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Abd al-Malik Abd-er-Rahmân Abdallah Abû Africa Alfonso Alî Almanzor Almoravides Andalusian Arabs arms army attack Bâdîs Balj battle Berbers brother Capital castle Ceuta chief Christians clients command Cordova cried death declared Dozy Elvira Emir enemy Eulogius exclaimed Fakihs father favour fear fortress Ghâlib Governor Granada Hajjâj Hakam hand hath hatred henceforth Hishâm honour Ibn Abî Âmir Ibn Ammâr Ibn Hafsûn Ibn Hazm Ibn Zubair Irâk Islamism Jews Kady Kaisites Kâsim Kelbites Khairân Khaldûn Khalif King King of Leon latter Ma'addites Mahdî Medinese Merwân Minister Mohammed monarch Moslems Mosque Mu'awiya Mu'tamid Mus-hafy never nobles Obaidallah Omar Omayyads Ordoño Othmân palace poet prince prison Prophet province reign religion replied revolt sagr Sancho sent Sevillan Seville slaves Slavs soldiers soon Spain Sulaimân Sultan Sumayl sword Syrians thee thereupon thou throne Toledo took town tribe troops verses victory Visigoths Vizier Wâdhih words Yahyâ Yazîd Yemenites Yûsuf Zaragoza
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Page 275 - Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Page 710 - Abdallah dismounted, and entreated his forgiveness if he had had the misfortune to displease him. Yusuf graciously assured him that any grievances he might have had against him were forgotten, and begged him to take possession of a tent which he indicated, where he should be treated with all the respect due to his rank. But as soon as 'Abdallah had set his foot within the tent he found himself fettered. Soon afterwards the principal inhabitants of the city arrived in the camp.
Page 268 - My fellow-Christians," he says, " delight in the poems and romances of the Arabs ; they study the works of Mohammedan theologians and philosophers, not in order to refute them, but to acquire a correct and elegant Arabic style.
Page 83 - Earth : for if thou leave them they will beguile thy servants and will beget only sinners, infidels." 2 Their extermination had been desired: in turn they longed to exterminate their persecutors. Martyrs no longer, they had become executioners. Soon, marking their route in torrents of blood, they advanced on Basra. Unspeakable terror reigned in the town. The inhabitants, who, as we have seen, confessed their cowardice with revolting cynicism, had only their own troops and their own courage to rely...
Page xxvii - none of those little circumstances which give life to narration, and bring old manners, old feelings, and old times before your eyes." It might be supposed that a work of such power and originality speedily won its way to popularity and placed its writer in his true position amidst the ranks of eminent historians. Yet — if the...
Page 131 - FANATICISM i3i inmates of squalid African huts accepted their teachings with indescribable enthusiasm. Simple and ignorant, they doubtless understood nothing of the speculations and dogmatic subtleties which were the delight of more cultivated minds. It would therefore be unprofitable to inquire what particular sect they gave a preference to — whether they were Harurites, or Sofrites, or Ibadites — for the chroniclers are not agreed upon this matter. At any rate they understood enough of the...
Page 331 - ... experience a defeat so terrible that in one moment the hair of your wives and children shall grow white ! " It was the third verse, which he had racked his brains for in vain. He looked around, but saw no one. Firmly convinced that the words had been uttered by an unseen spirit, he ran to the chief Ad ha, his intimate friend, and related to him what had happened. " Let us rejoice ! " cried Adha. " Truly, I am of thy opinion ; this verse was the work of a spirit, and we may rest assured that the...
Page 569 - Zawi replied by quoting Sura 102, as follows : " The desire of increasing riches occupieth you, Till ye come to the grave.1 Nay ! but in the end ye shall know — Nay ! once more, in the end ye shall know your folly. Nay ! would that ye knew it with knowledge of certainty ! Surely ye shall see hell-fire. Then shall ye surely see it with the eye of certainty ; Then shall ye on that day be taken to task concerning pleasures.
Page 272 - Moslem domination to admit of the standard of revolt being raised with some hope of success, these fiery enthusiasts would have become soldiers ; in the mountains, the life of free-lances or banditti would have been theirs ; but whether as soldiers in Toledo, or guerillas in the Sierra de Malaga, they would have waged war to the death against the Mohammedans. In the Sultan's capital, where recourse to arms was impossible, they became martyrs. To screen themselves from the insults of the populace,...
Page 268 - Latin commentaries on Holy Scriptures? Who is there that studies the gospels, the Prophets, the Apostles? Alas! the young Christians who are most conspicuous for their talents have no knowledge of any literature or language save the Arabic; they read and study with avidity Arabian books; they amass whole libraries of them at a vast cost, and they everywhere sing the praise of Arabian lore.