Mohammed and the Rise of Islam : 9781616405038

This classic biography is not a religious text designed to either celebrate or denigrate Islam. It looks at Mohammed as a towering figure of culture and politics, a man who achieved the extraordinary: uniting disparate Arab tribes into a more cohesive whole. This book remains an important work for anyone wishing to understand the roots of one of the most intractable sociopolitical divides-between East and West, Muslim and Christian-still haunting the world today. Author David S. Margoliouth (1858-1940), a professor of Arabic at Oxford University, worked from primary Arabic texts and omitted "all anecdotes that are obviously or most probably fabulous," resulting in a clear-headed history of a highly contentious moment in time.

Author: David S. Margoliouth

Publisher: Cosimo Classics

Publication Date: Dec 01, 2010

Number of Pages: 564 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1616405031

ISBN-13: 9781616405038