An Enslaved Scribe Saved Islam's First Constitution
Early Islamic Period

An Enslaved Scribe Saved Islam's First Constitution

The most important political document in early Islam survived because an enslaved woman in seventh-century Medina was better at keeping records than the men who wrote it.

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Early Islamic PeriodArabian PeninsulaMedinaMuhammadConstitution of MedinaPolitical GovernanceReligious PluralismTribal PoliticsWomen in HistoryJewish Arab Relations

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