The history of the Saracens [electronic resource] : Containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmelick, the immediate successors 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. Collected from the most authentic Arabic Authors, especially Mss. not hitherto publish'd in any European Language. B Simon Ockley, B. D. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, Professor of Arabick in the University of Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
1757
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The history of the Saracens [electronic resource] : Containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmelick, the immediate successors 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. Collected from the most authentic Arabic Authors, especially Mss. not hitherto publish'd in any European Language. B Simon Ockley, B. D. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, Professor of Arabick in the University of Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
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Ockley, Simon, 1678-1720.
Uniform Title
Conquest of Syria, Persia and Ægypt, by the Saracens
Edition
The third edition.
Publication Details
Cambridge : printed for the sole benefit of Mrs. Anne Ockley, by permission of Henry Lintot, Esq;, M.DCC.LVII. [1757]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.
Language
English
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2v.,plate ; 8⁰.
Note
With a list of subscribers.
The 'Account of the Arabians .. of the life of Mahomet, .. ' in vol.1 is by Roger Long.
First published in 1708 as 'The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Ægypt, by the Saracens: .. ' - The titlepage to vol. 2 has no edition statement.
With a half-title: 'Professor Ockley's history of the Saracens'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The 'Account of the Arabians .. of the life of Mahomet, .. ' in vol.1 is by Roger Long.
First published in 1708 as 'The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Ægypt, by the Saracens: .. ' - The titlepage to vol. 2 has no edition statement.
With a half-title: 'Professor Ockley's history of the Saracens'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T134350.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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