Mallams in Hausaland,172,173
Marriage of Mohammed,21,25,205; after Khadîjah's death with Zainab,88
Martel, Charles, repulses Saracens,105,205
Martyn, Henry,175,176,182,196,205
Mecca, site of,2; its idolatry and riches,30,45; prayer towards,69,155,158,161; pilgrimage to,70,85,193; caravan trade attacked,74-8,79,80; pivot of Arabia,85; conquered by Mohammed,85,205; influence in Arabia,125; evil influence to-day,155
Medina, Moslem converts from,61; flight of Mohammed to,62-4; the City of the Prophet,64; establishment of Islam in,66,67; besieged by Koreish,84
Mesopotamia, Moslems in,109
Michael the Angel, fights at Badr,81
Miller, Dr. Walter, quoted,172-74
Mogul Empire in India,157,205
Mohammed (see also underCharacter,Characteristics,Influence,Khadîjah,Teaching,Motives), birth and parentage,2,205; early childhood,3,4; shepherd life,5; first caravan journey,7; takes part in tribal war,14-16; love and wooing,21-5; marriage with Khadîjah,21,25,205; relays Black Stone,27-9; first 'revelation, '34-6,205; public avowal to Meccans,43-5; dwells in house of Al Arkam as a Prophet,48,49; marriage to Saudah and Ayesha,59,68; expedition to Taif,59,87; disciples from Medina,61,62; the Hegira,62-5,205; incites to caravan robbery,74,76; defeats Koreish at Badr,80-4,205; captures Mecca,85,205; marries Zainab,88; his death,90,91,105,205
Mongols, in Central Asia,205
Morocco, Moslem misrule in,123,124; Hall Caine on,123; Joseph Thompson on,124
Moscow, reached by Islam,140
Moses,20
Moslems, as conquerors,87,96-100; in India compared with Hindus,157,158
Moslem conquests, some reasons for,100-7
Moslem faith, summarized,192,193
Moslem population, distribution of,206
Moslem world, political survey,207
Mosque, the first,68; Mosque of Omar,108; to be accompanied by school,112; beside Pagan temple in West Africa,161
Mothanna, a Moslem general,103
Motives appealed to by Mohammed,49; love of happiness,52; love of plunder,74,77,78,80,83,102,103; conviction concerning One God,101; joys of Paradise,102,103; patriotism of the Arab,105,106
Muezzin, Bilâl, the first,69; calls from Kaaba,86
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Nakhla, gorge of,76
Nigeria,162,205
Nile Valley, Moslems in,100
North Africa, conquered by Moslems,99,140,161
North Africa Mission founded,205
Nyassaland, Church in,100,170
O
Omar, conversion of,52-4; suggests call to prayer,69; present at Mohammed's death,90; second Caliph,100; Mosque of,108
Ottoman dynasty, date of,205
P
Palestine, conquered,99; under Moslem rule,160,161,205
Paradise of the Moslems,78,102-4,133
Patriotism appealed to by Mohammed,21,105,106
Paul, Saint, quoted,195,196
Persia, Chosroes, king of,99; conquered by Moslems,99,205; battle against,99,103; Zoroastrians easily converted,108; Moslem rule in,119,121,159; a traveller's impression of,122-3; sects of the Shiahs in,122; lack of communication,122; moral rottenness,123; present condition,159; Henry Martyn in,175,205; Medical Missions in,182,183; Christian converts in,182-84; Reform party in,205
Pilgrimage, Arabian custom,4,6,12,45,85; instituted by Mohammed,70,193
Plassey, battle of,205
Pledge of Acaba,61,62
'Pledge of Women, ' the,61
Political survey of Moslem World,207
Population, Moslem, distribution of,125,206
Prayer, Mohammed retires for,34; to Uzza and Lât,45; Mohammed's prayer for Omar's conversion,54; five stated times of,69,179; call to, instituted,69; call to, sounded from Kaaba,86; for Mohammed, a Moslem duty,92; Mohammed's teaching on,130,131,138; of Raymund Lull,148
