Index
AbÄn b. Ê¿UthmÄn
35, 242
Ê¿AbbÄsid politics
68â70
Ê¿AbbÄsid religious policies
71â74, 276â278
Ê¿AbbÄsid Revolution
76, 116, 270â275
Ê¿Abd al-AÊ¿lÄ b. Ê¿Abd al-AÊ¿lÄ
19, 49, 119, 161, 170, 230, 247
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
51â52, 228, 233, 236
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Ê¿AlÄ«
39, 274, 275n229, 276
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Ê¿Amr b. al-Ê¿Äá¹£
254â255
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Ê¿Awn
41, 85, 129, 221, 232
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Ḥanáºala
260
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. LahÄ«Ê¿a
130, 137, 160
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Maslama al-QaÊ¿nabÄ«
49, 122â123, 170
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. MuÊ¿Äwiya
259
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-MughÄ«ra
49, 111, 127, 136â137, 174, 208, 219, 274
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Sabaʾ
229, 236, see also Sabaʾiyya
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. SalÄm
157, 204n40, 296
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Salama
243
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. ShaqÄ«q al-Ê¿UqaylÄ«
85
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Ê¿Umar
233â234, 252â255, 257â258
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. ZamÊ¿a
260â261
Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Zubayr
20, 33â34, 76, 189, 228, 234, 240, 252â256, 258, 262â265, 281
Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿AzÄ«z b. Ê¿ImrÄn
129
ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ḥabīb
1n1, 3, 7, 55n43, 69, 90, 93, 96â97, 99â103, 124, 176, 199, 202â203, 207, 222, 228, 233, 256, 265
Ê¿Abd al-Malik b. MarwÄn
20, 33â34, 163, 188, 192â193, 262, 264â265, 268
Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn b. AbÄ« Bakr
252, 290
Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn b. AbzÄ
249
Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn b. Ê¿AttÄb b. AsÄ«d
239
Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn b. MahdÄ«
49, 106, 115, 149â150, 161, 210, 212, 230, 238â239, 251, 267
Ê¿Abd al-SalÄm al-YashkurÄ«
273, 281
Ê¿Abd al-WahhÄb b. Ê¿Abd al-MajÄ«d
49, 113â114, 148, 161, 210, 230
Ê¿Abd al-WÄrith b. SaÊ¿Ä«d b. DhakwÄn
42
Abraham, the Prophet
169, 198, 199n19, 291
AbÅ« l-Ê¿AbbÄs al-SaffÄḥ (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
39â40, 274â275
AbÅ« Ê¿Amr al-ShaybÄnÄ«
122, 124, 160
AbÅ« Ê¿Äá¹£im al-á¸aḥḥÄk b. Makhlad
48, 115, 161, 230
Abū Bakr b. al-ʿArabī
58, 61, 64, 225, 282
Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq
29, 79â80, 83â84, 157, 187â188, 190, 211â217, 226â228, 253, 293
AbÅ« DÄwÅ«d al-ṬayÄlisÄ«
48, 106, 114, 129, 161, 230, 238â239
AbÅ« l-DhayyÄl Zuhayr b. Hunayd
39, 118
AbÅ« GhassÄn MÄlik b. IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l
49, 122, 239, 247
Abū Ḥamza al-Azdī
37â39, 272â274, 281
