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This dissertation focuses on the dissemination and use of texts originally used in royal pyramids during the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom. As late as the reign of Unas (ca. 2375-2345 BCE), the prominent priesthood at Memphis undertook the task of fixing these…

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…