History of the Conquest of Spain by the Arab-Moors: With a Sketch of the Civilization which They Achieved and Imparted to Europe, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1881 - Arabs |
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History of the Conquest of Spain by the Arab-Moors: With a Sketch ..., Volume 1 Henry Coppee No preview available - 2015 |
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Abdu-l-'aziz Abdu-r-rahmán Abulfeda advance Africa Al Makkari Al-Walid Allah Amir Andalus annals Aquitania Arab-Moors Arabes Arabian Arian arms army Athanagild battle became Berbers called Cardonne century Ceuta chief Christian chroniclers church claims command Condé conquered conquerors conquest Cordova creed Damascus death Dominacion dominion dynasty Egica empire enemy España faith force Fuente Gaul Gayangos Gothic Goths hand Hispano-Romans Historia de España historians Ilyan incursions invaders invasion Islám Jews Khalif king kingdom Korán Koreish land later Leovigild Makkari Mariana Mohammed Mohammedan monarch Moslem Moslemah mountain Mugheyth Munuza Musa Musa's nation Neustria noble northern Orihuela Othman Pacensis palace Pelayo Peninsula person present prophet Pyrenees Recaredo reign resistance Roderik Roman Rome says seems sent Seville sons Spain Spanish spoils story strait success Suevi Suleyman Tangiers Tarik territory Theodomir throne tion Toledo town treasures tribes troops valor Vandals victory Visigoths Wamba Witiza writers
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Page 25 - GOD! there is no GOD but he; the living, the self-subsisting: neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven, and on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure? He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend anything of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth.
Page 52 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Page 122 - At tables playing Don Gaiferos sits, For Melisendra is forgotten now.2 And that personage who appears there with a crown on his head and a sceptre in his hand...
Page 28 - GOD having secretly predetermined not only the adverse and prosperous fortune of every person in this world, in the most minute particulars, but also his faith or infidelity, his obedience or disobedience, and consequently his everlasting happiness or misery after death ; which fate or predestination it is not possible, by any foresight or wisdom, to avoid.
Page 52 - these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed ; " 8 and so they went to feed 1 Mr.
Page 32 - O true believers, when ye prepare yourselves to pray, wash your faces, and your hands unto the elbows; and rub your heads, and your feet unto the ankles; and if ye be polluted by having lain with a woman, wash yourselves all over.
Page 31 - Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! It shall be said unto them, Go ye to the punishment which ye denied as a falsehood : go ye into the shadow of the smoke of hell, which shall ascend in three columns...
Page 270 - Guadalete, which falls into the bay, divided the two camps, and marked the advancing and retreating skirmishes of three successive and bloody days. On the fourth day, the two armies joined a more serious and decisive issue; but Alaric would have blushed at the sight of his unworthy successor, sustaining on his head a diadem of pearls...
Page 439 - Gregory was the claim of his lawful inheritance. The popes were delivered from their debt of gratitude, and the nominal gifts of the Carlovingians were no more than the just and irrevocable restitution of a scanty portion of the ecclesiastical state.
Page 45 - GOD might make it matter of sighing in their hearts. GOD giveth life, and causeth to die: and GOD seeth that which ye do. Moreover if ye be slain, or die in defence of the religion of GOD; verily pardon from GOD, and mercy, is better than what they heap together of worldly riches. And if ye die, or be slain, verily unto GOD shall ye be gathered.