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Includes bibliographical references (p.388) and index. The succession to Muhammad: a study of the early Caliphate/Wilferd Madelung. First published 1997 Reprinted 1997, 2001, 2004 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011 -4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa © Cambridge University Press 1997 This book is in copyright. The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The succession to Muhammad A study of the early Caliphate Wilferd Madelung University of Oxford

This important and original study will make a major contribution to the scholarship of the period and rekindle the debate over the succession to Muhammad. In contrast to recent scholarly trends, Professor Madelung brings out cAll's early claim to legitimate succession, which gained support from the Shi'a, and offers a radical and convincing reinterpretation of early Islamic history after the death of Muhammad.

The outcome of the war, which marked the demise of the reign of the Early Companions, led to the establishment of dynastic despotism under the Umayyad caliphate and to the lasting schism between Sunnite and Shi'ite Islam. He pursues the history of this conflict through the reign of the four 'Rightly Guided' caliphs to its climax in the first Inter-Muslim War. In a comprehensive and original study of the early history of Islam, Wilferd Madelung describes the conflict that developed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, between his family, Hashim, and his tribe, Quraysh, for the leadership of the Muslim community.