Edited from a sole surviving manuscript, the Arabic text offers numerous improved readings over those of previous editions, including detailed notes on the texts transmission and variants as found in later works. This fascinating foundational seminal work contains stories handed down by Mamar to his most prominent pupil, Abd al-Razzaq of Sanaa, relating Muhammads early life and prophetic career as well as the adventures and tribulations of his earliest followers during their conquest of the Near East. Its primary author, Mamar ibn Rashid (714-770 AD/96-153 AH), was a prominent scholar from Basra in southern Iraq who was revered for his learning in prophetic traditions, Islamic law, and the interpretation of the Quran. The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muhammad to survive into the modern era.
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