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The History of the Saracens Comprising the Lives of Mohammed and His Successors Simon Ockley No preview available - 2014 |
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Abdallah Abdalmelik Abdarrhaman Abu Obeidah Abu Sofian Abubeker Abulfeda Acbar afterwards Alashtar Aleppo Amrou answered apostle apostle of God Arabians Arabs army asked Ayesha Baalbec bade Bassorah battle besieged Bostra caliph called camel camp castle chap Christians command Cufah Damascus death Derar desired Egypt emperor enemy father fell fight forced friends gates gave give governor Greeks hand Hasan hath head heard heaven Hejaj Hejirah Hems Heraclius Herbis horse Hosein hundred inhabitants Jabalah Kaaba Kaled Kaled's killed Koran Koreishites letter Malec Mecca Medina Merwan messenger Moawiyah Mohammed Mohammed's Mohammedan Mussulmans never night Obeidollah Omar Othman Persian person pray prayers prisoners prophet received religion rest Saïd Saracens sent Serjabil Shaizar siege soon sword Syria taken Telha tell thee things thou thought thousand told took tribe victory whilst words Yezid Youkinna Ziyad Zobeir
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Page 263 - I have taken (said Amrou to the caliph) the great city of the west. It is impossible for me to enumerate the variety of its riches and beauty ; and I shall content myself with observing, that it contains four thousand palaces, four thousand baths, four hundred theatres or places of amusement, twelve thousand shops for the sale of vegetable food, and forty thousand tributary Jews. The town has been subdued by force of arms, without treaty or capitulation, and the Moslems are impatient to seize the...