CONTENTS

ΤΟ

VOLUME THE SECOND.

INTRODUCTION.

THE KORAN,

OR BOOK ACCOUNTED SACRED BY THE

MAHOMETANS.

I. Antient History of the countries con-

quered by Mahomet and his first

disciples.

1. Syria....

2. Persia....

3. And Africa...

II. Events, which facilitated the Conquest of

those countries, by the Religion and

Arms of Mahomet.

1. The Political Imbecility of the West-

ern and Eastern Empire

....

2. The Religious Disputes among the

Christians of the East....

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5

8

14

18

22

4. The extent of the Conquests made by

Mahomet and his First Successors.

3. Of the Caliphs and Shariffs of Morocco

and the States of Barbary.

4. Of the Caliphs of Spain...

5. Of the Sultans and Sophis of Persia

6. Of the Mahometan Princes who have

reigned in Hindustan....

7.

Emperors

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27

28

39

40

And of the Ottoman

77

V. Irruptions of the Mogul Tartars into

the Asiatic territories, conquered by

the Disciples of Mahomet.

1. Under Gengis-Khan-

And Tamerlane..

VI. Attempts of the Princes of Christendom

to repel the Mahometans.

1. Crusades...

2. Military Orders...

3. Victories at Lepanto, and at the rais-

ing of the siege of Vienna........ 96

VII. Religious Tenets and Literary History

of the Mahometans.

1. Islamism, or the Mahometan Creed 97

2. The Koran

102

3. Religious Sects of the Mahometans... 108

4. Chief Languages used by the Maho-

metans

...

112

5. And their General Literature....... 113

VIII. Extent and State of the Countries where

Mahometanism is professed. ... 116

......

IX. Authors consulted by the writer on this

part of his essay

X. 1. THE ZEND-AVESTA,

OR BOOKS ACCOUNTED SACRED BY THE

121

130

136

139

2.

....... History of Hindustan ......

3. ....... Account of the Philosophy

163

ib.