Abū Ḥanīfa
41, 81, 98
AbÅ« ḤÄtim al-RÄzÄ«
51â53, 56, 110, 116, 118, 120
Abū Hurayra
180, 234, 295, 297
AbÅ« JaÊ¿far al-Manṣūr (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
40, 69, 126, 130, 189, 276
AbÅ« KhÄlid al-Baá¹£rÄ«
110, 160, 182, 218n104
AbÅ« LabÄ«d LimÄza b. ZabbÄr al-Jahá¸amÄ«
243
Abū Manṣūr al-Azharī
26
Abū Maʿshar
92, 130â131, 176
Abū Mikhnaf
10, 12, 92, 100â102, 134, 159, 176, 208, 215, 227, 238, 240, 246, 260, 268, 281
AbÅ« MÅ«sÄ al-AshÊ¿arÄ«
170, 217, 231, 246
AbÅ« Muslim al-KhurÄsÄnÄ«
40, 270, 274, 276
AbÅ« NuÊ¿aym al-Faá¸l b. Dukayn
49, 117, 133, 247
AbÅ« l-QÄsim Aḥmad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
18, 39
Abū Qutayba Salm b. Qutayba
120, 161, 230
Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī
261â262
AbÅ« l-SarÄyÄ
77, 79
AbÅ« Ê¿Ubayda b. al-JarrÄḥ
156, 208, 218â219
AbÅ« Ê¿Ubayda MaÊ¿mar b. al-MuthannÄ
89n117, 109, 116â117, 124, 128, 136â137, 160, 198, 237, 239, 247, 267
AbÅ« Wahb Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Bakr al-SahmÄ«
49, 127
AbÅ« l-YaqáºÄn
35, 50, 108, 130, 136, 152, 160â161, 230, 238â239, 260, 267, 281
Abū Zurʿa al-Dimashqī
3, 7, 90, 93, 98â103, 150, 167, 176, 221, 251, 256, 265, 285
AbÅ« ZurÊ¿a al-RÄzÄ«
51â52, 56, 118â120
Adam, the Prophet
169, 198, 290
ahl al-ḥadīth
5â6, 17, 52, 54â55, 65, 67, 78, 80â89, 100, 103, 284
ahl al-raʾy
81, 87â89
Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
17, 44, 81, 98â99, 111, 124, 127, 231, 236, 258, 260
Aḥmad b. RiyÄḥ
47, 73, 278
Aḥmad b. Sahl b. Ayyūb
32n92, 250n114
Ê¿Äʾisha bt. AbÄ« Bakr
120, 132, 201, 212, 234â235, 238, 240â244, 268, 280, 290
akhbÄr history
90â93, 139â151, 167
Alexander the Great
169, 198
Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
30, 38, 79â81, 83â85, 99, 187â189, 201, 226â227, 231, 237â249, 273â275, 289
ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī
49, 56â57
Ê¿AlÄ« al-Riá¸Ä
72, 276
al-AÊ¿mash
41, 161, 230, 235
al-AmÄ«n (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
42, 73, 189, 276â278
Ê¿AmmÄr b. YÄsir
30, 239, 241, 248â249
Ê¿Amr b. al-Ê¿Äá¹£
30â31, 155, 157, 181, 208, 246, 248
ʿAmr (or ʿUmayr) b. Jurmūz
239, 243, 245
Ê¿Amr b. SaÊ¿Ä«d b. al-Ê¿Äá¹£
265
Ê¿Amr b. TammÄm
39
al-Andalus
1, 12â13, 17â18, 21â22, 28, 37, 39, 59â61, 69, 93, 96
ʿaqīda
3, 4, 6, 80â83, 86â89, 91, 100, 103, 145, 149â150, 245, 283, 286
Ê¿ará¸
23, 27
al-Aá¹£bahÄnÄ«, AbÅ« Bakr b. al-Muqriʾ
16n7
al-Aá¹£bahÄnÄ«, AbÅ« NuÊ¿aym
60
al-Aá¹£bahÄnÄ«, AbÅ« l-Shaykh
60
aṣḥÄb al-ḥadÄ«th
see ahl al-ḥadīth
al-Ashʿarī, Abū l-Ḥasan
151
al-Ashʿarī, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad
13, 18
Ashhal b. ḤÄtim
48, 121, 129, 239, 251
al-AshnÄnÄ«, AbÅ« l-Ḥasan Aḥmad
17
al-Ashtar, MÄlik b. al-ḤÄrith
30, 232
al-Aṣmaʿī
49, 119, 124, 160, 267, 269
atbÄÊ¿ al-tÄbiÊ¿Ä«n
see Successors of the Successors
aural transmission
22â24
awÄʾil
205â206
Ê¿AwÄna b. al-Ḥakam
260
al-AwzÄÊ¿Ä«
98â99
al-AzdÄ«, Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
215
