TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilferd Madelung
TI  - The succession to Muḥammad: a study of the early Caliphate
SN  - 0521646960(PB)
U1  - 909.0976 
PY  - 2004///
PB  - Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press
KW  - Islamic Empire --History --622-661
N1  - Introduction 1. Abu Bakr: the successor of the Messenger of God and the caliphate of Quraysh 2. 'Umar: Commander of the Faithful, Islamic meritocracy, consultation and Arab empire 3. 'Uthman: the Viceregent of God and the reign of 'Abd Shams 4. 'Ali:
ER  -