Fred Mcgraw Donner

Biographic Data

ID3698893
NAMEFred Mcgraw Donner
GIVEN NAMESFred Mcgraw
FAMILY NAMEDonner
SIGNATUREDONNER F M
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX2

  • Centralized Authority and Military Autonomy in the Early Islamic Conquests

    Open AccessFred Mcgraw DonnerOTHERThe Byzantine and Early Islamic…2021

    I Introduction: Some Thoughts on Centralization THE HISTORICAL works of the Islamic tradition portray the early Islamic conquests as the self-conscious and centrally managed expansion of a new state in the name of the new faith of Islam. According to this view, commitment to Islam provided the motive force underlying the conquests, and the leadership of the early Islamic community, headed by the Caliphs in Medina, coordinated virtually all aspect…

  • Narratives of Islamic Origins

    Open AccessFred Mcgraw DonnerBOOKNarratives of Islamic Origins2021

    How and why did Muslims first come to write their own history? The author argues in this work that the Islamic historical tradition arose not out of idle curiosity, or through imitation of antique models, but as a response to a variety of challenges facing the Islamic community during its first several centuries. In the first part, the author presents an overview of four approaches that have characterized scholarship on the literary sources, incl…

  • Centralized Authority and Military Autonomy in the Early Islamic Conquests

    Fred Mcgraw DonnerCHAPTERThe Byzantine and Early Islamic…2021

  • Centralized Authority and Military Autonomy in the Early Islamic Conquests

    Fred Mcgraw DonnerCHAPTERExpansion of the Early Islamic…2017

    The Historical works of the Islamic tradition portray the early Islamic conquests as the self-conscious and centrally managed expansion of a new state in the name of the new faith of Islam. Centralization means control of some process from “the centre” – in the traditional view of the Islamic conquests, control of the conquest movement by the Caliphs in Medina. A significant number of modern interpreters of the early Islamic conquests have accept…

  • The Lineaments of Islam

    Paul M Cobb, Fred Mcgraw Donner et al.BOOKThe lineaments of Islam2012

  • The Early Islamic Conquest

    Miklos Muranyi, Fred Mcgraw DonnerARTICLEDie Welt des Islams1984

  • The Early Islamic Conquests

    Ira M Lapidus, Ira M Lapıdus et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1983

  • The Bakr B. Wa'il Tribes and Politics in Northeastern Arabia on the Eve of Islam

    Fred Mcgraw DonnerARTICLEStudia Islamica1980Cited by: 2

  • Mecca's Food Supplies and Muhammad's Boycott

    Fred Mcgraw DonnerARTICLEJournal of the Economic and…1977Cited by: 3