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The History and Conquests of the Saracens, 6 Lectures Edward Augustus Freeman No preview available - 2019 |
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Abbas Abbasside Abbasside Caliphs Abdalrahman Abu-Bekr and Omar Africa Akbar alike allegiance Almohades Almoravides appear Arabian Arabs army Asia Bagdad Byzantine Cæsar Caliphate of Damascus Castile character Chorasmian Chosroes Christian civil claims Commander conquered conquerors conquest Constantinople Cordova creed Crete Crusades Damascus despotism Dilemites dominions dynasty East eastern Egypt Emir Emperor enemies Europe faith famous Fatimite Granada Greek Heraclius hereditary holy homet honour Imam Infidel invaders Ishmael Islam Italy Kaaba Khaled kingdom Kings Koran lecture Leo the Isaurian Mahomet Mahometan Mecca Medina Moawiyah Moguls monarchy Moslem Mussulman nations Ommiad oriental orthodox Othman Ottoman peninsula Persia princes Prophet province race reign religion religious rival Caliphs Roman Empire Rome rulers sacred Saladin Saracens sect Seljuk Shiah Sicily slaves sovereign Spain Spanish successor Sultan sword Syria tenth century throne tion Togrel triumph Turkish Turks victory warfare West western whole Yezdijird Yezid
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Page 21 - Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem: utpote cum lege regia, quae de imperio eius lata est, populus ei et in eum omne suum imperium et potestatem conferat...
Page 63 - It was foretold, that to him should the gathering of the people be ; and that God would give him the Heathen for his inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for his possession, which was punctually fulfilled by the wonderful success of the gospel, and its universal propagation throughout the world.
Page 47 - Mahomet, and such is given as the origin of the following summons, which is to this day heard from the lofty minarets throughout the East, calling the Moslems to the place of worship : " God is great ! God is great ! There is no God but God Mahomet is the apostle of God.
Page 89 - Ah," cried an aged Mussulman whom horror and just wrath made bold, " What a foul deed is that ! — on those lips I have seen the lips of the Apostle of God.
Page 51 - Saracens,' pp. 43-59. he answers it. But we should first observe that to two of its counts no defence seems to be really required. Mr. Freeman himself allows, — ' Under his circumstances, it is really no very great ground for condemnation that Mohammed did appeal to the sword. He did no more than follow the precedents of his own, and every surrounding nation.
Page 72 - A man, himself sincere and righteous, the greatest of reformers and benefactors to his own people, a preacher and legislator of truth and civilization, has eventually done more than any mortal man to hinder the progress alike of truth and of civilization. The religious reformer has checked the advance of Christianity ; the political reformer has checked the advance of freedom, and indeed of organized government in any shape ; the moral reformer has set his seal to the fearful evils of polygamy and...
Page 56 - ... they became possessed of more property ; they were clothed with hair garments ; knew not good from evil ; and made no distinction between that which is lawful and that which is unlawful. Such was our state. But God, in his mercy, has sent us, by a holy prophet, Mohammed, a sacred volume, the koran, which teaches us the true faith.
Page 55 - Whatsoever thou hast said," answered the old man, " regarding the former condition of the Arabs is true. Their food was green lizards; they buried their infant daughters alive; nay, some of them feasted on dead carcases, and drank blood ; while others slew their kinsfolk, and thought themselves great and valiant, when by so doing, they became possessed of more property.
Page 50 - Mahornet had before him the example of Mosaic law, which preached a far more rigorous mandate of extermination against the guilty nations of Canaan. He had before him the practice of all surrounding powers, Christian, Jewish and heathen, though, from the disaffection of Syria and Egypt to the orthodox throne of Constantinople,* he might have learned how easily persecution defeats its own end. That the * Tophane, a suburb of Constantinople.
Page 51 - ... erring creatures to the ordinary course of his providence, might well be deemed an argument against his servants resorting in his supposed behalf to violent and extraordinary means. But experience shows how slowly and with what difficulty the human mind is brought to embrace this truth. Under Mahomet's circumstances, it is really no very great ground for condemnation that he did appeal to the sword. He did no more than follow the precedents of his own and every surrounding nation. Yet one might...