كِتَابُ ٱلمَغَازِي
لأَبِي عُرْوَةَ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رَاشِد البَصْرِيّ
في رِوَايَةِ
أبِي بَكْرٍ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ بْنِ هَمَام الصَّنْعَانِيّ عنه
The Expeditions
An Early Biography of Muḥammad
by
Maʿmar ibn Rāshid
according to the recension of
ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Ṣanʿānī
Edited and translated by
Sean W. Anthony
Foreword by
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York and London
Table of Contents
Letter from the General Editor
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Note on the Text
Timeline
Arabia and the Near East in the 7th Century
Mecca and Medina During the Lifetime of the Prophet
Notes to the Frontmatter
The Digging of the Well of Zamzam
The Combatants Whom the Prophet Took Captive at Badr
The Incident Involving the Hudhayl Tribe at al-Rajīʿ
The Incident Concerning the Clan of al-Naḍīr
The Incident Involving the United Clans and the Qurayẓah Clan
Those Who Emigrated to Abyssinia
The Story of the Three Who Remained Behind
Those Who Failed to Accompany the Prophet on the Tabūk Expedition
The Story of the Aws and the Khazraj
The Story of the People of the Pit
The Story of the Companions of the Cave
The Construction of the Temple of Jerusalem
The Beginning of the Messenger of God’s Illness
The Oath of Fealty to Abū Bakr at the Portico of the Sāʿidah Clan
What ʿUmar Said about the Members of the Shura
Abū Bakr’s Designation of ʿUmar as His Successor
The Oath of Fealty Pledged to Abū Bakr
The Expedition of Dhāt al-Salāsil and the Story of ʿAlī and Muʿāwiyah.
The Story of al-Ḥajjāj ibn ʿIlāṭ
The Dispute between ʿAlī and al-ʿAbbās
The Story of Abū Luʾluʾah, ʿUmar’s Assassin
The Expeditions to al-Qādisiyyah and Elsewhere
Notes
Glossary of Names, Places, and Terms
Genealogical Table of the Quraysh of Mecca
Bibliography
Further Reading
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
About this E-book
About the Editor-Translator
Library of Arabic Literature
Editorial Board
General Editor
Philip F. Kennedy, New York University
Executive Editors
James E. Montgomery, University of Cambridge
Shawkat M. Toorawa, Cornell University
Editors
Julia Bray, University of Oxford
Michael Cooperson, University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania
Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago
Devin J. Stewart, Emory University
Managing Editor