The history of the Saracens. Containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmelick, the immediate successors of Mahomet. Giving an account of their most remarkable battles, sieges, &c. particularly those of Aleppo, Antioch, Damascus, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. Illustrating the religion, rites, customs, and manner of living of that warlike people. Collected from the most authentic Arabic Authors, especially Mss. not hitherto publish'd in any European Language. B Simon Ockley, B. D. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, Professor of Arabick in the University of Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Vol. I.

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  • The history of the Saracens. Containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmelick, the immediate successors of Mahomet. Giving an account of their most remarkable battles, sieges, &c. particularly those of Aleppo, Antioch, Damascus, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. Illustrating the religion, rites, customs, and manner of living of that warlike people. Collected from the most authentic Arabic Authors, especially Mss. not hitherto publish'd in any European Language. B Simon Ockley, B. D. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, Professor of Arabick in the University of Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Vol. I.
  • Conquest of Syria, Persia and Ægypt, by the Saracens
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Imprint
Cambridge: printed for the sole benefit of Mrs. Anne Ockley, by permission of Henry Lintot, Esq;, M.DCC.LVII. [1757]
Publication year
1757-1757
ESTC No.
T134350
Grub Street ID
183011
Description
2v.,plate ; 8⁰
Note
With a list of subscribers.

The 'Account of the Arabians .. of the life of Mahomet, .. ' in vol.1 is by Roger Long.

First published in 1708 as 'The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Ægypt, by the Saracens: .. ' - The titlepage to vol. 2 has no edition statement.

With a half-title: 'Professor Ockley's history of the Saracens'.