Washington irvings life of muhammad pdf
His Life of Muhammad was the first unbiased and sympathetic biography of the Prophet of Islam to appear in the United States ().
Life Of Mahomet Book Source: Digital Library of India Item : Washington Irving ioned: TZ..
Mahomet and His Successors
Mahomet and His Successors is a book written by American author Washington Irving, and published in 1850 and a follow-up to his previous book Life of Mahomet.
Summary
This is a history of the life of Muhammad, and a number of persons who followed him.
Composition and publication history
Irving began writing notes for a book on Muhammed as early as 1827 while working on his biography of Christopher Columbus.[1] He completed his first chapters of the book while simultaneously working on his Tales of the Alhambra.
Life Of Mahomet.He offered Life of Mahomet to Murray in England for 500 guineas.[2] In a letter to his John Murray, dated October 8, 1827, Irving noted: "In our conversation you will recollect it was agreed that I should receive 500 Gs.
For the Legendary life of Mahomet... I will thank you to have the work put to press as soon as possible".[3] It was not published.
After returning to the United States from seve