University of California San Diego Ideas of Alids and Caliphs Paper Please answer the question with reference to the assigned readings. You can use a basic

University of California San Diego Ideas of Alids and Caliphs Paper Please answer the question with reference to the assigned readings. You can use a basic parenthetical format (last name, pg. #) to reference the readings (e.g. Kennedy, The Prophet…, 124). There is no need to incorporate outside readings and, in fact, they might mislead you. Also, there is no need to cite the lectures.In the first three centuries following the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the caliphs, “hadith folk,” and Alids held competing ideas about who rightly possessed religious authority in the Islamic community. What were those ideas and which ones succeeded? (suggested length 4-6 pages)