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HISTORY 



OF 



ARABIA. 



ANCIENT AND MODERN. 



CONTAINING 



A DBSORIPTION OF THE COUNTRY — AN ACCOUNT OF ITS INHABITANTS 

 ANTIQUITIES, POLITICAI, CONDITION, AND EARLY COMMERCE — THE 

 LIFE AND RELIGION OF MOHAMMED — THE CONQUESTS, ARTS, AND 

 LITERATURE OF THE SARACENS — THE CAI.IPHS OF DAMASCUS, BAGDAD, 

 AFRICA, AND SPAIN — THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT AND RELIGIOUS CERE- 

 MONIES OF THE MODERN ARABS — ORIGIN AND SUPPRESSION OF THE 

 WAHABEES — THE INSTITUTIONS, CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND CUS- 

 TOMS OF THE BEDOUINS — AND A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF ITS NATU- 

 RAL HISTORY. 



BY ANDREW CRICHTON. 



WITH A MAP AND EN GRAVING 8. 

 IN TWO VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. 



NEW-YORK: 



PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, 



NO. 82 CLIFF-STREET. 



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