| 10 | The turn of the tide
10.1 The Battle of the Trench: a “Jewish plot”
10.2 Preparations for battle
10.3 The siege
10.4 An incident with the Jews
10.5 Sabotage of the alleged Qurayẓa-Meccan alliance
10.6 The Meccans give up
10.7 Revenge against the Qurayẓa Jews
10.8 The assassination of Sallām ibn-Abī-l-Ḥuqayq
10.9 Some conversions and expeditions
10.10 Expedition against the Muṣṭaliq and marriage to Juwayriya (n.9)
10.11 The trial of `Ā’isha
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| 11 | Muslim ascendancy assured
11.1 The attempted `umra pilgrimage
11.2 The Pledge of Good Pleasure
11.3 The treaty of al-Ḥudaybiyya
11.4 Another version of Ḥudaybiyya
11.5 Muslim exceptions to the treaty
11.6 The conquest of Khaybar and marriage to Ṣafiyya (n.10)
11.7 The conquest continues
11.8 Al-Aswad the shepherd
11.9 Conditions of surrender
11.10 Regulations about booty
11.11 Attempted poisoning and departure
11.12 Al-Ḥajjāj ibn-`Ilāṭ deceives the Meccans
11.13 The return of some Emigrants from Ethiopia
11.14 Messages to surrounding kings
11.15 Muḥammad’s `umra (March 629); marriage to Maymūna (n.13)
11.16 The raid on Mu’ta (Sept. 629)
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| 12 | The occupation of Mecca
12.1 A breach of treaty
12.2 Abū-Sufyān ibn-Ḥarb begs for reconciliation
12.3 The Muslims march on Mecca
12.4 Abū-Sufyān ibn-Ḥarb accepts Islam and surrenders Mecca
12.5 Entry into Mecca, a skirmish, judgement on apostates and poets
12.6 Cleaning up the Ka`ba
12.7 Some pardons and an end to the killings
12.8 Expeditions of Khālid ibn-al-Walīd
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| 13 | Mastery of Arabia
13.1 The Battle of Ḥunayn
13.2 An attempt on aṭ-Ṭā’if
13.3 The spoil of Ḥawāzin
13.4 Muḥammad’s second `umra (February 630)
13.5 Ka`b ibn-Zuhayr and the poets
13.6 The raid on Tabūk (October 630)
13.7 The opposition mosque
13.8 The Thaqīf Arabs submit
13.9 Abū-Bakr leads the hajj
13.10 Deputations from around Arabia
13.11 A Christian delegation from Najrān
13.12 Repudiation of rival prophets
13.13 Muḥammad’s threat to dismiss his wives
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| 14 | Departure
14.1 The farewell pilgrimage
14.2 The extent of Muḥammad’s power
14.3 Muḥammad’s final illness and death
14.4 The question of succession
14.5 The burial
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| 15 | The golden age of Islam
15.1 Abū-Bakr (632-4) & consolidation in Arabia
15.2 `Umar ibn-al-Khaṭṭāb (634-644) & expansion
15.3 `Uthmān (644-656) & dissatisfaction
15.4 `Alī (656-661) & civil war
15.5 The Umayyad period (656-750)
15.6 Islamic thought and culture under the Umayyads
15.7 The Umayyad political system
15.8 The `Abbāsids
15.9 The reigns of each caliph in this period
15.10 Characteristics of `Abbāsid rule
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| 16 | Medieval and modern times
16.1 The disintegration of the `Abbāsid empire
16.2 Shī`ite attempt to capture the Muslim world
16.3 The Crusade impact
16.4 The Mongols
16.5 The Ottoman Turks
16.6 Today
16.7 Conclusion
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| Map: | The Middle East in the 7th Century |
