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of Islam, which is accompanied by one of the most complete bibliographies
one can find.
68 Maqrizi, Khitat, p. 289.
69 Ibid.
70 Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat, vol. 5, p. 298; Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, vol. 8, p.
128.
CONCLUSION: THE MEDINA DEMOCRACY
1 Mas'udi, Muruj al-dahab (Beirut: Dar al-Ma'rifa, 1982), vol. 2, p. 329;
Les prairies d'or (see ch. 2 n. 20 above), vol. 3, p. 607.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibn Khaldun, Recueils de textes (see ch. 1 n. 1 above), p. 89.
4 Ibid.
5 See Ibn Khaldun, Al-Muqaddima (Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al-'Arabi,
n.d.), pp. 217ff.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Mas'udi, Muruj, vol. 3, p. 44; Prairies d'or, vol. 3, p. 729.
9 Ibid.
10 Tabari, Tarikh al-umam wa al-muluk (Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, 1979), vol.
10, p. 15.
11 Al-Mahdi is described here as dressed in white. Above it was said that
the Abbasids dressed in black. There is, however, no contradiction.
Black was the colour of their official garments, and white is for prayer
robes for everyone, kings or humble people like you and me.
12 Tabari, Tarikh, vol. 10, p. 15.