Directory of Early Resources

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For sites about the earliest period of the history of Islam, from 570 to 660 CE; covers the life of the Prophet Muhammad, and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs. At the end of this period, Islam split into Shia, and Sunni; until today, the major divisions within the faith. This period also saw the formation of the first sect, the Kharijites.

Subcategories

• Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Companions of the Prophet
• Kharijites
• Prophet Muhammed

Resources in This Category

• Islamic History from 570 to 1000

  http://www.angelfire.com/ny/dawahpage/hist.html
  Excerpts from "A Chronolgy of Islamic History: 570-1000 CE" by H.U. Rahman, covering the period to Abu Bakr's military expedition to Syria and Palestine in 633.

• Medieval Sourcebook: Accounts of The Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/642Egypt-conq2.html
  A Coptic account from "The History of The Patriarchs of Alexandria", and an Arab account from Al-Baladhuri's "The Conquest of Alexandria".

• Medieval Sourcebook: Pact of Umar, 7th Century

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pact-umar.html
  Supposed to have been the peace accord offered by the Caliph Umar to the Christians of Syria; it formed the pattern of later management of the status of non-Muslims.

• Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims

  http://al-islam.org/restatement/
  An online book by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy presents the Shia interpretation of early Islam, from 570 to 661 CE, as a movement launched by the Prophet Muhammad, consummated with the support of his vicegerent 'Ali ibn Abi Talib.

 

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