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Book Title: The Death Of A Prophet: The End Of Muhammad's Life And The B...
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 1.4in
Item Width: 6.4in
Author: Stephen J. Shoemaker Manufacturing
Publication Name: Death of a Prophet : the End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 2011
Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
