A Short History of the Saracens: Being A Concise Account of the Rise and Decline of the Saracenic Power and of the Economic, Social and Intellectual Development of the Arab Nation
This book attempts to give the history of the evolution of Islam as a world-religion; of its rapid spread and the remarkable hold it obtained over the conscience and minds of million of people within a short space of time. The impulse it gave to the intellectual development of the human race is generally recognized. But its great work in the uplifting of humanity is either ignored or not appreciated; nor are its rationale, its ideals and its aspirations properly ...
A concise account of the Rise and Decline of the Saracenic Power and of the Economic, Social and intellectual Development of the Arab Nation. From the earliest times to the destruction of Bagdad, and the expulsion of the Moors from Spain, with Maps. Illustrations and Genealogical Tables.This work is not a mere chronicle of wars and conquests, or the rise and fall of dynasties. It is a record of the copious contributions made by the Saracenic race under the flag ...
