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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1876 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1878 Edition.
1876. Osborn, an English officer, employed his leisure time to draw
up brief historical sketches of the races (Indian) from which the
native army is chiefly recruited. His objective was to provide
young officers with the knowledge needed to better understand the
men they had to command in the field and in quarters. Contents:
Part I. Islam: Muhammad at Mekka; Muhammad at Medina; The
Pilgrimage of Farewell; Ali and His Sons; The Struggle for Empire.
Part II. The Fatimides: The Shia; The Arab and the Berber; The Rise
of the Fatimides; The Conquest of Egypt. Part III. The Khalifs of
the House of Ommaya: The Arabs before Islam; The Revolt of Yezid
Ibn Mouhalleb; The Decline of the Ommayas; The Abbasides; and The
Fall of the Ommayas.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Osborn, an English officer, employed his leisure time to draw up
brief historical sketches of the races (Indian) from which the
native army is chiefly recruited. His objective was to provide
young officers with the knowledge needed to better understand the
men they had to command in the field and in quarters. The Contents
include: Part I - Islam: Muhammad at Mekka; Muhammad at Medina; The
Pilgrimage of Farewell; Ali and His Sons; The Struggle for Empire;
Part II - The Fatimides: The Shia; The Arab and the Berber; The
Rise of the Fatimides; The Conquest of Egypt; Part III - The
Khalifs of the House of Ommaya: The Arabs before Islam; The Revolt
of Yezid Ibn Mouhalleb; The Decline of the Ommayas; The Abbasides;
and The Fall of the Ommayas.
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