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Mar 2021
28m 10s

Episode 17: The end of an era

ZAYD
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The first four leaders of the umma were collectively bestowed with the honorific "the rightly guided caliphs". They were all close companions of the prophet, and their reign was succeeded by the beginnings of imperial rule. Taking the time to appreciate this disconnect is vital and we'll spend this episode surveying the impact it had on our classical Arab so ... Show More
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