Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush

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Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush is a contemporary historian and university professor based in Beirut, known for his extensive studies on Islamic political and dynastic history, including Tarikh al-Khulafa al-Rashidin: al-Futuhat wa al-Injazat al-Siyasiyya (History of the Rightly Guided Caliphs: The Conquests and Political Achievements) .

Academic Career and Historiography

Taqqush holds the academic rank of professor and has dedicated his scholarship to systematic historical research spanning various eras of Islamic civilization . In his work Tarikh al-Khulafa al-Rashidin: al-Futuhat wa al-Injazat al-Siyasiyya, published by Dar al-Nafais in 2003 (1424 AH), he addressed early Islamic governance, military conquests, administrative institutions, and internal political crises from the succession of Abu Bakr through the caliphate and assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib .

His historical studies also examine medieval and early modern Islamic dynasties. In Tarikh al-Mamalik fi Misr wa Bilad al-Sham (History of the Mamluks in Egypt and the Levant), he traced the sociopolitical evolution of the Mamluk system and the preservation of its military aristocracy under Ottoman governance . He also authored Tarikh al-Dawla al-Safawiyya fi Iran (History of the Safavid State in Iran), focusing on regional political and religious history .

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List of Works

  • Tarikh al-Khulafa al-Rashidin: al-Futuhat wa al-Injazat al-Siyasiyya (History of the Rightly Guided Caliphs: The Conquests and Political Achievements) is a historical study published in 2003 (1424 AH) by Dar al-Nafais in Beirut. The work examines the early Islamic period, focusing on the political consolidation, administrative institutions, and military campaigns undertaken during the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs as the community transitioned into an imperial state.