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Acknowledgements:

I am extremely grateful to the following: Professor George Lane at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) for general permission to use his print material; professor David May for general permission to cite his seminal works; professor Arshad Islam of the International Islamic University in Malaysia (IIUM) for his general permission to reproduce and use his articles and print materials and professor David Morgan at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for granting general permission to use and cite his works and for sending me a number of excellent articles.

General acknowledgements:

• Firas al-Khateeb for the general advertised permission from Lost Islamic History
• The authors at http://deremilitari.org/