The history of the Saracens.
Subtitle: Containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmelick, the immediate succesors 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.
By: Collected from the most authentic Arabic authors, especially mss. not hitherto publish'd in any European language. By Simon Ockley.
Edition: 3d ed.
Publisher: Printed for the sole benefit of Mrs. A. Ockley, by permission of H. Lintot
Published: 1757
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Subjects: Caliphs; Islamic Empire