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Book Synopsis
Through a rereading of original Arabic sources and drawing from modern scholarship on the subject, Ibrahim offers a new interpretation of the rise of Islam.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Pre-Islamic Arabia
    • The Period of Antiquity (to A.D. 300)
    • The Second Himyarite State (A.D. 300–600)
    • The Decline of Himyar
    • The Lakhmids of Hira
  • 2. The Development of Merchant Capital in Mecca
    • The Genesis
    • The Development
    • The Rise of Mecca’s Power
    • Culture as Ideology
  • 3. Merchant Capital and Mecca’s Internal Development
    • Social and Economic Differentiation
    • Factional Conflict and the Rise of the Banu Umayya
    • Consolidation of the Position of the Banu Umayya
  • 4. Merchant Capital and the Rise of Islam
    • The Institutional Environment of Islam
    • Muhammad in Mecca
    • Muhammad in Medina
    • The Winning of Mecca and Arabia
  • 5. Islamic Expansion and the Establishment of the Islamic State
    • The Consolidation of Arabia: The Ridda War
    • Syria
    • Iraq
    • Egypt
  • 6. The Emergence of the New Segment
    • Distribution of Wealth
    • The Shura and the Seeds of the Fitna
    • ʿUthman’s Caliphate
    • Growth of the Opposition
    • Open Revolt
  • 7. The Civil War and the Struggle for Power
    • The Election of ʿAli
    • The Revolt of Talha and Zubair
    • Muʿawiya’s Strategy
    • Siffin
    • The Tahkim
    • The Internal Conquest: The Return of the Traditional Segment
  • Epilogue
    • The Umayyad Caliphate
    • Islam, Capitalism, or Feudalism
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/1990
      ISBN13: 9780292741188, 978-0292741188
      ISBN10: 0292741189
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through a rereading of original Arabic sources and drawing from modern scholarship on the subject, Ibrahim offers a new interpretation of the rise of Islam.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • 1. Pre-Islamic Arabia
        • The Period of Antiquity (to A.D. 300)
        • The Second Himyarite State (A.D. 300–600)
        • The Decline of Himyar
        • The Lakhmids of Hira
      • 2. The Development of Merchant Capital in Mecca
        • The Genesis
        • The Development
        • The Rise of Mecca’s Power
        • Culture as Ideology
      • 3. Merchant Capital and Mecca’s Internal Development
        • Social and Economic Differentiation
        • Factional Conflict and the Rise of the Banu Umayya
        • Consolidation of the Position of the Banu Umayya
      • 4. Merchant Capital and the Rise of Islam
        • The Institutional Environment of Islam
        • Muhammad in Mecca
        • Muhammad in Medina
        • The Winning of Mecca and Arabia
      • 5. Islamic Expansion and the Establishment of the Islamic State
        • The Consolidation of Arabia: The Ridda War
        • Syria
        • Iraq
        • Egypt
      • 6. The Emergence of the New Segment
        • Distribution of Wealth
        • The Shura and the Seeds of the Fitna
        • ʿUthman’s Caliphate
        • Growth of the Opposition
        • Open Revolt
      • 7. The Civil War and the Struggle for Power
        • The Election of ʿAli
        • The Revolt of Talha and Zubair
        • Muʿawiya’s Strategy
        • Siffin
        • The Tahkim
        • The Internal Conquest: The Return of the Traditional Segment
      • Epilogue
        • The Umayyad Caliphate
        • Islam, Capitalism, or Feudalism
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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