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CONTENTS.<br />

CHAPTER LI.<br />

THE CONQUEST OF PERSIA, SYRIA, EGYPT, AFRICA, AND STAIN, BY TITE ARABS<br />

OR SARACENS. — ENTIRE OF THE CALIPHS OR SUCCESSORS OF MAHOMET.<br />

STATE OF THE CHRISTIANS, ETC., UNDER THEIR GOVERNMENT.<br />

A. D. PAGE.<br />

632. Union <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arabs 400<br />

Character <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir Caliphs 402<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir Conquests 404<br />

Invasion <strong>of</strong> Persia 406<br />

C36. Battle <strong>of</strong> CauVsia 407<br />

Foundation <strong>of</strong> Bassoxa 408<br />

637. Sack <strong>of</strong> Aladayn 409<br />

Foundation <strong>of</strong>' Cufa 411<br />

637—651. Conquest <strong>of</strong> Persia 411<br />

651. Death <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last King 414<br />

710. Tlie Conquest <strong>of</strong> Transoxiana 415<br />

632. Invasion <strong>of</strong> Syria 416<br />

Siege <strong>of</strong> Bosra 418<br />

633. Siege <strong>of</strong> Damascus 42u<br />

633. Battle <strong>of</strong> Aiznadin 421<br />

<strong>The</strong> Arabs return to Damascus 424<br />

634. <strong>The</strong> City is taken by Storm <strong>and</strong> Capitulation 425<br />

Pursuit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Damascenes 426<br />

Fair <strong>of</strong> Abyla 429<br />

635. Sieges <strong>of</strong> lleliopolis <strong>and</strong> Finesa 431<br />

630. Battle <strong>of</strong> Vermuk 434<br />

637. Conquest <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem 4.16<br />

638. Conquest <strong>of</strong> Aleppo <strong>and</strong> Antioch 4)?8<br />

Flight, <strong>of</strong> rleracllUS 410<br />

JEjna <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Syrian War 441<br />

633—6.:9. <strong>The</strong> Conquerors <strong>of</strong> Syria 441<br />

639—655. Progress <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Syrian Conquerors 412<br />

Fg vtt. Character <strong>and</strong> Life <strong>of</strong> Anuou 445<br />

638 Invasion <strong>of</strong> Egypt 446<br />

<strong>The</strong> Cities <strong>of</strong> Memphis, Babylon, <strong>and</strong> Cairo 447<br />

Voluntary Submission ol <strong>the</strong> Copts or Jacobites 449<br />

Siege <strong>and</strong> Conquest <strong>of</strong> Alex<strong>and</strong>ria 450<br />

Tin' Alex<strong>and</strong>rian Library , 463<br />

Administration <strong>of</strong> Egypt 455<br />

Riches <strong>and</strong> Populousness 457<br />

647. Africa. First Invasion by Abdallah 459<br />

<strong>The</strong> Prefect Gregory <strong>and</strong> his Daughter 460<br />

Victory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> A rabs 461<br />

605—689. Progress <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Saracens in Africa . .• 463<br />

670—675. Foundation <strong>of</strong> Cairoan 466<br />

692—698. Conquest <strong>of</strong> Carthage 467<br />

698—709. Final Conquest <strong>of</strong> Africa 408<br />

Adoption <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Moors 470<br />

709. Stain. First Temptations <strong>and</strong> Designs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arabs 470<br />

State <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gothic Monarchy 471<br />

710. <strong>The</strong> first Descent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arab's 473<br />

711. <strong>The</strong>ir second Descent 473<br />

And Victory ... 474<br />

Ruin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gothic Monarchy 474<br />

712. 713. Conquest <strong>of</strong> Spain by Miisa 477<br />

714. Disgrace <strong>of</strong> Musa 480<br />

Prosperity <strong>of</strong> Spain under <strong>the</strong> Arabs 482<br />

Religious Toleration 484<br />

Propagation <strong>of</strong> Mabometanism 484<br />

Fall <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Magians <strong>of</strong> Persia 485<br />

749. Decline <strong>and</strong> Fall <strong>of</strong> Christianity in Africa. 487<br />

1149. AndSpain 488<br />

Toleration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christians 489<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir Hardships 400<br />

718. <strong>The</strong> Empire <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Caliphs 490

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