Historical Tales from the History of the Muslims in Spain |
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Abbassides Abdallah Abdel-Mumen Abderrahman Abencerrages Africa Alfonso ALFONSO III Alhakem Alhambra Allah Almansur Almoravides Almutamhed Amir amongst Andalusia Arabian Arabs arms army Asturias Barcelona battle beautiful Berber Boabdil brother called captives Castile Castilian Catalonia commanded conquest Cordova count count of Barcelona counts of Castile court crown death defeated dominions El-Zagal emperor empire enemy enquired Enriquez exclaimed expired eyes faith father favourite Ferdinand Fernando Garcia gate Granada guard hand head Hisham honour implored Isabella Jayme Juan Khalifeh king of Aragon king of Leon kingdom Loxa Mohammed Mohammedan monarch Moorish Moors Morocco mosque Muley Hassan Musa Muslim Navarre noble Ommyades palace Pedro Peninsula placed prayer prince prison proclaimed queen Ramiro received reign replied resolved returned Roderic royal Sancho seized sent Seville slain soldiers sovereign Spanish succeeded Suleyman sultan sword Tarik thee thou throne tion Toledo victory Wali warrior whilst Witiza Yahia youth Yussef
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Page 70 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Page 51 - ... cloisters pale ? For her vow had scarce been sworn, And the fatal mantle o'er her flung, When the...
Page 61 - The world is sustained by four things only : the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.
Page 3 - At an awful distance they cast away their garments; seven times, with hasty steps, they encircled the Caaba, and kissed the black stone; seven times they visited and adored the adjacent mountains; seven times they threw stones into the valley of Mina; and the pilgrimage was achieved, as at the present hour, by a sacrifice of sheep and camels, and the burial of their hair and nails in the consecrated ground.
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Page 8 - Each of these is divided into different parts : — Islam has five, viz. the profession that there is no God but God, and that Mohammed is his prophet...
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Page 244 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Page 182 - Thou wert indeed a true prophet," replied the self-accused father; "but what power could avert the decrees of fate?" It seemed as if fate had indeed resolved that this wellmeaning but misguided prince should fall by his own obstinacy; for though his son advised him to seek the alliance of Alfonso, he refused to do so until that alliance could no longer avail him. He himself seemed to think that the knell of his departing greatness was about to sound; and the most melancholy images were present to...