1994/11/01 by Michael Lecker · 83 citations
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paper · doi:10.1017/s1356186300005964
published in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 4(3), 333-356 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 1994/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Evidence about the ridda of Kinda is as mottled as it is for other events which Islamic historiography includes under the title of ridda . Tendentious writing and apologetics, contradictions and a complete lack of dates make the historian's task very hard indeed. Yet there is much that can be established (with varying degrees of probability) about those sanguinary events. Since no meaningful study of the short though eventful period of the ridda alone is possible, several related topics are also discussed below.