Sketches From Eastern History

"Of the following studies, three have already appeared in German periodicals, and one (that on the Koran) forms part of the articla Mohammedanism in the 9th edition of the Encyclopedia britannica...The fourth, fifth, and sixth, and to some extent the second and third also, may be regarded as supplementing Aug. Müller's excellent 'History of Islam'."--Pref Some characteristics of the Semitic race.--The Koran.--Islam.--Caliph Mansúr.--A servile war in the East.--Yakúb the coppersmith, and his d