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The First Dynasty of Islam

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Mark Rossiter

This history by G R Hawting (School of Oriental and African Studies, London) of the Umayyad Dynasty, who seized power in 661 after Ali, the last of the Rashidun (“rightly-guided” caliphs, the immediate successors to the Prophet), was murdered, and … Continue reading →

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