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History of the Moors of Spain By: Unknown (1755-1794) |
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OF THE MOORS OF SPAIN TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH ORIGINAL OF M. FLORIAN. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A BRIEF NOTICE OF ISLAMISM
NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 329 & 331 PEARL STREET, FRANKLIN SQUARE Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840 by Harper & Brothers, In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York
{v} PUBLISHERS' ADVERTISEMENT. We are accustomed to look upon the followers of the Arabian Prophet as
little better than barbarians, remarkable chiefly for ignorance,
cruelty, and a blind and persecuting spirit of fanaticism. As it
regards the character of the Mohammedans at the present day, and,
indeed, their moral and intellectual condition for the last two
centuries, there is no great error in this opinion. But they are a
degenerated race. There has been a period of great brilliancy in their
history, when they were distinguished for their love of knowledge, and
the successful cultivation of science and the arts; nor is it too much
to say, that to them Christian Europe is indebted for the generous
impulse which led to the revival of learning in the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries. Of the various nations of the great Moslem
family, none were more {vi} renowned in arts, as well as arms, than the
Moorish conquerors of Spain, whose history is contained in the
following pages. The French original of this work has long enjoyed a
deservedly high reputation; and the translation here offered is by an
American lady, whose literary taste and acquirements well qualified her
for the task. A sketch of Mohammedan history, &c., from Rev. S. Greene's Life of
Mohammed, has been appended at the close of the volume, to present to
the reader a comprehensive view of that very remarkable people, of whom
the Moors of Spain formed so distinguished a branch. H. & B. New York, October, 1840.
{vii} CONTENTS
FIRST EPOCH PAGE The Origin of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Arabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Birth of Mohammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Religion of Mohammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The Progress of Islamism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Victories of the Mussulmans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
New Conquests of the Mohammedans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Moors become Mussulmans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Condition of Spain under the Goths . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Conquest of Spain by the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Viceroys of Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Insurrection of Prince Pelagius . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Abderamus attempts the Conquest of France . . . . . . . . 39
He penetrates as far as the Loire . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Battle of Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Civil Wars distract Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECOND EPOCH. The Kings of Cordova become the Caliphs of the West . . . 45
The Asiatic Mussulmans divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Dynasty of the Ommiades lose the Caliphate . . . . . . 48
Horrible Massacre of the Ommiades . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
An Ommiade Prince repairs to Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Abderamus, the first Caliph of the West . . . . . . . . . 53
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Reign of Abderamus I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Religion and FĂȘtes of the Moors of Spain . . . . . . . . . 55
Civil Wars arise among the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
The Reigns of Hacchem I. and of Abdelazis . . . . . . . . 58
Reign of Abderamus II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Condition of the Fine Arts at Cordova . . . . . . . . . . 60
Anecdote of Abderamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reigns of Mohammed, Almouzir, and Abdalla . . . . . . . . 62
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