History of al-Tabari, 008: The Victory of Islam

Description

This volume covers the history of the Muslim community and the biography of the Prophet in the middle Medinan years. It beings with the unsuccessful last Meccan attack on Medina, known as the Battle of the Trench. It records the victory over Mecca, the conversion to Islam of the Meccan oligarchy and the community’s successful weathering of a number of events in the life of the Prophet.