Mahomet and His Successors, Volume 2Putnam., 1869 - Islam |
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Abd'alaziz Abd'almâlec Abda'lrahman Abdallah Ibn Abu Beker Abu Obeidah Abu Sofian Acbah Alashtar Aleppo Allah Allah Achbar Amru Amru Ibn appointed Arabian Arabs arms army Ayesha Babylonia Bassora battle Berber besieged booty Bosra brother Caaba Caliphat called camel camp capture castle Christian command conquest cried Cufa Damascus death Derar desert dirhems Egypt emir emperor empire enemy faith father fight force garrison gates gave governor Greek hand Hassan head Hegira Hejagi Heraclius Hormuzân horse Hosein host hundred Ibn Abu Ibn Zobeir inhabitants Irak Islam Khaled Koran Koreish lance letter Mahomet Malec Mecca Medina Merwân Moawyah Mosenna Moslem mosque Musa Musab night Obeid'allah Ommiah Othman Persian prayers prophet province reinforcements replied Saad sallied scimetar sent Serjabil siege siege of Damascus slain soldiers spoils sword Syria Telha thee thou thousand took tribe tribute troops valor victory walls warrior Yezdegird Yezid Youkenna Zeinab Ziyad Zobeir
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Page 268 - I will set a strong wall between you and them. Bring me iron in large pieces, until it fill up the space between the two sides of these mountains.
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Page 206 - Greeks, showed some favor to that sect, in order to make use of them in his conquest of the country. He even prevailed upon their patriarch Benjamin to emerge from his desert and hold a conference with him ; and subsequently declared that " he had never conversed with a Christian priest of more innocent manners or venerable aspect.
Page 213 - The contents of those books," said he, " are in conformity with the Koran, or they are not. If they are, the Koran is sufficient without them ; if they are not, they are pernicious. Let them, therefore, be destroyed.