The Chaliphate - Muir - The Search For Mecca

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CONTENTS
PREFACE
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CHAPTER I
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A.H.—Death of Mohammad—Election of Abu Bekr— 'Omar,
'Ah, Abu 'Obeida ......
CHAPTER II
Expedition of Usama to Syrian border ....
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CHAPTER III
Attack of Bedawin on Medina ; repelled by Abu Bekr .
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CHAPTER IV
Return of Usama— Bedawin chastised—E.\peditions organised
against apostate tribes . . . . .15
CHAPTER V
Khalid's Arabian campaign—Toleiha— Battle of Al-Buzakha
'Oyeina — Malik ibn Nuweira^Al-Yemama — Museilima
—Garden of Death . . . . . .18
CHAPTER VI
Apostasy crushed—Al-Bahrein, 'Oman, The Hijilz, Ibn Ma'dikerib,
Al-.\sh'ath— Freebooter burned to death . . 33
CHAPTER VII
Review— Reclaimed tribes at first sullen — Enthusiasm kindled by
Syrian and Chalda?an campaigns—Arabs become aristocracy
of the world— Arab slaves set free . . .41