HISTORY OF THE SARACENS;

COMPRISING THE

LIVES OF MOHAMMED AND HIS SUCCESSORS,

TO THE DEATH OF ABDALMELIK, THE ELEVENTH CALIPH.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

THEIR MOST REMARKABLE BATTLES. SIEGES, REVOLTS, &c

COLLECTED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES, ESPECIALLY ARABIC MSS.

BY SIMON OCKLEY, B.D..

PROFESSOR OF ARABIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

THE SIXTH EDITION,

REVISED, IMPROVED, AND ENLARGED.

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COVENT GARDEN.

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