Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Amir al-Mu'minin Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 2

The second volume of Dr 'Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi's biography of 'Ali b. Abi Talib (Maktabat al-Iman, Mansura), covering the fitna after 'Uthman's killing, the battles of the Camel and Siffin, the arbitration, the Khawarij and Nahrawan, and 'Ali's last days and death. The author writes from a Sunni perspective, relying primarily on al-Tabari, Ibn Kathir and al-Dhahabi, answers what he sees as bias in Shi'i and orientalist accounts, and rules on each isnad's weakness or soundness in place.