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Mohammed's withdrawal from the compromise fans
afresh the flames of ridicule and persecution, |
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The two important conversions of Hamza and Omar
take place notwithstanding the prevailing persecution, |
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After these conversions, persecution bursts out
more fiercely, and Mohammed, with his entire family,
is put under a ban, |
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Mohammed, bereft by death of Khadija and Abu Talib,
finds Mecca increasingly unsympathetic, and at last
fixedly hostile, |
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Definitively rejected by Mecca, Mohammed addresses
himself to other Arab Communities, but meets with
no better reception, |
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Mohammed succeeds in gaining a number of partisans
amongst the people of Medina, |
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The spread of Islam amongst the people of Medina
prepares the way for Mohammed and his whole party
to emigrate thither, |
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Mohammed's complete success
in securing recognition as a Prophet, and in rendering
Islam the dominant power of Arabia, or his Medinan
Period, comprising the last ten years of his life, |
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1. |
Mohammed settles in Medina, and seeks to unite
around him the different sections of the population,
as a first step in the realisation of his Plan, |
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Mohammed, by establishing Islam as the paramount
power of Medina, displaces the previous Polytheism,
and forces the dissenting Arabs either to emigrate,
or to simulate submission. In this sense lie shows
himself anti-Pagan, |
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Mohammed at first accommodates himself to the
Jews, in the hope of gaining them over to Islam;
but failing in this, he deliberately turns against
them; and shows himself decidedly anti-Jewish, |
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Mohammed, unsuccessful to convert the Christians
by way of theological disputations, seeks to degrade
their religion, and reduces them to a state of vassalage.
He shows himself positively anti-Christian, |
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Mohammed engages in a number of warlike expeditions
against the Koreish, for the purpose of revenge
and plunder, which culminate in the victorious battle
at Bedr, |
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The Meccans, under a sense of their disgraceful
defeat at Bedr, stir up their confederates against
Mohammed, and avenge themselves by the decided victory
at Ohod, |
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In consequence of his defeat at Ohod, Mohammed
has to meet several hostile demonstrations of Bedouin
tribes, and afterwards a protracted siege of Medina
by a formidable Meccan army, |
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Mohammed's anti-Jewish policy leads to the heartless
over throw of the Jewish tribes of Medina, and the
unjust conquest of Khaibar, with other Jewish communities, |
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9. |
Mohammed extends his policy of conquest, subjugation,
and plunder to a number of Bedouin tribes, and injures
Mecca whenever he can, |
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Mohammed shows his veneration for the Kaaba by
arranging a pompous pilgrimage to it; but the Koreish
prevent his caravan of pilgrims from approaching
nearer than Hodeibia, where he succeeds in concluding
an armistice with them, |
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Mohammed, making good use of his armistice with
the Koreish, seeks to extend his influence abroad
by sending messengers to neighbouring potentates,
summoning them to embrace Islam, |
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Mohammed, with 2000 followers, visits the pilgrim-festival,
according to treaty right; and, after despatching
marauding expeditions to various parts, including
one to Muta, finds a pretext for breaking the armistice,
and easily conquers Mecca, with an army of 10,000
men, |
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After the conquest of Mecca, Mohammed's power
rapidly increases, and he gains the important battle
of Honein, which yields him an immense booty, and
leads to the capitulation of the rich town of Taif, |
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Mohammed starts with a military expedition against
the Roman empire, but only reaches as far as Tabuk,
whence he despatches some troops against Duma, and
then returns, |
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The Arab power of resistance being broken by the
rapid extension of Mohammed's triumphs, so many
tribes are induced by fear and self-interest, to
send special deputies to Medina, offering their
submission to Islam, that the 9th year after the
Flight is styled, ' The Year of the Reputations,' |
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The superficiality of the conversions and compacts
effected by those deputations, is illustrated by
the instances of two Arab tribes, and of two rival
Prophets, |
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Mohammed celebrates the complete triumph of Islam
over Arabia by attending the reformed pilgrim-festival
of the year 632, with a company of 114,000 Moslem
followers, |
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Mohammed seeks to tighten his grasp on Arabia
by the despatch of Collectors or Residents to its
different provinces; and then directs his earnest
attention to a fresh attack upon the Roman empire,
by collecting an army to invade Syria, |
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Mohammed is arrested in his career of conquests
and sensuality by the unsparing hand of death, |
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Mohammed has scarcely closed his eyes, when discord
among his followers threatens to break up the whole
fabric he had erected; but Abu Bekr manages to be
chosen first Calif, and, as such, takes up the plans
of his late friend, |
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