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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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