Muhammad at Medina (Hardcover)

by W. Montgomery Watt (Author)

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Product Description
Written as a sequel to Muhammad at Mecca, the two works together constitute a comprehensive history of the life of Muhammad and the origins of the Islamic community.

About the Author
W. Montgomery Watt is at University of Edinburgh (Emeritus).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (September 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195773071
• ISBN-13: 978-0195773071
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,650,215 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, accurate, objective, September 23, 2005

By	Hussain Abdul-Hussain (Washington,DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Muhammed at Medina is a remarkable volume that covers the second part of the life of the prophet of Islam and the early days of his young nation after 622 CE, the year of Hijra when Muhammed left Mecca to Medina which also marks the first year of the Muslim calander. With much skill and ability to retrodict events and put them in their historical context, Watt offers this book as one of the most authentic works on the subject.
The volume is an academic work and might not appeal to all kinds of readers save for academics and those who are very interested in the subject. Watt employs the modern methodology in classifying, crediting and discrediting almost all of the primary sources of the time. Watt then objectively treats these sources and draws conclusions that a reader can rarely find in other places.
His gifted style helped a great deal in making a lengthy volume full of details entertaining for the reader and rather catchy. Those who are interested in reading about the whole story of Muhammed and his mission should also buy Watt's first volume, Mohammed at Mecca, which covers his pre Hijra years between his birth in 570 and his immigration to Medina in 622.
Too bad the book is out-of-print. Publishers should consider marketing a second edition since it would certainly deserve the attention and interest of many scholars and readers today.