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THE

HISTORY OF ARABIA,

ANCIENT AND MODERN.

CONTAINING

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY-AN ACCOUNT OF ITS INHABITANTS,
ANTIQUITIES, POLITICAL CONDITION, AND EARLY COMMERCE-THE
LIFE AND RELIGION OF MOHAMMED-THE CONQUESTS, ARTS, AND
LITERATURE OF THE SARACENS-THE CALIPHS OF DAMASCUS, BAG
DAD, AFRICA, AND SPAIN-THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT AND RELIGIOUS
CEREMONIES OF THE MODERN ARABS-ORIGIN AND SUPPRESSION
OF THE WAHABEES-THE INSTITUTIONS, CHARACTER, MANNERS,
AND CUSTOMS OF THE BEDOUINS-AND A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW
OF ITS NATURAL HISTORY.

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