Hassan Abbas is distinguished professor of international relations at Near East South Asia Strategic Studies Centre at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Taliban Revival and Pakistan's Drift into Extremism.
“Ali was a hugely gifted thinker and speaker, one of the earliest
scribes and something of a poet. But it is hard to be objective
about him. The evidence is often contradictory and he is shrouded
by accretions, pious and otherwise. In The Prophet's Heir, Hassan
Abbas - an enthusiast for his subject, and an objective enthusiast
- pursues Ali on the ground. Fantastic.“—Tim Mackintosh-Smith,
author of Arabs
“An erudite and accessible biography of Ali, one that tells his
life story, and discusses his teachings and values, and how his
legacy continues to loom large over Muslim world.”—Vali Nasr,
author of The Shia Revival
"This erudite but readable book shows why the Prophet's cousin and
son-in-law Ali is central to Islam today, and should be both an
inspiration and a figure for reconciliation."—John McHugo, author
of A Concise History of Sunnis & Shi'is
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