Mohammed and the rise of Islam

By David Samuel Margoliouth

Book Overview

At the dawn of modern oriental scholarship, one English scholar set out to reconstruct the career of Islam's founding prophet with uncompromising rigour. His story changed the world. First published in the early twentieth century, D. S. Margoliouth's Mohammed and the Rise of Islam stands as a classic Islamic history and a pioneering scholarly religious biography, tracing the life of Prophet Muhammad against the turbulent backdrop of 7th century Arabia and the early medieval Middle East. Drawing on chronicles, philology and comparative religion, Margoliouth examines the origins of Islam, the first Muslim community, and the early Muslim conquests that carried the new faith across Arabia. Both an academic history monograph and an accessible narrative, it stands as an early landmark in orientalist studies of Islam and a lucid reference for history students, whether reading independently or alongside an Islamic studies textbook. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Its enduring significance lies in its attempt to narrate Muhammad's career from the evidence available to an early twentieth-century historian, illuminating both the sources and the mindset of Western scholarship. For anyone drawn to the life of Prophet Muhammad, to debates over the origins of Islam, or to the sweep of early Islamic expansion, it is engrossing reading and a classic to own.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353607663
• ISBN13: 9789353607661
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"