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Page 33
... prisoners to Medina . This was the first act of hostility committed by the Mussulmans against the idola- ters . The second , was the battle of Beder . The history of the battle is thus given by Abulfeda : - " The apostle , hearing that ...
... prisoners to Medina . This was the first act of hostility committed by the Mussulmans against the idola- ters . The second , was the battle of Beder . The history of the battle is thus given by Abulfeda : - " The apostle , hearing that ...
Page 34
... prisoners . Upon the news of this defeat , Abu Laheb died of grief within a week . " Of the Mussulmans died fourteen martyrs , ( for so they call all such as die fighting for Islamism . ) The number of idolaters slain was seventy ...
... prisoners . Upon the news of this defeat , Abu Laheb died of grief within a week . " Of the Mussulmans died fourteen martyrs , ( for so they call all such as die fighting for Islamism . ) The number of idolaters slain was seventy ...
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... prisoner by a man of a prodigious size ( an angel , of course ) ; no wonder , then , he became a convert . “ Ommia , the ... prisoners . Some had 1000 drachms for their share . Those who had only a small or no part of the ransom Mohammed ...
... prisoner by a man of a prodigious size ( an angel , of course ) ; no wonder , then , he became a convert . “ Ommia , the ... prisoners . Some had 1000 drachms for their share . Those who had only a small or no part of the ransom Mohammed ...
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... prisoners . Of the prisoners , one was killed at- tempting to make his escape ; the other two were sold to the Koreishites , who put them to a cruel death . In the fifth year of the Hejira , Mohammed , informed by his spies of a design ...
... prisoners . Of the prisoners , one was killed at- tempting to make his escape ; the other two were sold to the Koreishites , who put them to a cruel death . In the fifth year of the Hejira , Mohammed , informed by his spies of a design ...
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... prisoners . About the same time a servant of Omar , fighting with one of the helpers , occasioned a quarrel between the help- ers and the refugees ; whereupon , Abdallah , son of Abu Solul , a Medinian unbeliever , reflected upon the ...
... prisoners . About the same time a servant of Omar , fighting with one of the helpers , occasioned a quarrel between the help- ers and the refugees ; whereupon , Abdallah , son of Abu Solul , a Medinian unbeliever , reflected upon the ...
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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...