The heirs of Muhammad
Islam's first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia split
Examines the lives of Muhammad's widows and the first four caliphs during the first fifty years following his death, tracing Islam's Sunni-Shia schism back to the conflict between his widow Aisha and his first disciple, Caliph Ali.
Overlook Press
2007
9781585678969
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