The History of the Saracens: Comprising the Lives of Mohammed and His Successors, to the Death of Abdalmelik, the Eleventh Caliph : with an Account of Their Most Remarkable Battles, Sieges, Revolts, Etc. : Collected from Authentic Sources, Especially Arabic MssBell & Daldy, 1871 - 512 pages |
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... rest of mankind . For this reason no one ought to wonder if I have accommodated my style to the humour of the people of whom I write . To write of men in their circumstances , who were all humorists , bigots , and enthusiasts , in the ...
... rest of mankind . For this reason no one ought to wonder if I have accommodated my style to the humour of the people of whom I write . To write of men in their circumstances , who were all humorists , bigots , and enthusiasts , in the ...
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... rest of mankind , the farther you remove him from himself , and destroy the very being of his singularity . This will , I hope , satisfy the judicious reader , that , if I have deviated from that way of writing which was first ...
... rest of mankind , the farther you remove him from himself , and destroy the very being of his singularity . This will , I hope , satisfy the judicious reader , that , if I have deviated from that way of writing which was first ...
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... rest . I confess that a history without politics comes into the world in very unfashionable circumstances , especially in a generation wherein , if fortune had not envied our merit , we should all have been plenipotentiaries ...
... rest . I confess that a history without politics comes into the world in very unfashionable circumstances , especially in a generation wherein , if fortune had not envied our merit , we should all have been plenipotentiaries ...
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... rest of the heavens ; and among them one , a very extra- ordinary angel , who had 70,000 heads , and in every head 70,000 mouths , in every mouth 70,000 tongues , and every tongue uttering 10,000 distinct voices , with which he was day ...
... rest of the heavens ; and among them one , a very extra- ordinary angel , who had 70,000 heads , and in every head 70,000 mouths , in every mouth 70,000 tongues , and every tongue uttering 10,000 distinct voices , with which he was day ...
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... rest in such fear , that they were ready to retreat ; and when some of their tents had been overthrown by a storm , and discord had arisen among the allies , the Koreishites , finding themselves forsaken by their auxiliaries , returned ...
... rest in such fear , that they were ready to retreat ; and when some of their tents had been overthrown by a storm , and discord had arisen among the allies , the Koreishites , finding themselves forsaken by their auxiliaries , returned ...
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Abbas Abdallah Abdalmelik Abdarrhaman Abu Obeidah Abu Sofian Abubeker Abulfeda Acbar afterwards Alashtar Aleppo Ali's Amrou answered apostle apostle of God Arabians Arabs army asked Ayesha bade Bassorah battle besieged caliph called camel camp castle Christians command Cufah Cufians D'Herbelot Damascus death Derar desired Edition Egypt Ehwaz emperor enemy faithful father favour fell fight friends gave give governor Greeks hand Hasan hath head heard heaven Hejaj Hejirah Heraclius History horse Hosein hundred Kaaba Kaled killed Koran Koreish letter Malec Mecca Medina Merwan messenger Moawiyah Mohammed Mohammed's Mohammedan Moktar mosque Musab Mussulmans never night Obeidollah Omar Othman party Persian person Portrait prayers prisoners prophet received religion Saïd Saracens sent Serjabil siege SIMON OCKLEY soon sword Syria Telha thee things thou thousand told took Translated tribe vols whilst words Yezid Youkinna Ziyad Zobeir
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