Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 108
... Mecca . " 1 Paley is claiming too much here . It is true that wine was prohibited in the fourth year of the Hegira , but the authority of Islam was far from being established by military success at that time . Even Mecca continued to ...
... Mecca . " 1 Paley is claiming too much here . It is true that wine was prohibited in the fourth year of the Hegira , but the authority of Islam was far from being established by military success at that time . Even Mecca continued to ...
Page 142
... Mecca , and returned alive . Badia y Leblich , who called himself " Ali Bey " and pretended to be a descendant of the Abbasids , began his journeys in Moslem lands in 1803. His visit to Mecca in 1807 is the most interesting part of his ...
... Mecca , and returned alive . Badia y Leblich , who called himself " Ali Bey " and pretended to be a descendant of the Abbasids , began his journeys in Moslem lands in 1803. His visit to Mecca in 1807 is the most interesting part of his ...
Page 235
... Mecca . Muhammad marries Khadījah . Muhammad receives his first revelations . The Hegira , or Flight to Medina . Moslem calendar . The beginning of the Muḥammad enters Mecca in triumph and destroys the idols . Death and burial of ...
... Mecca . Muhammad marries Khadījah . Muhammad receives his first revelations . The Hegira , or Flight to Medina . Moslem calendar . The beginning of the Muḥammad enters Mecca in triumph and destroys the idols . Death and burial of ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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