The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic, Accompanied with Annotations, Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitāb Fitūh Al-buldān of Al-Imām Abu-l Abbās Ahmad Ibn-Jābir Al-Balādhuri, Volume 1 |
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Abd-al-Malik Abdallah abu-'Ubaidah abu-Bakr According Al-'Abbas al-'Ala al-'Irak al-Basrah al-Hasan al-Hirah Al-Husain ibn-al-Aswad Al-Kasim al-Madinah al-Mahdi al-Mansur al-Mutawakkil al-Wakidi al-Walid al-Yamamah al-Yaman Allah amil Amr ibn-al-'Asi an-Nakid Antioch ar-Rakkah ar-Rashid ar-Ruha Arabs Armenia army assigned at-Ta'if az-Zubair Bakr battle became caliph built Caetani caliphate called capitulation captives conquered conquest covenant Damascus death dhimmis dinars dirhams Egypt Fadak fief frontier garrison governor governorship Greeks Habib Heraclius Hisham ibn-'Abd-al-Malik ibn-'Abdallah ibn-'Ali ibn-'Amr ibn-abi-Sufyan ibn-al ibn-al-Harith ibn-Ghanm ibn-Hisham ibn-Kais ibn-Marwan ibn-Muhammad Ifrikiyah inhabitants Islam Iyad jarib Kaisariyah Kalikala Khaibar Khalid ibn-al-Walid kharaj killed Kinnasrin land later Makkah Makrizi Malatyah Malik Marwan Maslamah Mesopotamia Moslems mosque Mu'awiyah Muhammad ibn-Sa'd Najran ordered patrician poll-tax possessions Prophet reduced Sa'd Sa'id sadakah Salman sent sheikhs Sufyan Syria Tabari thee thou took troops Ubadah Umair Umar Umar ibn-'Abd-al-'Aziz Umar ibn-al-Khattab Uthman wrote Yakut Yazid Ziyad
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Page 185 - In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful. This is what Khalid would grant to the inhabitants of Damascus if he enters therein: he promises to give them security for their lives, property, and churches Their city wall shall not be demolished, neither shall any Moslem be quartered in their houses. Thereunto we give to them the pact of Allah and the protection of His Prophet, the caliphs and the believers.
Page 99 - These signs and this wise warning do we rehearse to thee. Verily, Jesus is as Adam in the sight of Allah. He created him of dust: He then said to him, 'Be' — and he was,
Page 252 - Cilician gates which were the chief mountain pass from the direction of the countries occupied by the Arabs into the territory of the Greeks
Page 100 - The state they previously held shall not be changed, nor shall any of their religious services or images be changed. No attempt shall be made to turn a bishop from his office as a bishop, a monk from his office as a monk, nor the sexton of a church from his office, whether what is under the control of each is great or little. They shall not be held responsible for any wrong deed or blood shed in pre-Islamic time.
Page 185 - Allah, the compassionate, the merciful. This is what Khalid would grant to the inhabitants of Damascus, if he enters therein: he promises to give them security for their lives, property and churches. Their city-wall shall not be demolished; neither shall any Moslem be quartered in their houses. Thereunto we give to them the pact of Allah and the protection of his Prophet, the caliphs and the 'Believers'. So long as they pay the poll-tax, nothing but good shall befall them.
Page 100 - ... It is also binding on them to offer as loan thirty coats of mail, thirty mares and thirty camels, in case of war in al-Yaman due to their rebelling. Whatever perishes of the horses or camels, lent to my messengers, is guaranteed by my messengers and is returned by them. Najran and their...
Page 35 - God is the mighty, the wise! He it is who caused the unbelievers among the people of the Book to quit their homes. And...
Page 209 - Saying this, they closed the gates of the city and guarded them. The inhabitants of the other cities — Christian and Jew — that had capitulated to the Moslems, did the same, saying, " If Heraclius and his followers win over the Moslems we would return to our previous condition, otherwise we shall retain our present state so long as numbers are with the Moslems.
Page 105 - Make war . . . upon such of those to whom the Book has been given until they pay tribute offered on the back of their hands, in a state of humiliation
Page 209 - Amir's (Governor's) help, repulse from the city.' The Jews rose and said : 'We swear by the Torah, no governor of Heraclius shall enter the city of Hims unless we are first vanquished and exhausted.' Saying this, they closed the gates of the city and guarded them. The inhabitants of the other cities, Christians and Jews, that had capitulated to the Muslims, did the same, saying : "If Heraclius and...
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| Title | The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic, Accompanied with Annotations, Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitāb Fitūh Al-buldān of Al-Imām Abu-l Abbās Ahmad Ibn-Jābir Al-Balādhuri, Volume 1 Issue 163 of Columbia studies in the social sciences Volume 68, Issue 163 of Studies in history, economics and public law, ed. by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University Studies in history, economics, and public law The Origins of the Islamic State, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyį Balādhurī The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic, Accompanied with Annotations, Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitāb Fitūh Al-buldān of Al-Imām Abu-l Abbās Ahmad Ibn-Jābir Al-Balādhuri, Philip Khuri Hitti |
| Authors | Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyį Balādhurī, Philip Khuri Hitti |
| Publisher | Columbia university, 1916 |
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