al-Azdī, Yazīd b. Muḥammad
37â42, 60, 99, 273
Baghdad
47, 69, 73â75, 77, 82, 132, 277
BakkÄr b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
19
Bakr b. SulaymÄn
48, 109â110, 125
al-BalÄdhurÄ«
10, 73, 101, 124, 162, 208â209, 211, 215, 229â230, 232, 238, 246, 251, 260, 263, 266â267, 270â271, 275, 281
Baqī b. Makhlad
1, 5â6, 11â12, 15â44, 46, 51â52, 55, 59â61, 70, 73â74, 96, 103, 167, 179, 206, 216, 219, 238, 246â247, 259, 264â265, 273, 278, 286
Basra
1, 5â7, 17, 38â39, 41, 46â47, 50, 54â55, 65, 74â80, 82â85, 105, 131â133, 135â137, 151, 159, 165, 187â189, 191, 216â217, 221, 223, 238â240, 248, 266, 281, 284
Bayhas b. Ḥabīb
116, 136
Bishr b. al-Mufaá¸á¸al
48, 85, 121, 123, 185, 238â239
al-BukhÄrÄ«
29, 45â46, 50, 52, 56â58, 65, 87, 94, 116, 131, 166, 197, 289â298
calendar systems
169, 198â199, see also HijrÄ« calendar
caliphate, theme of
221â223
Camel, Battle of
12, 75â76, 85, 161, 181â182, 237â245
Christian historiography
169
chronography
see tÄrÄ«kh
chronology
172â186, 193â194, see also tÄrÄ«kh
civil war
see fitna
Companions of the Prophet
4, 9, 31, 53, 81â82, 102, 132, 152â153, 173â174, 183â184, 213â215, 225, 228, 233â236, 238, 240â241, 244â245, 248â249, 251â256, 258â262, 279â280, 284, 286
conquests
167, 181, 200, 202, 204, 208â210, 215â221
al-á¸aḥḥÄk b. Qays
222, 264n174
Damascus
20, 39, 62â63, 132, 156, 218â219
dates, dating
12, 97, 102, 147, 166â172, 179â186, 193, 198â199, 280, 284
DÄwÅ«d b. AbÄ« Hind
130
DÄwÅ«d b. Ê¿AlÄ«
274â275
al-Dhahabī
4, 16, 43, 59, 63â64, 73, 225, 278, 282
al-Dīnawarī
93, 100, 102, 199, 207, 210, 220, 263
Egypt
21, 30â31, 59, 61â64, 130, 155, 217, 231â232, 234â235
emigration
see hijra
exhumation of Umayyad caliphs
37, 39â40, 275n229
faá¸Äʾil
167, 236, 285â287
al-Farazdaq
236, 257
al-Fasawī
3, 7, 90, 93â94, 97â103, 150, 167, 176, 202â203, 207, 221â222, 228, 285
FÄá¹ima bt. Asad
258
FÄá¹ima, the Prophetâs daughter
29, 72, 201, 227, 250
fiqh
3â6, 23, 47, 71, 80â83, 86â89, 91, 100, 103, 145, 149â150, 185, 245, 283, 286
first fitna
228, 237â249, 262
fitna
9, 83, 96, 102, 135, 167, 178, 225, 227â229, 233, 236â249, 258, 261â265, 269, 275â281, 284, 296
fourth fitna
68â69, 73, 76â78, 276â278
fuqahÄʾ
3, 5â6, 17â18, 54â55, 65, 67, 71, 80â81, 85â87, 90, 93â94, 96â97, 176, 190, 200
futūḥ
see conquests
ghulÄt
80
Ghundar, Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar
49, 106, 113, 129, 161, 230, 239, 241, 267, 292
governors
27, 75â76, 154â155, 173â174, 176, 178, 187â192, 205â208
al-HÄdÄ«, MÅ«sÄ (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
189
ḥadīth scholars, ḥadīth transmitters
3â9, 13, 17â18, 21, 47â68, 70â71, 75, 80â87, 90â106, 112, 123â125, 133â151, 158â162, 164â167, 171, 179, 183â185, 193â194, 196, 200, 210, 221, 223, 225, 236â238, 244, 247, 251, 258, 260, 266, 268, 279â287
ḥajj
see pilgrimage
al-ḤajjÄj b. YÅ«suf
75, 155, 265â269, 280
al-ḤÄkim al-NaysÄbÅ«rÄ«
16
ḤammÄd b. Salama
48, 108, 128, 202
ḤammÄd b. Zayd
41, 85
Ḥanafiyya
87â88
al-ḤÄrith b. Suwayd
243
