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Features of the Pre-Conquest Muslim Army in the Time of Muḥammad

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Abstract

THE PERIOD OF pre-conquest Muslim warfare spanned only eleven years, i.e. the time of the Prophet’s stay in Medina and the so-called apostasy (ridda) wars (A.D. 622-33). But it was during this short period that the framework for the subsequent Arab conquests was established. In their attempts to account for this expansion, western scholars generally accept the thesis that in the seventh century, both the Byzantine and the Sasanian empires were declining due to constant wars against each other, and their respective internal difficulties. The Arab conquests were made possible by the opponents’ weaknesses rather than by the power of
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East
EditorsAveril Cameron
Place of PublicationPrinceton, NJ
PublisherDarwin Press
Pages299-336
Volume3
ISBN (Electronic) 9783959940894
ISBN (Print)3959940882
StatePublished - 1996

Publication series

Name Studies in late antiquity and early Islam
Volume3

Bibliographical note

Published as an ebook in 2021 by Gerlach Press in Berlin. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1b9f5rq.12

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