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Umar I

Early sources for ‘Umar (I) bin al-Khattab

March 17, 2014 2 Comments

‘Umar bin al-Khattāb, or ‘Umar I, was the second caliph after Muhammad. The vast majority of sources on his life are in Arabic and date to the ninth century or later. Before that point, we have little more than scraps.

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