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Mohammed, soon discovered him to be the person he sought* 

 and believed on him. 



The twelfth chapter, consisting of twelve stanzas, relates to 

 the circumstance of Mohammed and his followers turning their 

 faces towards the Kaba of Mecca when they prayed, instead 

 of the temple of Jerusalem as they hitherto did. 



The thirteenth chapter, consisting of twenty-nine stanzas, 

 relates to the story of a wolf, which came to the Kaba, and in 

 the hearing of the Koreish who were assembled there, declared 

 that Mohammed was an incarnation of the divine ray (Noor) 

 and that he was sent by God into the world to establish the 

 true faith. 



The fourteenth chapter, consisting of forty-seven stanzas, 

 treats of the expedition of Baddhan against the tribe of Kana 

 and the Koreish, who submitted. 



The fifteenth chapter, consisting of two hundred and twenty 

 stanzas, is occupied with an extravagant account of the nuptials 

 of Fatima, daughter of Mohammed, with her cousin AIL 



The sixteenth chapter, consisting of fifteen stanzas, relates 

 to the expedition of Zeebul-bahar. 



The seventeenth chapter, consisting of twenty stanzas, 

 treats of the battle of Boath. 



The eighteenth chapter, consisting of forty-one stanzas, 

 states that Mohammed, hearing that a rich caravan belonging 

 to the Koreish was on its way to Syria, marched with his troops 

 to intercept and plunder it, but it passed the place before his 

 arrival, and he returned to Medina, leaving only a part of 

 his troops to wait its return from Syria * 



The nineteenth chapter, consisting of fifteen stanzas, de- 

 scribes the attack and plunder of the caravan by Mohammed's 

 troops in the valley ofNakhula, half way between Mecca and 

 Tayif. 



The twentieth chapter, consisting of two hundred and fifty- 

 six stanzas, contains an account of the victory gained by 

 Mohammed over the Mcccaus headed by Abu Safian, in the 

 valley of Badr. 