al-Ḥarra, Battle of
155, 161, 257, 259â262, 266, 269, 280
HÄrÅ«n al-RashÄ«d (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
42, 68, 71â72, 76â77, 185, 189, 276
al-Ḥarūriyya
76, 206, 247, 272, see also KhawÄrij
al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī
32, 226n3, 234, 239, 250â251
al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī
233â234, 257, 267â268
al-Ḥasan b. Sahl
77
ḤÄtim b. Muslim
48, 127, 160, 175, 239
al-Haytham b. ʿAdī
92, 100, 176
al-ḤijÄz
252â253, 256, 259, 277
hijra
169â171, 198â200, 203
Hijrī calendar
1, 168â172, 183, 188, 198â200
HishÄm b. Ê¿Abd al-Malik
35, 39, 270
HishÄm b. ḤassÄn
41
HishÄm b. al-KalbÄ«
10, 12, 100â101, 110â111, 133â134, 136â137, 157, 160, 176, 219â220, 246, 260
HishÄm b. Qaḥdham
126
historiographical themes
8â9, 195
Ḥukaym b. Jabala al-ʿAbdī
238â240
al-Ḥusayn b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
155, 234, 253, 256â259, 264
Ibn Ê¿AbbÄs
148, 246, 260, 292, 297
Ibn Ê¿Abd al-Barr
30â31, 58, 60â61, 64, 261, 282
Ibn Ê¿Abd Rabbih
38, 60
Ibn AbÄ« ḤÄtim
52, 56
Ibn Abī Khaythama
3, 7, 58, 90, 93â94, 98â103, 167, 176, 202â203, 205, 207, 285
Ibn Abī Shayba
17, 90, 150, 167, 205, 228, 231, 233, 236â237, 243, 245, 248, 258
Ibn AbÄ« Zayd al-QayrawÄnÄ«
214n91
Ibn ʿAdī
52, 57â58, 108, 116, 130
Ibn al-ʿAdīm
35
Ibn Ê¿Ämir, Ê¿AbdallÄh
182, 191, 231
Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir
4, 11, 16â17, 21â22, 25, 27, 35â36, 43, 61â62, 64â65, 216, 225, 278, 282
Ibn al-Ashʿath
41, 76, 155, 161, 163â164, 266â270, 280
Ibn AÊ¿tham
215, 251
Ibn al-Athīr
58, 62
Ibn Ḥajar
56, 59, 63â64, 269
Ibn al-Ḥanafiyya, Muḥammad
258, 264
Ibn ḤibbÄn
57â58, 99, 109, 116, 118, 126
Ibn IsḥÄq
10, 12, 92, 105â106, 125â126, 137, 148, 152â153, 176, 179, 200, 202, 204, 207, 210, 213, 215, 217, 219, 221
Ibn Kathīr
4, 16, 63â64, 225, 282
Ibn KhallikÄn
58, 62â63
Ibn Mufarrij, AbÅ« Ê¿AbdallÄh Muḥammad
18
Ibn Muḥammad b. IsḥÄq
37, 41, 60n75, 273, 275n229
Ibn al-Nadīm
52, 55, 65, 86
Ibn QÄniÊ¿
16
Ibn Qutayba
205
Ibn Saʿd
53, 85, 94â95, 99â103, 111, 113, 119, 121, 123â124, 129, 131, 158, 160â161, 207, 228â229, 231, 233, 258, 267
Ibn Shabba
26, 217
Ibn ṬabÄá¹abÄ
77, 79
Ibn Taghrībirdī
64
IbrÄhÄ«m b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
40â41, 76, 79, 259
al-ʿIjlī
83n89, 111, 119
ijtihÄd
214, 244â245, 249, 255, 258
Ê¿ilm al-rijÄl
3, 7, 53â54, 58, 94â96, 99, 102â103, 283, 286
inquisition
see miḥna
Iraq
5â6, 72, 74â79, 81â82, 87â88, 136, 153â155, 174, 186, 189, 207, 216â217, 221, 223, 256, 265â267, 270, 272, 277
ʿĪsÄ b. MÅ«sÄ
276
Ishmael, the Prophet
169, 198â199
IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l b. Ê¿AyyÄsh
19
IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l b. IbrÄhÄ«m al-ShuÊ¿ayrÄwÄ«
112, 119, 271
IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l b. IsḥÄq
119
IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l b. SinÄn
48, 121, 128, 251
IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l b. Ê¿Ulayya
