History of Islam Vol 2 of 3 by Akbar Shah Najeebabadi

Publishers Note
We are presenting before you the second volume of the book Histotyqf
Islam. This book was originally written in the Urdu language in 1922
(1343 AH) by Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi. This was the time about
25 years before the partition of Indian Subcontinent into Pakistan and
India. For the purpose of brevity, the compiler has presented the
authentic events in concise form from the famous histories of Islam
written in the Arabic and Persian languages by the grtrt Muslim
historians like Tabari, Ibn Athir, Mas'udi, Abul-Fida , Ibn Khaldun
and Suyuti, apart from getting benefited from the authentic books of
Ahadith for the compilation of the part about the biography of the
Prophet Muhammad $.
the works of the famous Muslim historians.
So, this compilation is actually the extract ot
First volume of this book was heartily greeted by the readers. Now we
are proud to present the second volume. In the first volume, star ing
with the introduction of the history as a subject, the country, peop e
and conditions of Arabia prior to the advent of Islam were iscusse ,
and an account of the life of Prophet Muhammad was presen
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including the hardships and opposition he faced while propagating
the message of Islam, and the details of migration and the P*
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it until his death. After that the description of Rightly ou
Caliphate was also discussed in its full perspective.