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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-prophet-and-the-age-of-the-caliphates-the-islamic-near-east-from-the-sixth-to-the-eleventh-century.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-prophet-and-the-age-of-the-caliphates-the-islamic-near-east-from-the-sixth-to-the-eleventh-century

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-the-prophet-and-the-age-of-the-caliphate,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-prophet-and-the-age-of-the-caliphates-the-islamic-near-east-from-the-sixth-to-the-eleventh-century},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Hugh Kennedy's history is a standard narrative history of the early Islamic state, working from the documented historical record of the Rashidun caliphate and the conquests through the sixth to eleventh centuries, and this atlas cites it specifically for the conquests under Uthman and the political shape of his reign. That direct, chronologically grounded historical method, checkable against the specific events and sources it narrates, is the book's real evidentiary basis and the reason it remains a standard textbook history of the period. This record has not independently traced further scholarly disagreement with Kennedy's specific claims since this edition. Use it for established historical facts about the Rashidun caliphate and Uthman's reign; a claim about the manuscript history of the Quran compiled under Uthman needs a dedicated palaeographic source such as Deroche's study instead.

Facts

Citation

Author

Hugh Kennedy

Publisher

Routledge

Publication Year

2016

URL

https://archive.org/details/prophetageofcali0000kenn_n8u3

Source Type

academic monograph

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Hugh Kennedy's standard scholarly narrative history of the early Islamic state, used here for the Rashidun caliphate, the conquests under Uthman and the political shape of his reign.

Notes

A standard narrative history of the early Islamic state; used here for the Rashidun caliphate, the conquests under Uthman, and the political shape of his reign.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Uthman

This source names Uthman directly: "specifically for the conquests under Uthman and the political shape of his reign."

Source The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh CenturyHugh Kennedy

Claims Backed By This Source (259 claims)

This source backs 259 claims across the atlas. As facts: 160 well-attested. As cited relationships: 39 holds, 11 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 1 held Differently. Plus 47 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 82 claims: 59 well-attested, 11 connected, 12 general references.
Wars & Conflicts, 43 claims: 29 well-attested, 10 holds, 4 general references.
Open Questions, 28 claims: 24 well-attested, 4 general references.
Empires & Polities, 24 claims: 7 well-attested, 14 holds, 3 general references.
Spread Events, 22 claims: 12 well-attested, 7 holds, 3 general references.
Denominations, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 held Differently, 1 general references.
Religious Events, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Doctrines, 6 claims: 2 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 3 general references.
Figures, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 general references.
Cities, 5 claims: 5 general references.
Historical Figures, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Bodies of Water, 3 claims: 2 holds, 1 general references.
Councils and Synods, 2 claims: 2 general references.
Schools of Religious Law, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.