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color=black>he Ṣ
face="Calibri Baltic" color=black>aḥ
face="Segoe UI" color=black>īfa of Medina is preserved thanks to two 9th century historiographers: Ibn Hishām and Abū
color=black>‘Ubayd. It clearly illustrates, through variants present in both the text and it
face=Calibri color=black>s chain of transmission, the challenges posed by sources that reach us by way of oral tradition. The present investigates its nuances, as adding greater clarity to the social and political context of this challenging and important text.