Books
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God's caliph | Patricia Crone | "This new study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned … | OL4648052W |
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Meccan trade and the rise of Islam | Patricia Crone | "Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam, the supposition that Mecca was a trading center thriving on the export of aromat… | OL4648060W |