00899nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000230005804100080008108200200008910000220010924501370013125000120026826000280028030000290030849000380033750400160037552002980039165000160068920250821110944.0250821b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780415438926qhbk  aeng  a704.94897 bDAS  aDashtī, ʻAlī  aTwenty Three Years b: a study of the prophetic career of mohammadc/ by 'Ali Dashti ; translated from the Persian by F.R.C. Bagley.  a1st ed.  aLondonbRoutledgec2008  axviii, 228 p. c; 23 cm.  aRoutledge library editionsvvol.5  aBib and Ref  aOriginally published in 1985. Through use of the earliest sources together with psychological and sociological analysis `Ali Dashti brings out the reality of Mohammad's leadership, dispels the fog of superstition which has built up around him, and discusses problems which are rarely examined.  aBiographies