Encyclopedia of Islam

Further reading: Ainslie Embree, “Kashmir: Has 

Religion a Role in Making Peace?” In Faith-Based 

Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik, edited by Douglas 

Johnston, 33–75 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 

2003): Mohammad Ishaq Khan, “The Impact of Islam 

on Kashmir in the Sultanate Period.” In India’s Islamic 

Traditions, 711–1750, edited by Richard M. Eaton, 

342–362 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003); Raju 

G. C. Thomas, Perspectives on Kashmir (Boulder, Colo.: 

Westview Press, 1992).

Kazakhstan

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Khadija bint Khuwaylid ibn Asad

   

(ca. 555–619)  prosperous merchant and first wife of 

Muhammad, she was the first to accept Islam

A wealthy Meccan merchant of the q

Uraysh

 tribe, 

Khadija owned a large caravan that traded goods 

in s

yria

. Around the year 595 she hired m

Uham

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