The "Constitution of Medina" : Muhammad's first legal document /

The "Constitution of Medina" : Muhammad's first legal document /

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Author / Creator:	Lecker, Michael, author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press 2024 ©2024
Description:	x, 227 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English Arabic
Series:	Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 23 Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 23.
Subject:	Muḥammad, -- Prophet, -- -632 -- Relations with Jews. Dustūr al-Madīnah, -- (622 C.E.) Constitutional history -- Islamic Empire -- Sources. Islam -- Relations -- Judaism -- History -- Sources. Islamic law -- History -- Sources.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13464889

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ISBN:	9783959941242 3959941242
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index.
Summary:	The 'Constitution of Medina' is probably the first legal document of Muhammad and dates back to the first year after his hijra (622 CE), or "emigration", which brought him from his hometown Mecca to the cluster of towns known as Yathrib or Medina in the Hijaz (northern Arabia) and marked the beginning of the Islamic era. Muslim historians and jurists have been familiar with this important document for centuries, and aware of its legal and theological implications for Islamic law. It was first brought to the attention of scholars in the West at the end of the 19th century by Wellhausen, who accepted it as an authentic document from the time of the Prophet. Since then, such leading orientalists as Goldziher, Gil, Serjeant, Goto, U. Rubin and J. B. Simonsen have studied various aspects of it. This monograph offers an edited translation and interpretation of the earliest and most important document from the time of Muhammad. Lecker's focus is on the Jewish tribes, the Treaty of the Mu'minun and the Treaty of the Jews..

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