The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyard Caliphate AD 661-750

Routledge
Gerald Hawting
ISBN: 0415240727
price: $85.00   hardcover

Gerald Hawtings book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new Introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field.