48, 106, 117, 128â129, 137, 161, 210, 230, 232
isnÄd
4n21, 26, 90â91, 93â95, 143â154, 157â165, 172
al-JÄḥiáº
38, 85â86
Jahmiyya
88â89
jamÄÊ¿Ä«
4, 89
JarÄ«r b. ḤÄzim
127
jizya
208â209, 219
judges
32â33, 71, 137, 154â155, 174, 178, 187â189, 191â192, 205, 207
jurists, jurisprudents
see fuqahÄʾ
Juwayriya b. AsmÄʾ
35, 108, 111
Kaʿb b. Sawwar
241
Kahmas b. al-MinhÄl
49, 115â116, 128, 161, 230, 239, 292
KhÄlid b. al-ḤÄrith
48, 121, 123, 161, 230
KhÄlid al-QasrÄ«
75
KhÄlid b. al-WalÄ«d
156â157, 180, 213â219
KhalÄ«fa b. KhayyÄá¹, AbÅ« Ê¿Amr
on the Ê¿AbbÄsid Revolution
270â275
on the Ê¿AbbÄsids
175, 177â178, 207, 275â278, 281
on administration
207â208
on administrative offices
154â155, 174, 176â178, 187â193, 205â208
on Ê¿Alid uprisings
36, 258â259, 281
annalistic chronology in his TÄrÄ«kh
173â174, 193
audience of his TÄrÄ«kh
7, 67, 104, 151, 171
Basra in his TÄrÄ«kh
136, 206, 216â217, 221, 223, 238, 248, 266, 281
on the Battle of the Camel
237â245
on the Battle of al-Ḥarra
259â262
on the Battle of Ṣiffīn
245â249
birth
46, 68
caliphal chronology in his TÄrÄ«kh
174â176, 193
on caliphate
221â223
on conquests
215â221
death
43n139, 46â47, 68
education
47â50
epistemology
140â151
on the first fitna
237â249
on the foundation of the Muslim community
203â204
on the fourth fitna
276â278
genealogy
45â46
on al-Ḥasanâs transfer of the caliphate
250â251
on al-Ḥusaynâs martyrdom
256â259
on Ibn al-AshÊ¿athâs revolt
266â270
introductory section in his TÄrÄ«kh
167â172
isnÄd, use of
8, 151â164
on the KhawÄrij
247, 272â274, 281
in later scholarship
59â65
on law and legal rulings
205â206
lists in his TÄrÄ«kh
94, 154â155, 174â178, 187â194
methods
139â165
and the miḥna
47, 73â74, 278
on MuÊ¿Äwiyaâs appointment of YazÄ«d
251â256
name
45â46
on non-Muslims
102, 204, 220â221, 223
on Prophets and prophethood
196â203
on the RÄshidÅ«n caliphs
9, 86, 188, 207, 223, 225â228, 251â256, 279â281, 284
reputation
55â59
on the ridda wars
210â215
on the second fitna
262â265
sources in his TÄrÄ«kh
105â138
structure of his TÄrÄ«kh
166â194
students
50â52
on succession
9, 225â228, 251â256, 276â277, 279â280
system of reference
see isnÄd
ṬabaqÄt, KitÄb al-
3, 7, 14, 16, 52â54, 57â58, 61â66, 90, 95â96, 104, 124, 143, 151, 158, 167, 178, 179â180, 183â185, 212, 286
on taxation
208â209
teachers
47â50
title of his TÄrÄ«kh
166â167
transmission of his TÄrÄ«kh
15â44
transmitter criticism
158â162
on the Umayyads
38â40, 175, 177â178, 206â207, 250â275, 280â281
on Ê¿UthmÄnâs assassination
228â237
works
52â55
KhalÄ«fa b. KhayyÄá¹, AbÅ« Hubayra
46
kharÄj
208â209
al-Khaá¹Ä«b al-BaghdÄdÄ«
46â47
KhawÄrij
76, 78â79, 89, 109, 206, 247, 259, 262, 264, 270, 272â274, 276, 281
KhayyÄá¹ b. KhalÄ«fa
46
KhurÄsÄn
72, 77, 187, 189, 192â193, 218, 266, 270, 277
khuá¹ba
34, 37â39, 267, 271â275, 281, 295
KinÄna b. Bishr al-TujÄ«bÄ«
235
kitÄba
24
Kufa
35â36, 74â76, 79â80, 82, 84, 132â136, 159, 241, 256â257, 274
al-Layth b. Saʿd
20
lecture notes
22â25
lists in Islamic historiography
