1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461840803321

Autore

Rodgers Russ

Titolo

The generalship of Muhammad [[electronic resource] ] : battles and campaigns of the Prophet of Allah / / Russ Rodgers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012

ISBN

0-8130-4284-4

0-8130-4310-7

0-8130-4271-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

297.6/3

Soggetti

Military history, Ancient

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Revolution -- The insurgency grows -- The road to badr -- From elation to despair -- From the mountain to the trench -- The surge -- Triumph -- The generalship of Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah.

Sommario/riassunto

There are many biographies of the Prophet, and they tend to fall into three categories: pious works that emphasize the virtues of the early Islamic community, general works for non-Muslim or non-specialist readers, and source-critical works that grapple with historiographical problems inherent in early Islamic history. In The Generalship of Muhammad, Russ Rodgers charts a new path by merging original sources with the latest in military theory to examine Muhammad's military strengths and weaknesses.  Incorporating military, political, and economic analyses, Rodgers focuses



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996397279103316

Autore

Drexel Jeremias <1581-1638.>

Titolo

The considerations of Drexelius upon eternitie [[electronic resource] /] / translated by Ralph Winterton .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Printed by the printers to the Vniversitie, 1636

Descrizione fisica

[24], 358 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

WintertonRalph <1600-1636.>

Soggetti

Eternity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of "De aeternitate considerationes".--Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Signatures: A-P¹² Q¹¹.

Added engraved t.p. with imprint: Cambridge : Printed by Tho. Buck, & Roger Daniel, [and] are to be sould by Nic. Alsop at the Angel in Popes-head alley, 1636.

Imperfect: tightly bound with slight loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014