Evidence Library

A growing, cross-referenced library of primary sources — every entry links out to the topics, periods, people, and scholarship it bears on.

Qur'an

Manuscripts, textual history, and codicology of the Qur'anic text.

Transmission, compilation, and critical study of hadith literature.

Surviving early manuscripts of the Qurʾān and other texts.

Architecture, inscriptions, and historical context of the Dome of the Rock.

Numismatic evidence from the early Islamic period.

Early Islamic-era papyrus documents and administrative records.

Archaeological findings relevant to early Islamic history.

Early mosque architecture and epigraphy.

Discussion and summary of key peer-reviewed scholarship.

Notable books and monographs in the field, discussed and contextualized.

Timelines and dating evidence for early Islamic history.

Historical geography of the early Islamic world.

Non-Muslim and Muslim primary sources from the early period.