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The Polymath and the New Order: How Jacob of Edessa Observed Muslim Practice in the First Islamic Century (684–708 CE)

The Chronicle of 775: When a Syriac Chronicler Wrote the Caliphs as Rome's Legitimate Successors

The Chronicle of 724: A Syriac Translation of a Umayyad-era Chronicle

The Chronicle of 705: How Syriac Christians Began to See the Caliphate as a Kingdom

The Numbers That Fit: Why Jacob of Edessa Gave Muhammad 7 Years and 'Umar 12 — A Bishop's Theological Response to 51 Years of Muslim Rule (691 CE)