“you had to be led to the oath of allegiance”: Madelung,
Succession to Muhammad, citing al-Baladhuri,
Ansab al-Ashraf (Lineage of the Nobles).Chapter 11
Ibn Washiya’s Book on Poisons: This fascinating and
immensely detailed book is translated in full in
Levey, Medieval Arabic Toxicology.
“So was your brother cooked”: Abbott, Aisha, citing
Ibn al-Athir’s thirteenth-century Al Kamil ɹ al-
Tarikh (The Complete History).