One of the most significant and least analyzed aspects of the Riddah or "apostasy" which occurred in the last years of Muhammad's life and in the caliphate of Abu Bakr (632-634) is the fact that the most adamant opposition to the incipient religious-economic political system of Islam in all regions of Arabia except al-Bahrayn and 'Uman was directed by the so-called "false prophets," four of whom are known by name: al-Aswad (Yemen), Tulayhah b. Khuwaylid (B. Asad), Sajah (B. Tamim), and Musaylimah b. habib (al-Yamamah). The most significant of these "false prophets," and the one on which the most infonnation is available, ls Musaylimah. With an army of allegedly 40,000 men he crushed two Muslim armies before being overwhelmed by a third, under the Muslim general Khalid b. al-Walid. Some accounts report that even in the victorious third battle, enough Qur'an reciters were lost to cause concern over the perpetuation of the Qur'an. Both V.V. Barthold and W. Montgomery Watt have assessed Musaylimah's movement to have been the most serious threat faced by the nascent Isiamic state. With the exception of V.V. Barthold, scholars dealing with the first half of the seventh century in Arabia have neglected to examine in detail the source materials on Musaylimah's movement - its formation, its membership, its organization, and the question of why it offered such bitter resistance to incorporation in the Islamic movement even when military defeat was imminent. This study is intended to fill that gap in our knowledge as far as possible, by gathering and critically analyzing materials in the primary (and secondary) sources relevant to the study of Musaylimah. From these I hope to present an account of his movement as comprehensive and coherent as the sources will permit.

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-132).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2007. / Title from title page screen, viewed on March 11, 2008. Dissertation Committee: Paul Baker, Mohamed Nur-Awaleh (co-chairs), George Padavil, Albert Azinger. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 189-196) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--International School of Theology, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-[77]).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-78).

Thesis (M.A.)--Liberty University, 2007.

Thesis (M.A.)--International School of Theology, 1993. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-84).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-199).

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Combating Terrorism: Policy and Strategy))--Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. / Cover title. "March 2008." AD-A479 914. Includes bibliographical references. Electronic version available on the Public STINET.