Book Type/scope Illustr. inside Cover art In Bennett
Watt, WM (1961). Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman. OUP. p. 250. historical & religious[1] bio. two maps mihrab[2] section[3]
Guillaume, A (1955[4]). The life of Muhammad: a translation of Isḥāq's Sīrat rasūl Allāh. OUP. p. 813. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); ref stripmarker in |year= at position 5 (help)CS1 maint: year (link) Ibn Ishaq#Biography of Muhammad none blob (the sun?) extensively[5]
Peters, FE (1994). Muhammad and the origins of Islam. SUNY Press. p. 334. secular biography none square Kufic (tawhid?) citations[6]
Maxime Rodinson (1961[7]). Muhammad: prophet of Islam. various. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); ref stripmarker in |year= at position 5 (help)CS1 maint: year (link) Marxist biography[8] two maps mosque inscription[9] citations[10]
Bennett, C (1998). In Search of Muhammad. Continuum; Cassell. p. 276. survey of bio. works[11] none Mi'raj painting (veiled)
Khan, AW (2002). The Life of Prophet Muhammad. IIPH. p. 60. {{cite book}}: External link in |publisher= (help)[12] bio. w/ religious tone & focus none Arabic calligraphy no

A general note about English-language biographies of Muhammad

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From the introduction to The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad (2010), which is a collection of essays, p. 13:


Footnotes

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  1. ^ In the sense that Watt also give his opinion on whether the Quran is divinely inspired [1], etc.
  2. ^ from the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (said on the back cover)
  3. ^ Also described as among the "standard biographies" by Bennett on p.1 and similarly "standard biography of Muhammad" in Wilferd Madelung's The Succession to Muhammad, p. 5
  4. ^ 7th reprint in 2004
  5. ^ used as standard translation and abbreviated as I.I; also Guillaume's notes on various issues are cited, e.g. was it permitted to record Muhammad's daily activities, etc.
  6. ^ for Peters' evaluation of primary biographical sources for Muhammad's life, his opinions on various events in Muhammad's life, especially early ones.
  7. ^ Many reprints, translations, and 2 or 3 editions
  8. ^ still considered among the "standard biographies" by Bennett, p. 1
  9. ^ this is for the 2002 English edition, others may vary
  10. ^ especially on the historicity of various events
  11. ^ Bennett does emit his own opinions, but a large portion of the books is relating other biographers' approaches to Muhammad
  12. ^ IIPS publishes a lot of booklets like that. Some of them are even shorter, e.g. just 35pp. They are rather obviously intended for religious consumption; PBUH everywhere.