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Page 129
... Arab warriors of the prophet Muḥammad in 645 , the city remained under Arab control ( except from 1146 to 1158 , when it was taken by Sicilian Normans ) . It was stormed by the Spanish in 1510. Conquered by the Turks in 1551 , it was ...
... Arab warriors of the prophet Muḥammad in 645 , the city remained under Arab control ( except from 1146 to 1158 , when it was taken by Sicilian Normans ) . It was stormed by the Spanish in 1510. Conquered by the Turks in 1551 , it was ...
Page 249
... Arab kingdom , reflecting traditional Muslim disapproval of the secular nature of the Umayyad state . The Umayyads , headed by Abu Sufyan , were a largely merchant family of the Quraysh tribe centred at Mecca . They had initially ...
... Arab kingdom , reflecting traditional Muslim disapproval of the secular nature of the Umayyad state . The Umayyads , headed by Abu Sufyan , were a largely merchant family of the Quraysh tribe centred at Mecca . They had initially ...
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... Arab invasion began , and in 636/637 the Battle of Al - Qadisiyah on one of the Eu- phrates canals decided the fate of the empire . Yazdegerd III , coin , 7th century AD By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum , photograph ...
... Arab invasion began , and in 636/637 the Battle of Al - Qadisiyah on one of the Eu- phrates canals decided the fate of the empire . Yazdegerd III , coin , 7th century AD By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum , photograph ...
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