Muhammad at Medina (1956 Watt), book

Muhammad at Medina (1956) is a book by William Montgomery Watt.

Abstract

"Muhammad at Medina was written by W. Montgomery Watt as a sequel to his Muhammad at Mecca and the two works together constitute a comprehensive history of the Life of Muhammad and the origins of the Islamic Community. The author has examined a vast mass of scholarly discussion and in this pioneering work he has attempted to answer many questions that have hardly been raised in the past. He has endeavored to write so as to be easily understood by the historian who has no knowledge of Arabic."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Oxford, England: Clarendon, 1956.

Table of contents

The provocation of Quraysh --- The failure of the Meccan ripost --- The winning of the Meccans --- The unifying of the Arabs --- The internal politics of Medina --- Muḥammad and the Jews --- The character of the Islamic state --- The reform of the social structure --- The new religion --- The man and his greatness --- Excursus