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Title: Slaves on Horses : The Evolution of the Islamic Polity by Patricia Crone ISBN: 0-521-52940-9 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00

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Summary: The standard text on the emergence of Islam as an empire
Comment: It is a pity this book is out of print, because no other work so clearly describes the challenges facing the early Caliphs (Khalifa) as they were compelled to turn their divinely inspired kingdom into a very earthly empire with something approaching a regular army. The early Islamic conquests were made by the entire mass of (male) believers, organized on tribal lines, responding to the call of the Khalifa...but such a force was unreliable and as likely to kill the Caliph as defend him.. Crone analyzes the alternatives pursued as the Caliphs moved from being successors to the Prophet to Kings in their own right. Brilliantly done-

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