Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Succession to Muhammad (book)


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The result was Keep. czar ⨹   14:48, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

The Succession to Muhammad (book)

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 Delete: The book exists but does not seem to be notable. The article itself has no sources and quotes selectively from one page to support an unknown claim. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 03:38, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. This needs heavy cleaning from someone who has read the book (I have not), but it does appear to be very notable within this particular field of study. I found several reviews for the work and I've found multiple mentions in various academic texts that either use it as a reference and/or refer to it as particularly noteworthy or groundbreaking in its field. Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:10, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I've asked for help from WP:ISLAM. Hopefully someone there is familiar with the work and can flesh it out. In any case, that one of the books I've placed on the article is from 2013 and gives two whole pages of discussion to the work does say a lot about its longevity. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:14, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Tokyogirl79, thank you kindly for revealing evidence of notability that I had not found. You've really improved the article too. Regards, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 05:32, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem- finding sources for academic textbooks can sometimes be fairly well hidden when it comes to searching, so I can see where your initial concern came from. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:35, 30 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep JSTOR lists reviews:
 * Review by: Michael G. Morony, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 59, No. 2 (Apr., 2000), pp. 153-156
 * Keith Lewinstein, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2001), pp. 326-327
 * Elton L. Daniel, Middle East Journal, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Summer, 1998), pp. 471-472
 * Hugh Kennedy, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Apr., 1998), pp. 88-89
 * Ingrid Mattson, The Journal of Religion, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 321-322
 * Andrew J. Newman, Iranian Studies, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Summer, 1999), pp. 403-405
 * Claude Gilliot, Studia Islamica, No. 86 (1997), pp. 176-177
 * Constant Hamès, Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 43e Année, No. 104 (Oct. - Dec., 1998), pp. 107-109
 * - and other references, which is enough

Johnbod (talk) 16:43, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
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