TY - BOOK AU - Rogerson,Barnaby TI - The heirs of Muhammad: Islam's first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia split SN - 1585678961 (cloth) AV - BP55 .R635 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Woodstock PB - Overlook Press KW - ʻĀʼishah, KW - ʻAlī ibn Abī Tālib, KW - Islam KW - History N1 - Originally published: The heirs of the prophet Muhammad. London : Little, Brown, 2006; Includes bibliographical references (p. [396]-402) and index; Medina : oasis capital of the Muslim state -- Ali : first disciple of the prophet -- Arabian soldiers of the seventh century -- Aisha and the other mothers of the faithful -- Caliph Abu Bakr and the Ridda Wars -- The invasion of the Holy Land and the death of the first caliph -- Omar and the great victories -- Uthman : third caliph of Islam -- Imam Ali : the fourth caliph -- Muawiya the Umayyad, Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn -- Appendix A : The political heirs of the prophet after the death of Husayn -- Appendix B : How can we know?: Aisha's legacy among the storytellers of Medina ER -