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The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Ægypt, by the Saracens : containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar and Othman, the immediate successors of Mahomet.

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Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library (1475-1900)
Format:
Book
Contributor:
Wāqidī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 747 or 748-823., other.
Ockley, Simon, 1678-1720, translator.
واقدي، محمد بن عمر، 747 or 748-823.
Series:
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library.
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library
Language:
Arabic
English
Subjects (All):
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.
Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634.
ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Caliph, -644.
ʻUthmān ibn ʻAffān, Caliph, -656.
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661.
Caliphs.
Islamic Empire.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations.
Manufacture:
Printed for R. Knaplock in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Sprint in Little Britain, R. Smith in Cornhill, B. Lintott in Fleetstreet, and J. Round in Exchange-Alley.
Other Title:
The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Egypt, by the Saracens : containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar and Othman, the immediate successors of Mahomet
Place of Publication:
London : [publisher not identified], 1708-1718.
Language Note:
Text in English ; translated from the original Arabic.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
Collected from the most authentick Arabic authors. [Vol. I. being for the most part a free translation from al-Waqīdī's History of the conquest of Syria by the Arabs, entitled Futūḥ al-Shām, with additions inserted from various other authors.] (Sentences of Ali, Son-in-law of Mahomet, and his fourth successor. Translated from an . . . Arabic Manuscript . . . by S. Ockley.).
Notes:
Reproduction of the original from The British Library.
Electronic reproduction. Andover, Hants. UK : Cengage Learning, 2015-2017 (Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library, 1473-1900). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
OCLC:
978505641
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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