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ALI AND MUAWIYA IN EARLY ARABIC TRADITION Studies on the Genesis and Growth of
ISLAMIC HISTORICAL WRITING until the End af the Ninth Century
By
ERLING LADEWIG PETERSEN
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aA OG Jes Carer Oy MUNKSGAARD COPENHAGEN 1964
Denne afhandling er af det filosofiske fakultet ved Kgbenhavns universitet antaget til offentligt at forsvares for den filosofiske doktorgrad. Keobenhavn, den 17. februar 1964
C. J. Becker h.a.dec.
© Munksgaard Copenhagen, Denmark 1964 _ Translated by
P. LAMPE CHRISTENSEN
PRINTED IN DENMARK BY
AARHUUS STIFTSBOGTRYKKERIE A-S 448.64
Preface The first civil war 656-61 and the party antagonisms emerging from it have proved to be of crucial importance to the development of Islam. No wonder, then, that subsequent interpretations of the