Insight into the origins and early development of Islam has become relevant not only to the specialist, but underlies a thorough understanding of debates relating to Islam and the Middle East in the contemporary period. An understanding of the sources and the historiography remains pivotal to discussions of early Islamic history. This important issue is addressed in this volume.
Insight into the origins and early development of Islam has become relevant not only to the specialist, but underlies a thorough understanding of deba...