Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs

Author/Contributor(s):	El-Hibri, Tayeb
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	04/24/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Tayeb El-Hibri draws on medieval Islamic chronicles to remap the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy, offering an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. He also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions.