The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

n fs hardly surprising they had quite, over.
looked - the E sSS STgo. SSf' tSo PylPeneea 81 iSs2s
eastern end. and had Bptsued i shsir ny T.S,9siSTSae
march ms far as the Rh zone: ~ S. wil,Ins 1SeIlppeer.;
from tho Orient, and again passing the Pyreneos.
this time further west. InoH ravngsT i" y n n
we'll known how, in tho vast plain that %stretches
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tho franks, and the danger OF q inrthSr
spread, OF Islam IL Western Eur9bS was so i9T,
of extending their con9uests northward,
the Spanish Moslcms turned their arms against
one another. The traditional tcuds That had
separated tribe from tribo and nation from ma
ton in Yemen, in Syria, IN EiEypt; and In N North
ali We're banded together as %victors. About the
middle of tho eighth century these fegds broke
mi again in Spain. For some years North Al.
, between Berber and Arab. Tho Bcrbers Of Spain
% s;Sep,ng themscives the superior race, had seized
the better part of the ir4its OF 3 v,c. onss
VNior OF those whom they affected to despiise.
In the division Of the conquered iands; she pI bef,
tSbie MA land 1d'e OF the centre Of spain, a position
not only unattractive in itself. but made inse-
Sqrs ai sy 1hs er SSnssd BS tSis Oh Unfair a | I trestmens
smoldcred for a time, hut; all " once; tne ib6GiTn ,
bsrs reyolted and and marched ,andS Sc hSds1u 10 e'", on
which their Arab rivals were comfortably esta9-
lished. This evolution nno al hr 5roa s@SfeS oVes:
from Africa. These. in turn. imposed their own
terms on those whom they had Delivered. ms
tants by a famine that succeeded the war, lay
open to the attacks OF the Christians, whose ter,
Eitory !, at the be s{r9m nson of the these nor rfSu COAST ns az
their end, Alfonso, tho Catholic. utter adding
his own dukedom of Cantabria to the Kingdom
OF Pelayo, had thrust tho enemy back beyond
Tho struggle between tho rival clans Of om-
meyah and Abbas in the East ended in $50 With
the founding by one of the latter OF the San-
plate OF Bagdad. A member OF the ousted clan.
escaping tho general massacre of his kinsmen,
made his way, after many adventures, to spain.
Here he became the leader of II faction and final.
ly succeeded in disposscssing the Emir. WIG
ruled the country In ne :; name OF the nc A indonsn.
of Emir and the name of Abdurrahman J.. His
long reign was spent In c z9z r nower.
full body of malrontcnts called In tho aid
of Charlcmagne, aftcrward Emperor, who adj
vanced with a powerful army as far as Sara,
gossa; but mutual distrust pre- tentedc CONCERTED
action between Moor and Christian. Called
away by disturbance on me frontier an OF ms is o tbn
dcfiles of the Pyrennees, q part OF his rear guard
was surprised and cut of: II Is we'll known that
Roncesyalles, the scene of this disaster. became
Middle Ages. Abdurrahmon lived to estab:
fish his authority. and to begin the building OF
the great mosque at Cordova, d city which. under
his care. became presently one or the wonders OF
the West. His son, tho pious Hisham l., found
his own dominions. TO attack his neigh6ors., Ho
proclaimed u sacred war against the Christlans.
and three times led his armies against them "
different directions. A large part of Galicia ana
Asturias was plundered and laid waste. Inc
same fate overlook the Basque provinces; The
t Mas st eiIIP %ors sae o,essfisai "f The suburbs D Of Mar:
bonneswere burned and destroyed. the Count OF
Toulouse met with a crushing defeat, ana 81 me
part of which was devoted to tho completion
and adornment t. of the new mosque.