After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

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The first line of attack in this campaign was poetry. ^ref-45180

His personal physician, Ibn Uthal, a Christian and a noted alchemist, was an expert on poisons, as was his successor, Abu al-Hakam, also a Christian. Their records no longer exist, but Ibn Washiya’s Book on Poisons, written in ninth-century Baghdad as a guide for his son, has survived. ^ref-53577

The Sunnis, in effect, would honor history as it had taken shape; the Shia would honor it as they believe it should have taken shape, and as they maintain it indeed did in a realm other than the worldly one. ^ref-9602

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• Author: Lesley Hazleton
• ASIN: B002NXOR6A
• Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NXOR6A
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