| Book | Type/scope | Illustr. inside | Cover art | In Bennett |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watt, WM (1961). Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman. OUP. p. 250. | historical & religious bio. | two maps | mihrab[1] | section[2] |
Guillaume, A (1955[3]). The life of Muhammad: a translation of Isḥāq's Sīrat rasūl Allāh. OUP. p. 813. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); ref stripmarker in |year= at position 5 (help) |
Ibn Ishaq#Biography of Muhammad | none | blob (the sun?) | extensively[4] |
| Peters, FE (1994). Muhammad and the origins of Islam. SUNY Press. p. 334. | secular biography | none | square Kufic (tawhid?) | citations[5] |
Maxime Rodinson (1961[6]). Muhammad: prophet of Islam. various. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); ref stripmarker in |year= at position 5 (help) |
Marxist biography[7] | two maps | mosque inscription[8] | citations[9] |
| Bennett, C (1998). In Search of Muhammad. Continuum; Cassell. p. 276. | survey of bio. works[10] | none | Mi'raj painting (veiled) | — |
Khan, AW (2002). The Life of Prophet Muhammad. IIPH. p. 60. {{cite book}}: External link in |
bio. w/ religious tone & focus | none | Arabic calligraphy | no |
Footnotes edit
- ^ from the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (said on the back cover)
- ^ Also described as among the "standard biographies" by Bennett on p.1 and similarly "standard biography of Muhammad" in Wilferd Madelung's The Succession to Muhammad, p. 5
- ^ 7th reprint in 2004
- ^ used as standard translation and abbreviated as I.I; also Guillaume's notes on various issues are cited, e.g. was it permitted to record Muhammad's daily activities, etc.
- ^ for Peters' evaluation of primary biographical sources for Muhammad's life, his opinions on various events in Muhammad's life, especially early ones.
- ^ Many reprints, translations, and 2 or 3 editions
- ^ still considered among the "standard biographies" by Bennett, p. 1
- ^ this is for the 2002 English edition, others may vary
- ^ especially on the historicity of various events
- ^ Bennett does emit his own opinions, but a large portion of the books is relating other biographers' approaches to Muhammad
- ^ IIPS publishes a lot of booklets like that. Some of them are even shorter, e.g. just 35pp. They are rather obviously intended for religious consumption; PBUH everywhere.