94, 175â176, 190â191
local historiographical schools
135â136, 285
al-MadÄʾinÄ«
49, 92, 100â101, 106â108, 136â137, 152â153, 179, 204, 210, 213, 230, 238â241, 247â248, 260, 267, 271, 281
maghÄzÄ«-sÄ«ra
96, 150, 167, 171, 179, 196, 199â204, 285â287
al-MahdÄ« (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
42, 69, 71â72, 189, 273, 276
MÄlik b. DÄ«nÄr
184, 267
al-MÄlikÄ«, AbÅ« Bakr
60
MÄlik b. Nuwayra
213â214
al-MaʾmÅ«n (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
42, 68â69, 72â73, 76â77, 156, 189, 276â278
Manṣūr b. al-Mahdī
42, 76
maqÄtil
135, 167, 178, 259
MarwÄn b. al-Ḥakam
20, 30, 33, 38, 157, 191, 232, 239, 242, 244, 262â264, 278
MarwÄn (II) b. Muḥammad
36, 271â272
MarwÄn b. Muḥammad al-ṬÄá¹arÄ«
19
Maslama b. Ê¿Abd al-Malik
39
Maslama b. al-QÄsim al-AndalusÄ«
57
al-Masʿūdī
93, 100, 102, 208, 210, 220, 227, 251, 263
matn
90
al-MÄwardÄ«, AbÅ« GhÄlib Muḥammad
17
Maysara b. Bakr
41
Mecca
171, 200, 202, 252â253, 262â265, 272, 292
Medina
1, 132, 171, 187, 200, 203, 231, 259â262, 274, 292, 295
miḥna
43â44, 47, 70â74, 88, 117, 278
al-Mizzī
48, 50, 59
Moses, the Prophet
169, 291â292
MuÊ¿Ädh b. MuÊ¿Ädh
50, 121, 123, 129, 210
MuÊ¿Äwiya b. AbÄ« SufyÄn
21, 32â33, 38â39, 99, 156â157, 191â192, 206, 222, 227, 245â256, 258, 278, 280â281
MuÊ¿Äwiya (II) b. YazÄ«d
33
Mughalá¹Äy b. QalÄ«j
59
al-MughÄ«ra, AbÅ« Ê¿AbdallÄh
127
al-Mughīra b. Shuʿba
216n97, 250â251
muḥaddithūn
see ḥadīth scholars
al-Muhallab b. Abī Ṣufra
20, 34
Muḥammad, the Prophet
1, 8, 29, 53â54, 87, 96â99, 147â148, 152â153, 155, 170, 179â180, 187, 190, 196â204, 206â207, 214, 241, 245, 249, 253, 289â298
Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh al-Aná¹£ÄrÄ«
49, 117â118, 129, 137, 293
Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Numayr
20
Muḥammad b. Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn
22, 28
Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr
30, 235
Muḥammad b. Abī Ḥudhayfa
30â31
Muḥammad b. Ê¿Äʾidh al-DimashqÄ«
19
Muḥammad b. MuÊ¿Äwiya
49, 109, 116â117, 160, 198, 257
Muḥammad b. Sīrīn
4n21, 170, 221
Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥa b. Ê¿UbaydallÄh
239
Muḥammad b. Yūnus al-Kudaymī
57
MujÄshiÊ¿ b. MasÊ¿Å«d al-SulamÄ«
239
al-MukhtÄr al-ThaqafÄ«
33â34, 36, 259, 262, 264â265
Murjiʾa
82, 87â88, 244
Muṣʿab b. al-Zubayr
34, 264â265
MÅ«sÄ b. IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l al-TabÅ«dhakÄ«
50, 120, 128, 210
muá¹£annaf
3, 18, 90, 128
MÅ«sÄ b. Ê¿Uqba
110
Muslim b. Ê¿AqÄ«l b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
155â156, 257
Muslim b. al-ḤajjÄj
94, 99, 158, 172
Muslim b. IbrÄhÄ«m al-FarÄhÄ«dÄ«
122â123
Muslim b. Ê¿Uqba
260â261
musnad
3, 18, 52â53, 90, 94, 114, 124
MuÊ¿tamir b. SulaymÄn
50, 118, 161, 185, 230, 272
al-MuÊ¿taá¹£im (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
68â70, 77, 189, 276
al-Mutawakkil (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
42â43, 65, 68, 70, 73â74, 278
Muʿtazila
47, 72â73, 82, 86â89, 119, 151, 244, 278
