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- ↑ Berkey, Jonathan, P. (23 December 2002). The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521588138.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Albert Hourani Book Award" . Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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