...genuine nobility : he fprung from the tribe of Koreifh and the family of Hafliem , the moft illuftrious of the Arabs, the princes of Mecca, and the hereditary guardians of the Caaba. The grandfather of Mahomet was Abdol Motalleb, the fon of Hafhem , a wealthy and generous citizen, who relieved the diftrefs...

...fable ; but if the first steps of the pe- 569'...eo9. digree84 are dark and doubtful, he could produce many generations of pure and genuine nobility : he...hereditary guardians of the Caaba. The grandfather of Mahomet 61 In their offerings it was a maxim to defraud God for the profit of the klol, not a more...

...imposture.* MAHOMET was born in the year 569 or 570, at Mecca, a city in Arabia Felix. He was descended from the tribe of Koreish, and the family of Hashem,...princes of Mecca, and the hereditary guardians of their code of religious institutions. In his early infancy he was deprived of his father, his mother,...

...Mecca, a city in Arabia Felix. He was descended from the tribe of Koreish, and the family of Hashern, the most illustrious of the Arabs, the princes of Mecca, and the hereditary guardians of their code of religious institutions. In, his early infancy he was deprived of his father, his mother,...

...Mecca, a city in Arahia Felix. He was descended from the tribe of Koreish, and the family of Hashcm, the most illustrious of the Arabs, the princes of Mecca, and the hereditary guardians of their code of religious institutions. In his early infancy he was deprived of his father, his mother,...

.../,ut yuaurrvrnt 4iuXnt (Chronograph, p. 277). CHAP, produce many generations of pure and genuine J^, nobility: he sprung from the tribe of Koreish and...hereditary guardians of the Caaba. The grandfather of Mahomet was Abdol Motalleb, the son of Hashem, a wealthy and generous citizen, who relieved the distress...

...; but they adored Ishmael, whose life they found themselves imitating. Then came Mahomet. He was of the tribe of Koreish, and the family of Hashem, the most illustrious of the Arabs, Princes of Mecca, and hereditary guardians of the Caaba. It is curious that the controversial Christians,...

...the year 569 or 570, at Mecca, a city in Arabia Felix. He was descended from the tribe of Koreisli, and the family of Hashem, the most illustrious of...princes of Mecca, and the hereditary guardians of their code of religious institutions. In his early infancy he was deprived of his father, his mother,...

...genealogy, in particular, " he could produce many generations of pure and genuine nobility : he sprang from the tribe of Koreish and the family of Hashem,...and the hereditary guardians of the Caaba." * The national origin, * Gibbon. The Koreish may be styled the Pharisees of Arabia. Like that Jewish sect,...

...written, the founds of that system of religious imposture which is called Mahometariism, was ilescemW from the tribe of Koreish, and the family of Hashem, the most illustrious of the A"b< the princes of Mecca, and the hereditary guardians of the Kaaba. He was born it Mecca four months...