Works of Washington Irving: MahometJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 |
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Abd'alaziz Abd'almâlec Abda'lrahman Abdallah Ibn Abu Beker Abu Obeidah Abu Sofian Acbah Africa Alashtar Aleppo Allah Allah Achbar Amru Amru Ibn appointed Arab Arabian arms army Ayesha Babylonia Bassora battle Berber besieged booty Bosra brother Caaba Caliphat camels camp capture castle CHAPTER Christian command conquest cried Cufa Damascus death Derar desert dirhems Egypt Emessa emir emperor empire enemy faith fight force garrison gate gave governor Greek hand Hassan head Hegira Hejagi Heraclius horse Hosein host hundred Ibn Abu inhabitants Irak Islam Khaled Khosrus Koran Koreish letter Mahomet Malec Mecca Medina Merwân Moawyah Moktâr Mosenna Moslem mosque mountains Musa Musab night Obeid'allah Ommiah Othman Persian prayer prophet province reinforcements replied Saad sallied scimetar sent Serjabil siege siege of Damascus slain soldiers spoils successor sword Syria Telha thee thou thousand tion took tribe tribute troops valor victory walls warrior Yezdegird Yezid Youkenna Ziyad Zobeir
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