Life of the Messenger of God
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Life of the Messenger of God is the English rendering of the title of Ibn Ishaq’s seminal early biography of the Prophet Muhammad, known in Arabic as Sirat Rasul Allah.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ibn Isḥāq | 0 |
| Life of Muhammad | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic literature
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biographer ⓘ biographical book ⓘ historian ⓘ religious biography ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Isḥāq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | oral traditions about Muhammad ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of battles
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accounts of miracles ⓘ descriptions of companions of Muhammad ⓘ genealogies of Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ reports of revelations ⓘ |
| coversEvent |
Battle of Badr
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Uhud NERFINISHED ⓘ Conquest of Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ Farewell Pilgrimage NERFINISHED ⓘ Hijra to Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Hudaybiyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ death of Muhammad ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ revelation of the Qur’an ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 8th century ⓘ |
| field | early Islamic historiography ⓘ |
| genre |
prophetic biography
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sīra ⓘ |
| hasEnglishRenderingOfTitle | Life of the Messenger of God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative prose ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Life of the Messenger of God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance | one of the earliest extended biographies of Muhammad ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ibn Hishām’s recension of the sīra
NERFINISHED
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later sīra literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | life of Muhammad ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sīrat Rasūl Allāh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | early Islamic world ⓘ |
| preservation |
partly preserved through Ibn Hishām’s redaction
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partly preserved through al-Ṭabarī’s history ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic studies
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Middle Eastern history ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly analysis of early Islamic biography ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
6th century Arabia
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7th century Arabia ⓘ |
| usesSource |
eyewitness traditions
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ḥadīth reports ⓘ |
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Life of Muhammad