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The Study of the Early Caliphate
THE STUDY OF THE EARLY CALIPHATE
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Wilfred, M., 1998. The Succession of Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Introduction
Wilfred Madelung retired from Oxford as the professor of Arabic in the year 1998. He is at present the senior researcher with the Institute of Islamic Studies. During his endeavor to pursue research, he has published many books. These books include; Religious Schools and Sects in Mediaeval Islam (London, 1985), Religious Trends in Early Islamic Iran (Albany, NY, 1988), Religious and Ethnic Movements in Mediaeval Islam (Hampshire, 1992), The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate (Cambridge, 1997), and with Paul E. Walker and Ismailia Heresiography (Leiden, 1998). He has also published The Encyclopaedia of Islam and is also a consulting editor for journals.
Target audience
The author aims to communicate with a broad scope of the audience including ostensible aliens, traditional general readers, and Islamic specialists. The scholar provides much insight to the research by creating a vast account of reference for his work which goes back to the contention after the death of the prophet. To satisfy this objective, the author developed a wide-reaching book that is provocative and stimulating triggering multiple questions and insight from the audience.
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