NÄbigha al-JaÊ¿dÄ«
236
NÄbita
85â86
al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Muḥammad
41, 71, 76, 79, 82, 259, 276
al-NahrawÄn, Battle of
76, 182, 272
Najda b. Ê¿Ämir
264
al-NasÄʾī
20, 131
Naá¹£r b. MuzÄḥim
10, 12, 100â102, 176, 208, 237, 248
al-Nawawī
58, 62â64
al-NihÄwandÄ«, AbÅ« Ê¿AbdallÄh Aḥmad
17
Noah, the Prophet
169, 198
North Africa
17, 21, 59â60, 62, 69, 188, 218, 272
Persian history
169, 180, 197â198, 220
pilgrimage
20, 154â155, 168, 183, 190, 205, 252, 264, 276, 289â290
poetry
91, 236
pre-Islamic Arabia
169, 197â199
prophethood
169, 196â203
Prophets before Muḥammad
196â199
Qadariyya
88, 98, 116, 119, 126, 128, 271
Qaḥdham b. SulaymÄn b. DhakwÄn
108, 126
Qaḥá¹aba b. ShabÄ«b
274
al-QÄsim b. Umayya b. AbÄ« l-á¹¢alt
236
qibla
147â148, 201
qirÄʾa
23
Qudayd, Battle of
155, 186, 274
QurʾÄn
4, 18, 50â52, 72, 83, 88â89, 91, 95, 168â169, 171, 196â198, 211â212, 231, 234â235, 241, 261â262, 266, 271
Qurayb b. Murra
272
qurrÄʾ
266â268
quṣṣÄá¹£
150
RÄfiÊ¿ b. Layth
277
Raqqa
132, 238, 248
RÄshidÅ«n caliphs
4, 9, 29â32, 71, 80, 82â86, 99, 153, 180â182, 187â188, 207, 225â228, 253, 279, 281
Rawḥ b. Ê¿UbÄda
48, 122â123, 161, 230
ridda wars
210â215
rightly-guided caliphs
see RÄshidÅ«n caliphs
Sabaʾiyya
141, 229, 232, 236
á¹£aḥÄba
see Companions of the Prophet
á¹£Äḥib sunna
82, 111, 127, 260
Saʿīd b. Abī ʿArūba
41, 115â116, 128
Saʿīd b. Jubayr
267
Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib
132, 148, 170, 184, 202, 252n121, 264
samÄÊ¿
22â23, 27, 48n20, 107n4
Samarra
47, 68â69
Sayf b. Ê¿Umar
10, 92, 100â102, 134, 141, 159, 176, 206â208, 227â230, 232, 236â238, 240, 281
second fitna
20â21, 78, 262â265
Shabath b. Ribʿī
247, 272
al-ShaÊ¿bÄ«, Ê¿Ämir
215, 268â269
Shamir (or Shimr) b. Dhī l-Jawshan
258
al-ShawkÄnÄ«
241n73
Shīʿa
78â80, 89, 259
ImÄmiyya, RÄfiá¸a
80, 89
Zaydiyya
79, 89
Shīʿī historians
9, 102, 133â135, 178, 191, 215, 228, 233â234, 244â246, 259
ShuÊ¿ba b. al-ḤajjÄj
41, 108, 113, 128â129, 148, 292, 296â297
shÅ«rÄ
226, 252â253, 260, 263â264
Ṣiffīn, Battle of
76, 85, 161, 182, 237â238, 245â249
sīra
see maghÄzÄ«-sÄ«ra
al-SÄ«rÄfÄ«, AbÅ« l-Ḥasan Muḥammad
17
storytellers
see quṣṣÄá¹£
Successors
4, 53â54, 81, 132, 152â153, 173â174, 183â184, 234, 238, 251, 256, 259â260, 262, 268, 280
Successors of the Successors
153
SÅ«dÄn b. ḤumrÄn
235
SulaymÄn b. Ê¿Abd al-Malik
35, 39, 174â175
SulaymÄn b. Ḥarb
48, 122â123, 267
ṣulḥ
see treaty
Sunna
43, 73â74, 83, 119, 207, 260, 272, 278
Sunnism (early)
2, 4â5, 9, 80â87, 89, 102, 133â135, 177â178, 225â228, 233â236, 244â246, 252â255, 269â270, 279â280, 286â287
al-SuyÅ«á¹Ä«
64
Syria
20â21, 26, 58â59, 61â65, 98, 217, 246â248, 252, 259â265
Syriac historiography
92
á¹abaqÄt (genre)
3, 7, 53, 67â68, 90, 93â104, 167, 285â287
ṬabaqÄt of KhalÄ«fa b. KhayyÄá¹
see KhalÄ«fa b. KhayyÄá¹, AbÅ« Ê¿Amr
al-ṬabarÄnÄ«
16
al-Ṭabarī
10, 62, 65, 93, 100â103, 124, 134, 143, 171â172, 176, 178, 187, 193, 199, 207â208, 210â211, 214â217, 220, 227â230, 232â233, 237â238, 246, 258, 260, 263, 266â268, 270â271, 275, 277, 281
