The expansion of the early Islamic state / edited by Fred M. Donner. - Aldershot [England] : Ashgate/Variorum, 2008 - xlii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - The formation of the classical Islamic world ; 5 . Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 9780860787228 (hbk.) Subjects--Geographic Terms: Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661.