Prisoners, treatment by Mohammed,82,83
R
Ramadân, Mohammedan retires for,34; a Moslem fast,70,108
Raymund Lull, his life-work,142-47,205; quoted,143,144,148; his death,146; his motto,147; secret of his life,196
Reform Movement, of Sultan Mahmoud, a farce,120,121; in Turkey to-day, in Persia to-day,205
Rejeb, truce of, broken,76-8
'Revelations' of Mohammed,35,41,205
Revolution, Turkey's bloodless,205
S
Sakîneh a Persian Christian,182,183
Saracens in Spain,110
Saudah, married by Mohammed,59; established at Medina,68
Shah Jehan, in India,157
Sheba, Queen of,20
Shiahs, Moslem sects in Persia,122
Siberia,159
Sierra Leone, Islam reaches,100
Soudan, Moslems in,99,205
South Africa, threatened by Islam,100,171
Spain, Moslems in,99,112,140,205; marks of Moslem influence in,112; end of Moslem rule,205
Speer, Robert E., on Persia,122-3
Spread of Islam, in 7th century,99,111,205; in 11th century,99,205; in 18th and 19th centuries,99,205; to-day,100,162; in South and West Africa,100,162,171; in Nigeria,162
Stanley, finds Livingstone,168; letter toDaily Telegraph,169,170
Sultan Mahmoud, his so-called reforms,120,121
'Sword of God, '101
Syria, visited by Mohammed,7; conquered by Moslems,87,99,205
Syrian Church, preaching in Arabia,8; degradation of,8,9; deserted by whole tribes,109; Jerusalem and Antioch conquered,109,111; Damascus, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Olivet, now Moslem,160,161
T
Taif, Mohammed's expedition to,59; subdued,87
Teachings of Mohammed, his master-truth,38,44; his creed,39,67; not new,43; described by his followers in Abyssinia,56; sometimes retracted,57,58,89; as shown by the 'Pledge of Women, '61; on religious observances,68-71; caravan raids sanctioned,74-8; loses its earnestness,88; its scope,88,89,93,94; God is great,127; God is not love,127-9; Allah is Will,128; on man,129-31; on prayer,130,131; on woman,131-3; on Paradise,133,134; compared with the teaching of Christ,132,136-40
Thompson, Joseph, on Morocco,124
Timur (or Timerlane) in India,157,205
Tours, battle of,105,205
Truce of Rejeb, broken,76-8
Tugwell, Bishop, in West Africa,171,205
Turkestan, a Moslem stronghold,99,158
Turkish Empire, misrule of,120; a Moslem power,120,159,160; character of its capital,121
Tûr, Mount, Mohammed concealed in,63
U
Uganda, Church in, threatened by Islam,100; founded after Stanley's message,170; statistics of,170
Ugba, Moslem general,106,107
Ukaz, fairs of, incident at,15; their influence in Arabia,18,19
Universities' Mission to Central Africa,170
Utba, colloquy of Mohammed with,49-51
Uzza and Lât, gods of Mecca,45,57; destroyed,86
V
Vienna, Moslems defeated before,203
Viziers appointed,108
W
Wad en Nejumi, follower of the Mahdi,164; his death,165,166
Warakah, a cousin of Khadîjah,25,30; opinion on Mohammed's 'revelations, '36,37
Washings, a Moslem religious duty,68
Wingate, Sir Reginald, describes a Moslem foe,164-6
Woman, teaching of Mohammed on,24,131-3,138
X
Xavier, Francis,149,205
Y
Yathreb (seeMedina)
Z
Zaid, Khadîjah's slave,40; husband of Zainab,88; present at Mohammed's death,90; collects suras,93
Zainab, married to Mohammed,88
Zanzibar,161; cathedral on site of slave market,170
Zaria,173
Zemzem, well of,2,4
Zoroastrians, at Fair of Ukaz,19; converted to Islam,108,159
Zwemer, Dr., quoted,92,93
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