of the first four caliphs, resulted in the lasting schism between Sunnite and Shi''ite Islam. In contrast to recent scholarly trends, the author takes up the Shi''i cause, arguing in defense of the succession of ''Ali. This book will make a major scholarly contribution to the debate over succession.

^ Wilferd Madelung (1998). The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521646963 (revised Sep 2015)
^ Wilferd Madelung (1997). 9780521646963, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521646963 (revised Nov 2012)
^ Wilferd MadelungThe Succession to Muhammad : A Study of the Early Caliphate by Wilferd Madelung (1998, Paperback) ISBN 9780521646963 (revised Feb 2015)
^ The Succession To Muhammad: A Study Of The Early Caliphate Indigo. ISBN 9780521646963 (revised Feb 2017)