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According to al-Tabari in his History of the Prophets and Kings, Muhammad decided after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah to send letters to many rulers of the world, inviting them to Islam. Non-Muslims have disputed this tradition, however.
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Muhammad, according to traditional Islamic historiography, sent ambassadors with such letters to Heraclius the Caesar of Byzantium, Chosroes II the Khosrau of Persia, the Negus of Ethiopia, Muqawqis the ruler of Egypt, Harith Gassani the governor of Syria, Munzir ibn Sawa and to the ruler of Bahrain.
To the Byzantine emperor
The text of the letter to Heraclius, as transmitted by Muslim historians, reads as follows:
To the king of Ethiopia
Letter of the Prophet Muhammed to the Negus
كتاب رسول الإسلام صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى النجاشي
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم من محمد رسول الإسلام إلى النجاشى ملك الحبشة: سلام عليك إنى أحمد الله إليك ،الله الذي لا إله إلا هو الملك القدوس السلام المؤمن المهيمن، وأشهد أن عيسى بن مريم روح الله وكلمته ألقاها إلى مريم البتول الطيبة الحصينة، فحملت بعيسى فخلقه الله من روحه كما خلق آدم بيده، وإنى أدعوك وجنودك إلى الله عز وجل، وقد بلغت ونصحت فاقبلوا نصحى، والسلام على من اتبع الهدى
Book of the Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him to Negus In the name of God the Merciful of Mohammed the Prophet of Islam to Nagaci king of Abyssinia:
Peace to you that I thank God for you, God, who is no god but He, the King, the Holy peace insured dominant, and I bear witness that Jesus son of Mary, the Spirit of God and his speech was delivered to the Virgin Mary the good bunker, came to bear Jesus Fajlgah God's spirit also created Adam in his hand, and I invite you and your soldiers to God Almighty, has reached and advised receive with Noshi, and peace be upon those who follow guidance