The history of the Saracens : Containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmelick, the immediate successors of Mahomet. Giving an account of their most remarkable battles, sieges, &c. particularly those of Aleppo, Antioch, Damascus, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. Illustrating the religion, rites, customs, and manner of living of that warlike people. Collected from the most authentic Arabic Authors, especially Mss. not hitherto publish'd in any European Language. B Simon Ockley, B. D. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, Professor of Arabick in the University of Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ockley, Simon, 1678-1720.

Standardized Title:

Conquest of Syria, Persia and Ægypt, by the Saracens

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caliphs.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.,plate )

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

History of the Saracens

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : printed for the sole benefit of Mrs. Anne Ockley, by permission of Henry Lintot, Esq;, M.DCC.LVII. [1757]

Notes:

With a list of subscribers.

The 'Account of the Arabians .. of the life of Mahomet, .. ' in vol.1 is by Roger Long.

First published in 1708 as 'The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Ægypt, by the Saracens: .. ' - The titlepage to vol. 2 has no edition statement.

With a half-title: 'Professor Ockley's history of the Saracens'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T134350.

OCLC:

642389826