Battlefields of the Prophet Muhammad: A Contribution to Muslim Military History - Tapa dura

"The Battlefields of the Prophet Muhammad" by Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah (1908-2002 A.D.) was researched by the author during the late 1930s, early 1940s, and again in 1964 when he traveled throughout Arabia in search of the Muslim prophet's battlefields. His book is part of the "Centre Culturel Islamique, Paris, Series No. 3" works, with a 3rd Revised Edition in 1983 and a 4th Reprinted Edition in 1992 in hardback. The hardback was printed in New Delhi, India at "Chaudhry Printers" by "Nusrat Ali Nasri for Kitab Bhavan" The author produced several, brief maps of the battlefields - --By William Garrison Jr

Excellent reading for anyone --By Fareed Muhammad

Muhammad Hamidullah (Urdu: ), (February 9, 1908 December 17, 2002) D. Phil., D. Litt., HI, was a Muhaddith, Faqih, scholar of Islamic law and an academic author with over 450 books[1] cited in WorldCat.org, the world's largest bibliographic database. A prolific writer, his extensive works on Islamic science, history and culture have been published in several languages and many thousands of articles in learned journals.[2] His scholarship is regarded by many as unparalleled in the last century. A double doctorate (D.Phil and D.Litt) and a polymath, he was fluent in 22 languages including Urdu (his mother tongue), Persian, Arabic, French, English, German, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Russian etc. He learned Thai at the age of 84.[3]Hamidullah was from the Deccan area of British India and was born in Hyderabad, capital city of then Hyderabad State, (now Hyderabad, Telangana, India), and hails from a family of scholars, the youngest amongst three brothers and five sisters. His family's roots lie in the Nawayathcommunity, his ancestors belonging to the Meccan tribe, the Bani' Hashim, some of whom migrated to India, settling first in Madras few centuries ago and were eminent scholars in their own right.[4] He earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania University. He travelled to Germany and was awarded D.Phil by Bonn University in 1932. After serving in the faculty of Bonn as a lecturer in Arabic and Urdu for a short time, he went to France and registered at Sorbonne University for his second doctorate. He was awarded D.Litt by the university after 11 months. He taught international law at Osmania University between 1936 and 1946.[5]