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    Life of Mahomet

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    Life of Mohammed

    August 10, 2015
    Important because of the author, there are many better and more authoritative biographies of the Prophet. This one is significant because Irving is a significant American literary figure. Born in 1783, this particular work was started in 1826 and finally published in 1850 as part one of a larger work entitled Mahomet and His Successors. Irving is probably best known at this time for his short stories such as Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. But as evidenced here, he took a deep interest in Islamic civilization, being inspired while living for a time at the Alhambra palace in Spain. To me what is of special interest is the extent to which an American of Irving's influence and import had knowledge of Islam and made this knowledge available to his readers in English during the mid-1800s.

    Irving's account suffers from biases that seem to fit with his time and his personal temperament. He is entertaining but did not intend controversy, whi