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Teaching and Religion vs Politics and Jihad in the Sira

The Sira is Mohammed’s biography. Guillaume's translation of 'The Life of Muhammad' by Ibn Ishaq (d. 767), Islam's canonical biography of Mohammed, is the reference used for the analysis below. Mohammed was a religious leader in Mecca. Then after the hijra (migration) to Medina, and for the rest of his career, Mohammed was also a political leader and a warrior.

Sira_devoted_to_topic_final
ReferenceWord CountYearsCareer
Mecca (Part II)55,33613Teacher and Preacher
Medina (Part III)219,46910Political leader and Warrior
Ratio: 5.2 : 1

Source documents

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