Continuing his life of Muhammad, Muir follows Islam from the Prophet’s burial to the triumph of the Omeyyads. He narrates the election of Abu Bekr, the wars against the apostate tribes and false prophets, Khalid’s campaigns in Iraq and Syria, the battle of the Yermuk, the struggle with Persia, and the civil strife that tore the community apart, all from the Arabic chroniclers.
A detailed narrative of the first caliphs, though its judgements are those of a Victorian Christian official in India. Download the free EPUB.