[PDF.42dl] Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs

Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs

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 | #3066664 in Books |  2010-10-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.10 x1.70 x6.10l,1.70 | File type: PDF | 488 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Illuminating; enlightening|By R. Langari|While much more detailed than some would appreciate, this is a well researched and well written exposition of the political situation of the nascent islamic community in the aftermath of Muhammad's death. The book highlights the controversial decision that leads to Abu-Bakr's selection as the first Khalif and its implications. It also hi| |El-Hibri advances a rich, provocative reading of events following the death of Muhammad and the careers of the first four caliphs. (CHOICE)

This work is valuable as it emphasizes the benefits of applying a literary approach to historiographic

The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession t...

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