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ESSAYS

ON THE

LIFE OF MOHAMMED.

SERIES OF ESSAYS

ON THE

LIFE OF MOHAMMED,

AND

SUBJECTS SUBSIDIARY THERETO.

خطبات الا حمديه

علي العرب و السيرة المحمديه

الفها

المفتقر الي الله الصمد سيد احمد عفي الله عنه

THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH TEXT OF THESE ESSAYS HAS BEEN
CORRECTED BY A FRIEND.

REVISED AND

كشف الدجي بجماله
بلغ العلي بكمــــالــــه

جميع
حسنت

خصاله

صلوا عليه و آله

BY

SYED AHMED KHAN BAHADOR, C.S.I.,

AUTHOR OF THE "MOHAMMEDAN COMMENTARY ON THE HOLY BIBLE, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, AND LIFE HONORARY SECRETARY TO THE ALLYGURH SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.

VOL I.

BOD

LONDON: .

TRÜBNER & CO., 8 AND 60, PATERNOSTER ROW.

CONTENTS.

Preface and Introduction.

Essay on the Historical Geography of Arabia.

Essay on the Manners and Customs of the Pre-Islamic Arabians.
Essay on the Various Religions of the Pre-Islamic Arabs, wherein it is

inquired to which of them Islam bears the closest Resemblance
and whether by such affinity Islam is proved to be of Divine
Origin or "A Cunningly Devised Fable."

Essay on the Question Whether Islam has been Beneficial or Injurious
to Human Society in General, and to the Mosaic and Christian
Dispensations.

Essay on the Mohammedan Theological Literature.

Essay on the Mohammedan Traditions.

Essay on the Holy Koran.

Essay on the History of the Holy Mecca, including an account of
the distinguished part enacted in connection therewith by the
Ancestors of Mohammed.

Essay on the Pedigree of Mohammed.

Essay on the Prophecies respecting Mohammed, as contained in both.

the Old and the New Testament.

Essay on Shakki-sadar and Meraj, that is, the Splitting (open) of the
Chest of Mohammed; and his Night Journey.

Essay on the Birth and Childhood of Mohammed.