The heirs of Muhammad: Islam's first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia split/ Barnaby Rogerson.

Originally published: The heirs of the prophet Muhammad. London : Little, Brown, 2006.

1. Medina : oasis capital of the Muslim state -- 2. Ali : first disciple of the prophet -- 3. Arabian soldiers of the seventh century -- 4. Aisha and the other mothers of the faithful -- 5. Caliph Abu Bakr and the Ridda wars -- 6. The invasion of the Holy Land and the death of the first caliph -- 7. Omar and the great victories -- 8. Uthman : third caliph of Islam -- 9. Imam Ali : the fourth caliph -- 10. Muawiya the Umayyad, Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn -- App. A. The political heirs of the prophet after the death of Husayn -- App. B. How can we know? : Aisha's legacy among the storytellers of Medina -- Key dates in political and military history for the fifty years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, 632-83 -- Key characters in the life of the Prophet Muhammad -- Family trees of the Prophet Muhammad and the caliphs.