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"Many books have been written about the life of the Muslim founder, but none is quite like this one by the famous Glubb Pasha. Most have been scholarly tomes or popularized condensations of the tomes written by people who have done their research well. Sir John lived his research, for he was no armchair historian. Most of his adult life was spent in Arabia, and he was almost as fluent in its language as in his own.". "It would be of little help in writing about a Roman of the same period as Muhammad (around AD 600) if the writer lived in Italy today. But in the deserts of Arabia, the bedouins have survived into the twentieth century almost as they existed two thousand years ago. Thus, Glubb Pasha has been able to recreate the world of Muhammad and breathe life into the man.". "Because the Muslim religion has been a traditional enemy of Christianity, nearly all the biographies of Muhammad have been distorted. Western authors, religious or not, seem to have inherited centuries-old prejudices against the Muslims. Muslim writers, on the other hand, have responded in equally biased, indeed vitriolic, terms. In this classic, Sir John has written the life of one of the most influential fi

Author

Glubb, John Bagot Sir, Sir John Bagot Glubb, John Glubb

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780340243237

Subjects

Islam, Religion