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however, there is no relevant archaeological, epigraphic, or numismatic evidence dating from the time of Muhammad, nor are there any references to him in non-Muslim sources dating from the period before 632 | Seeing Islam as others saw it: a survey and evaluation of Christian, Jewish, Robert G |
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The Prophet's Establishing a State and His Succession.
1These sources contain internal complexities, anachronisms, discrepancies, and contradictions | Ideally, one would like to be able to check such accounts against contemporary evidence |
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