{"product_id":"annals-of-the-early-caliphate-muir","title":"Annals of the Early Caliphate — Sir William Muir","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#f0ebe3;color:#8b7355;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.03em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:8px 16px;border-radius:16px;margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e📖 Delivered as a downloadable ePub file.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px 0;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1883, Sir William Muir's \u003cem\u003eAnnals of the Early Caliphate\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed history of the founding decades of Islam — from the death of the Prophet Muhammad through the election of Abu Bakr, the wars of the Ridda, the great conquests in Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Persia, and the caliphates of Umar, Uthman and Ali. It covers the Battle of the Camel, the Battle of Siffin, and the tragedy of Karbala: the very events at the root of the historical divide between Sunni and Shia Islam. Muir wrote as a nineteenth-century British Orientalist historian, drawing primarily on classical Arabic chronicles such as Tabari, Ibn al-Athir, and Baladhuri. His framing and language reflect the scholarship and attitudes of his era, and this edition is offered as a historical source for readers interested in the period, not as a neutral modern account. This edition omits the author's original footnotes, source citations, and index, which were prepared for specialist reference; the full scholarly apparatus remains available in the original 1883 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sir William Muir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e History \/ Islamic History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:26px 0 10px 0;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a25a;margin:0;padding:2px 0 2px 18px;font-style:italic;color:#3a332a;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt eventide of a summer day in the eleventh year of the Hegira, three chief 'Companions' of Mahomet might be seen issuing in haste from the Great Mosque at Medîna, where, close by in the chamber of Ayesha, his favourite wife, the Prophet of Arabia lay dead. They were Abu Bekr, Omar, and Abu Obeida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Sir William Muir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50554777567480,"sku":"EN-MUIR-ANNALS","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/annals-of-the-early-caliphate-muir-leo.jpg?v=1789843079","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/ar\/products\/annals-of-the-early-caliphate-muir","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}