What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us. Muhammad al-Muwaylihi

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      WHAT ʿĪSĀ IBN HISHĀM TOLD US

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      LETTER FROM THE GENERAL EDITOR

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      ABOUT THIS PAPERBACK

      This paperback edition differs in a few respects from its dual-language hardcover predecessor. Because of the compact trim size the pagination has changed, but paragraph numbering has been retained to facilitate cross-referencing with the hardcover. Material that referred to the Arabic edition has been updated to reflect the English-only format, and other material has been corrected and updated where appropriate. For information about the Arabic edition on which this English translation is based and about how the LAL Arabic text was established, readers are referred to the hardcover.

      WHAT ʿĪSĀ IBN HISHĀM TOLD US

      OR

      A PERIOD OF TIME

      BY

      MUḤAMMAD AL-MUWAYLIḤĪ

      TRANSLATED BY

      ROGER ALLEN

      FOREWORD BY

      MARIA GOLIA

      VOLUME EDITOR

      PHILIP F. KENNEDY

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Muwayliḥī, Muḥammad author. | Allen, Roger, 1942– translator. | Kennedy, Philip F. editor. | Muwayliḥī, Muḥammad. Ḥadīth ʻIsā ibn Hishām. English. | Muwayliḥī, Muḥammad. Ḥadīth ʻIsā ibn Hishām.

      Title: What 'Isa ibn Hisham told us or, A period of time / Muḥammad al- Muwayliḥī ; translated by Roger Allen ; foreword by Maria Golia ; volume editor, Philip F. Kennedy.

      Other titles: Period of time

      Description: New York : New York University, 2018. | Series: The library of Arabic literature | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017046583 (print) | LCCN 2017045494 (ebook) | ISBN 9781479840915 (paperback) | ISBN 9781479836710 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781479820993 (Ebook)

      Classification: LCC PJ7850.U9 H313 2018 (ebook) | LCC PJ7850.U9 (print) | DDC 892.7/35—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017046583

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      CONTENTS

       Letter from the General Editor

       About this Paperback

       Foreword

       Introduction

       Note on the Translation

       Notes to the Introduction

       WHAT ʿĪSĀ IBN HISHĀM TOLD US

       Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 21, September 8, 1898

       Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 23, September 22, 1898

       Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 24, September 29, 1898

       Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 30, November 10, 1898

       Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 31, November 17, 1898

       Miṣbāḥ al-sharq