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Annals of the Early Caliphate

Annals of the Early Caliphate

by Sir William Muir

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Author
Muir, William, Sir, 1819-1905
Title
Annals of the early Caliphate from the death of Mahomet to the Omeyyad and Abbaside dynasties A.H. XI-LXI (A.D. 632-680) from original sources
Original Publication
Amsterdam: Oriental Press, 1883, reprint 1968.
Credits
Fritz Ohrenschall, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject
Islamic Empire -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72386
Release Date
December 12, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ANNALS OF THE EARLY CALIPHATE
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. ELECTION OF ABU BEKR. A.H. XI. A.D. 632.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. EXPEDITION OF OSÂMA TO THE SYRIAN BORDER. A.H. XI. A.D. 632.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. MEDINA THREATENED. A.H. XI. June and July , A.H. 632.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. RETURN OF OSÂMA. EXPEDITIONS FORMED AGAINST THE APOSTATE TRIBES THROUGHOUT ARABIA. A.H. XI. Sept.—Oct. A.D. 632
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. CAMPAIGN OF KHALID AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHET TOLEIHA. A.H. XI. Nov . A.D. 632.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. STORY OF MALIK IBN NOWEIRA. A.H. XI. A.D. 632.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. BATTLE OF YEMAMA. End of A.H. XI. Beginning of 633 A.D.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE REBELS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH OF ARABIA. A.H. XI. A.D. 632–3.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. ENROLMENT OF THE BEDOUIN TRIBES FOR WAR BEYOND ARABIA.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. CAMPAIGN OF KHALID IN IRAC. A.H. XII. A.D. 633.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. CAMPAIGN IN SYRIA.—BATTLE OF WACUSA ON THE YERMUK. A.H. XIII. A.D. 634.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. EVENTS IN IRAC—MOTHANNA AND THE PERSIANS—NEED OF REINFORCEMENTS. Moharram—Jumâd, A.H. XIII. March—August, A.D. 634.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. SICKNESS AND DEATH OF ABU BEKR. Jumâd II., A.H. XIII. August, A.D. 634.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. ACCESSION OF OMAR—REINFORCEMENTS FOR IRAC—CAMPAIGN THERE UNDER ABU OBEID AND MOTHANNA. Jumâd II., A.H. XIII.—Moharram, A.H. XIV. August, A.D. 634–March, A.D. 635.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. CAMPAIGN IN SYRIA.—TAKING OF DAMASCUS.—BATTLE OF FIHL. A.H. XIV. A.D. 635.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. YEZDEGIRD SUCCEEDS TO THE THRONE OF PERSIA.—BATTLE OF CADESIYA. A.H. XIV. A.D. 635.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. EVENTS FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF CADESIYA—CAPTURE OF MEDAIN. A.H. XV., XVI. A.D. 636–7.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. BATTLE OF JALOLA—REDUCTION OF MESOPOTAMIA—KUFA AND BUSSORA FOUNDED. A.H. XVI. A.D. 637.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN SYRIA. A.H. XV. A.D. 636.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. CONQUEST OF PALESTINE. A.H. XV. A.D. 636.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. RISING IN NORTHERN SYRIA. A.H. XVII. A.D. 638.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. EXPULSION OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS FROM ARABIA. THE CIVIL LIST OF OMAR. SLAVES OF ARAB BLOOD MADE FREE. A.H. XIV., XV. A.D. 635, 636.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. FAMINE AND PLAGUE. A.H. XVIII. A.D. 639.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. CONQUEST OF EGYPT. A.H. XX. A.D. 641.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. ADVANCE ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF PERSIA—HORMUZAN TAKEN PRISONER. A.H. XVI.-XX. A.D. 637–641.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. CONQUEST OF PERSIA. A.H. XXI., XXII. A.D. 642, 643.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. THE LATER YEARS OF OMAR’S REIGN—DOMESTIC EVENTS. A.H. XVII.-XXIII. A.D. 638–644.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. DEATH OF OMAR. A.H. XXIII. A.D. 644.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. ELECTION OF OTHMAN. DZUL HIJJ, A.H. XXIII.—MOHARRAM, A.H. XXIX. NOVEMBER, A.D. 644.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. CALIPHATE OF OTHMAN. GENERAL REVIEW. A.H. XXIV.-XXXV. A.D. 645–656.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. DOMESTIC EVENTS DURING THE CALIPHATE OF OTHMAN. HIS GROWING UNPOPULARITY.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. DANGEROUS FACTION AT KUFA. GROWING DISAFFECTION. A.H. XXXII.—XXXIV. A.D. 653–655
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE OUTLOOK DARKENS. A.H. XXXIV.—XXXV. A.D. 655.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PLOT RIPENS. CONSPIRATORS ATTACK MEDINA. DEATH OF OTHMAN. A.H. XXXV. A.D. 656.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. THE ELECTION OF ALY. End of A.H. XXXV. June, A.D. 656.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. REBELLION AT BUSSORAH. A.H. XXXVI. A.D. 656.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. BATTLE OF THE CAMEL. Jumad II., A.H. XXXVI. December , A.D. 656.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. ALY TRANSFERS HIS SEAT OF GOVERNMENT TO KUFA. AFFAIRS IN EGYPT. A.H. XXXVI. A.D. 656, 657.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. BATTLE OF SIFFIN. A.H. XXXVI., XXXVII. A.D. 657.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL. THE KHAREJITES, OR THEOCRATIC FACTION, REBEL AGAINST ALY. A.H. XXXVII. A.D. 657.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. DECISION OF THE UMPIRES. A.H. XXXVII. A.D. 658.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. THE KHAREJITES, OR THEOCRATIC SEPARATISTS, DEFEATED AT NEHRWAN. A.H. XXXVII. A.D. 658.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. REVOLT OF EGYPT. A.H. XXXVIII. A.D. 658.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. THE REMAINDER OF ALY’S REIGN. A.H. XXXVIII.–XL. A.D. 658–660.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. ASSASSINATION OF ALY. A.H. XL. A.D. 661.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. HASAN SUCCEEDS ALY.—ABDICATES IN FAVOUR OF MUAVIA. A.H. XL., XLI. A.D. 661.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. SOME BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. A.H. XL.-L.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. YEZID APPOINTED HEIR APPARENT.—HEREDITARY NOMINATION BECOMES A PRECEDENT. A.H. LVI. A.D. 676.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX. YEZID AND THE TRAGEDY AT KERBALA. A.H. LXI. A.D. 680.
  54. 54.CHAPTER L. THE OMEYYAD AND ABBASSIDE DYNASTIES, AND CONCLUSION.
  55. 55.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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