Studies in Early Islamic History (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, No. 4)
"Martin Hinds was one of the finest scholars of this generation. His death in 1988, at age 47, ended his career prematurely. He published only eight journal articles, which are collected in this volume along with one article fromThe Encyclopedia of Islam,second edition. ... Hinds was very much a historian who tried to understand human events and their causes, but he was also a superb Arabist, completely fluent in the literary and spoken versions of the language. ... The original pagination of each article is provided in the margin. The physical production of the book is satisfying to the eye and hand: Darwin Press is to be congratulated and thanked, as are the editors. An introduction by G.R. Hawting summarizes Hinds' career and publications, including a couple of paragraphs on each article in this book. Hinds' articles are essential reading for any specialist in early Islamic history." --Journal of the American Oriental Society