tÄbiÊ¿Å«n
see Successors
tafsīr
18, 196â197
al-ṬaḥÄwÄ«
89n115, 177n45
al-Ṭalamankī, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad
18
Ṭalḥa b. Ê¿UbaydallÄh
30, 238â245, 249, 258, 264, 289
tÄrÄ«kh (genre)
2â3, 7, 67â68, 90â93, 96â104, 166â172, 177â178, 193, 283, 285â287
TÄrÄ«kh of KhalÄ«fa b. KhayyÄá¹
see KhalÄ«fa b. KhayyÄá¹, AbÅ« Ê¿Amr
tashayyuʿ
80, 84, 117, 126, 130, 135n113
taxation
208â209
Thucydides
146
transmission formulas
8, 162â164, 284
treaty
156, 179â180, 204â205, 208â209, 217â219
al-TustarÄ«, MÅ«sÄ b. ZakariyyÄ
5, 12, 14â44, 51, 53, 59, 61, 73, 96, 103, 167, 175, 206, 216, 219, 237, 246â248, 259, 265, 267, 273, 278, 286
Ê¿UbaydallÄh b. ZiyÄd
75, 156, 241, 257
ʿUmar (II) b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
35, 38, 174â175
Ê¿Umar b. Aḥmad al-AhwÄzÄ«
14, 16n7
Ê¿Umar b. al-Khaá¹á¹Äb
29, 79â80, 83â84, 169â170, 187â188, 190, 205, 214, 226â228, 253, 292â293
Ê¿Umar b. SaÊ¿d b. MÄlik
258
Umayya b. KhÄlid
118, 129, 267
al-ʿUqaylī, Abū Jaʿfar
56
Ê¿Urwa b. al-Zubayr
152, 184, 196
Ê¿UthmÄn b. Ê¿AffÄn
29â31, 38, 79â80, 83â85, 160â163, 188, 206, 226â237, 242, 244, 253, 271, 273, 279â280, 293
Ê¿UthmÄn b. Ḥunayf
183, 238, 240
Ê¿UthmÄniyya
28, 83â85, 113, 129, 244
Wahb b. Jarīr
50, 106, 111â112, 125, 127, 238â239, 251, 255, 260â261
WakÄ«Ê¿ b. al-JarrÄḥ
50, 122â123
al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik
35, 39, 137
al-WalÄ«d b. HishÄm al-QaḥdhamÄ«
50, 108â109, 126, 129, 136, 156, 160, 174, 218
al-Walīd b. Muslim al-Dimashqī
19
al-Walīd (II) b. Yazīd
36, 38, 270â272, 278
al-WÄqidÄ«
19, 49, 92, 101, 122â124, 157, 159, 162, 176, 207, 217, 230, 232, 260
al-WaqqashÄ«, AbÅ« l-WalÄ«d HishÄm
18
WÄsiá¹
75, 132
al-WÄthiq (Ê¿AbbÄsid caliph)
47, 73, 189, 278
wijÄda
24
YaḥyÄ b. Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Bukayr
19â20
YaḥyÄ b. MaÊ¿Ä«n
42, 46, 56, 84, 98, 111, 116, 119â120, 129, 131
YaḥyÄ b. Muḥammad al-KaÊ¿bÄ«
50, 114, 129, 161, 230, 267
YaḥyÄ b. SaÊ¿Ä«d al-Qaá¹á¹Än
50, 106, 114â115, 160, 294
al-YamÄma, Battle of
186, 210â212, 216
al-Yaʿqūbī
73, 93, 100, 102, 176, 178, 187, 190â191, 193â194, 199, 207â208, 210, 215â216, 220, 227, 251, 263, 275
YÄqÅ«t al-ḤamawÄ«
62
Yazdajird b. ShahrayÄr
169, 198
YazÄ«d b. Ê¿AbdallÄh b. ZamÊ¿a
260â261
Yazīd (II) b. ʿAbd al-Malik
35
YazÄ«d b. HÄrÅ«n
50, 122â123, 161, 230
YazÄ«d b. MuÊ¿Äwiya
20, 33, 38â39, 155, 163, 222, 251â260, 262â264, 278â281
Yazīd b. al-Muhallab
76, 155
Yazīd (III) b. al-Walīd
36, 271â272, 281
Yazīd b. Zurayʿ
50, 85, 106, 112â113, 128, 148, 168, 289â290, 292â297
Yūsuf b. ʿUmar al-Thaqafī
35, 75, 108, 126, 136
ZaḥḥÄf b. Zaḥr
272
zandaqa, zanÄdiqa
71â72
Zayd b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn
35â36, 259
Zayd b. ThÄbit
234
Zaynab bt. Abī Salama
261
ZiyÄd b. AbÄ«hi
75, 155
al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm
238â245, 249, 258, 274
al-Zuhrī
132, 152â153, 179, 196, 202, 213, 216
Zuá¹á¹
77