Introduction

Here are the books Dr Jaan Islam mentioned:

https://www.muslim-library.com/dl/books/English_The_History_of_the_Khalifahs.pdf

https://kitaabun.com/shopping3/full-history-tabari-tarikh-rasul-muluk-p-71.html

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Dr Jaan Islam completed his PhD on Islamic political thought at the University of Edinburgh, and has researched and taught at the University of Oxford and King’s College, London. He writes on Islamic history, political philosophy and decolonial theory.