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  6. Mohammed's withdrawal from the compromise fans afresh the flames of ridicule and persecution,
92-93
  7. The two important conversions of Hamza and Omar take place notwithstanding the prevailing persecution,
93-97
  8. After these conversions, persecution bursts out more fiercely, and Mohammed, with his entire family, is put under a ban,
97-99
  9. Mohammed, bereft by death of Khadija and Abu Talib, finds Mecca increasingly unsympathetic, and at last fixedly hostile,
99-101
  10. Definitively rejected by Mecca, Mohammed addresses himself to other Arab Communities, but meets with no better reception,
101-104
  11. Mohammed succeeds in gaining a number of partisans amongst the people of Medina,
104-107
  12. The spread of Islam amongst the people of Medina prepares the way for Mohammed and his whole party to emigrate thither,
107-115
II. Mohammed's complete success in securing recognition as a Prophet, and in rendering Islam the dominant power of Arabia, or his Medinan Period, comprising the last ten years of his life,
115-241
  1. Mohammed settles in Medina, and seeks to unite around him the different sections of the population, as a first step in the realisation of his Plan,
115-124
  2. Mohammed, by establishing Islam as the paramount power of Medina, displaces the previous Polytheism, and forces the dissenting Arabs either to emigrate, or to simulate submission. In this sense lie shows himself anti-Pagan,
124-128
  3. Mohammed at first accommodates himself to the Jews, in the hope of gaining them over to Islam; but failing in this, he deliberately turns against them; and shows himself decidedly anti-Jewish,
128-134
  4. Mohammed, unsuccessful to convert the Christians by way of theological disputations, seeks to degrade their religion, and reduces them to a state of vassalage. He shows himself positively anti-Christian,
135-140
  5. Mohammed engages in a number of warlike expeditions against the Koreish, for the purpose of revenge and plunder, which culminate in the victorious battle at Bedr,
140-152
  6. The Meccans, under a sense of their disgraceful defeat at Bedr, stir up their confederates against Mohammed, and avenge themselves by the decided victory at Ohod,
152-159
  7. In consequence of his defeat at Ohod, Mohammed has to meet several hostile demonstrations of Bedouin tribes, and afterwards a protracted siege of Medina by a formidable Meccan army,
159-168
  8. Mohammed's anti-Jewish policy leads to the heartless over throw of the Jewish tribes of Medina, and the unjust conquest of Khaibar, with other Jewish communities,
168-185
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  9. Mohammed extends his policy of conquest, subjugation, and plunder to a number of Bedouin tribes, and injures Mecca whenever he can,
185-188
  10. Mohammed shows his veneration for the Kaaba by arranging a pompous pilgrimage to it; but the Koreish prevent his caravan of pilgrims from approaching nearer than Hodeibia, where he succeeds in concluding an armistice with them,
188-191
  11. Mohammed, making good use of his armistice with the Koreish, seeks to extend his influence abroad by sending messengers to neighbouring potentates, summoning them to embrace Islam,
192-196
  12. Mohammed, with 2000 followers, visits the pilgrim-festival, according to treaty right; and, after despatching marauding expeditions to various parts, including one to Muta, finds a pretext for breaking the armistice, and easily conquers Mecca, with an army of 10,000 men,
196-203
  13. After the conquest of Mecca, Mohammed's power rapidly increases, and he gains the important battle of Honein, which yields him an immense booty, and leads to the capitulation of the rich town of Taif,
203-206
  14. Mohammed starts with a military expedition against the Roman empire, but only reaches as far as Tabuk, whence he despatches some troops against Duma, and then returns,
206-210
  15. The Arab power of resistance being broken by the rapid extension of Mohammed's triumphs, so many tribes are induced by fear and self-interest, to send special deputies to Medina, offering their submission to Islam, that the 9th year after the Flight is styled, ' The Year of the Reputations,'
211-215
  16. The superficiality of the conversions and compacts effected by those deputations, is illustrated by the instances of two Arab tribes, and of two rival Prophets,
215-221
  17. Mohammed celebrates the complete triumph of Islam over Arabia by attending the reformed pilgrim-festival of the year 632, with a company of 114,000 Moslem followers,
221-223
  18. Mohammed seeks to tighten his grasp on Arabia by the despatch of Collectors or Residents to its different provinces; and then directs his earnest attention to a fresh attack upon the Roman empire, by collecting an army to invade Syria,
224-228
  19. Mohammed is arrested in his career of conquests and sensuality by the unsparing hand of death,
229-233
  20. Mohammed has scarcely closed his eyes, when discord among his followers threatens to break up the whole fabric he had erected; but Abu Bekr manages to be chosen first Calif, and, as such, takes up the plans of his late friend,
233-241