This book will make a major scholarly contribution to the debate over succession. "The Succession of Muhammad is not a work for the faint of heart....it is a compelling reassessment of the Rashidun ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, fought in 636 AD in what is now Iraq, was a crucial victory for Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate over the Sasanian Empire of ancient Persia. This battle ...

He is the author of Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs (2010) and Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate ...

The battle was a decisive victory for the Rashidun Caliphate, leading to a swift expansion of Islamic rule across the Middle East, Africa, and even parts of Europe. Yet, despite its monumental ...

Non-Muslims were banned from entering and living in the region’s Rashidun Caliphate, the empire that immediately succeeded ...

Dune” is a movie where things happen.  For a Western audience generally unfamiliar with the culture of the Near East—from Libya to Afghanistan, and from Turkey to Yemen—the world of “Dune” feels ...