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Throughout this book, I have used ɹrst names for major

ɹgures rather than full names, in order to avoid the

“Russian novel eʃect,” where English readers suʃer the

confusion of multiple unfamiliar names. Thus, for

instance, I have used Ali instead of Ali ibn Abu Talib,

Aisha instead of Aisha bint Abu Bakr, Omar instead of

Omar ibn al-Khattab, and so on. I have used fuller names

only where there is a risk of confusion; thus, the son of

the ɹrst Caliph, Abu Bakr, is referred to as Muhammad

Abu Bakr, itself abbreviated from Muhammad ibn Abu

Bakr.

I have used the spelling “Quran” instead of the more

familiar English rendering “Koran” for the sake of both

accuracy and consistency, and in order to respect the

diʃerence between the Arabic letters qaf and kaf.

Otherwise, wherever possible, I have used more familiar

English spellings for the names of major ɹgures

(Othman, for instance, instead of Uthman or Uttman,and Omar instead of Umar) and have purposely omitted

diacritical marks, using Shia rather than Shi’a, Ibn Saad

instead of Ibn Sa’d, Muawiya instead of Mu’awiya, Quran instead of Qur'an.

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