Eighth to the Sixteenth Century - Rashid Islamic Center

Preface • xvFor these and other reasons we seldom find the use of “I” in Islamicscholarly tradition, and this book follows precedent.For reasons of simplicity, only one system of dates is used. Unlessspecified, all dates refer to Common Era. Dates of birth or death arementioned when a person’s name first appears in the text; “ca.” isused to indicate approximate date.z