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 ...

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 ...