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This dissertation is on the citations in early Islamic sources of documents said to have been written or dictated by the Prophet Muh[dotbelow]ammad (∼570-632 CE). These documents include contracts, grants of land, and diplomatic and personal letters. While documentary evidence f…

This dissertation examines the processes through which Beirut, a town on the periphery of the Early Islamic Empire (7th -9 th century C.E.), was integrated into a nascent Islamic landscape. Chapter 1 describes the role of Umayyad naval policies in the creation of communal and ad…