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The sources suggest the answer is more complicated than either tradition acknowledges.
The full analysis — names, dates, and what the genealogical record actually contains — is in this week’s piece on Substack.
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The full analysis — sources, methodology, and the specific questions the historical record raises — is now available on Substack.
This is where the investigation moves from context to evidence.
→ [https://t.co/dotCK96lgJ]
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This is not a claim about causation.
History is never monocausal.
It is a claim about presence — about which actors were in the room, connected to the networks, and capable of influencing the political formations of early Islam.
The sources say the Exilarchate was one of them.