The history of the Saracens. Containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmélick, 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, rights, customs and manner of living of that warlike people. Collected from the most Authentick Arabick Authors, especially Manuscripts, not hitherto publish'd in any European Language. By Simon Ockley, B. D. Professor of Arabick in the University of Cambridge. Volume the First.
- Ockley, Simon, 1678-1720.
- Date:
- 1718
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Also known as
Conquest of Syria, Persia and Ægypt, by the Saracens. Vol.1
Publication/Creation
London : printed for R. Knaplock in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Sprint in Little Britain, R. Smith in Cornhill, B. Lintot in Fleetstreet, and J. Round in Exchange-Alley, 1718.
Physical description
xxiv,[4],391,[21]p. ; 80.
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Edition
The second edition.
References note
ESTC T134282
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.