She had once played before the Caliph under amazing circumstances.
But Abu Obeidah, fearing lest such a retreat might by the Caliph be interpreted cowardice in him, durst not approve of this advice.
It was a great matter of reproach against the caliph Othman that he was injudicious in his appointments, and had an inveterate propensity to consult the interests of his relatives and friends before that of the public.
A short time after Abu Obeidah wrote to the Caliph the following letter: "In the name of the most merciful God, etc.
The life and reign of the caliph Omar, distinguished by such great and striking events, were at length brought to a sudden and sanguinary end.
The caliph Omar, in reply, expressed a high sense of his important services, but reproved him for even mentioning the desire of the soldiery to plunder so rich a city, one of the greatest emporiums of the East.
His letter to the Caliph shows what must have been the population and splendor of Alexandria, and the luxury and effeminacy of its inhabitants at the time of the Moslem conquest.
A tribute of two ducats was laid on every male of mature age, besides a tax on all lands in proportion to their value, and the revenue which resulted to the Caliph is estimated at twelve millions of ducats.
Kufa is made the seat of government by Caliph Ali.
Death of Ziyad; his son, appointed by Caliph Moawiyah lieutenant of Khorassan, penetrates into Bokhara and defeats the Turks.
His plan, however, was condemned by theCaliph as calculated to throw open Arabia to a maritime invasion of the Christians.
Carthage destroyed by the general of caliph Abdul-malik.
Theophilus, son of Michael II, avenged these insults and on his fifth expedition penetrated into Syria; but the Caliph Mutazzim again ravaged the plains of Phrygia and directed his efforts against Amorium, the birthplace of Michael.
The western conquests of the Saracens were suspended near twenty years, till their dissensions were composed by the establishment of the house of Omayya; and the caliph Moawiya was invited by the cries of the Africans themselves.
The Caliph Harun al-Rashid twice crossed the plains of Phrygia and Bithynia to invest the heights of Scutari and the Pontic Heraclea, and compelled Nicephorus I to pay him an annual tribute.
The banners of Almeric and the Fatimite Caliphwaved together on the walls of Alexandria; but on either side the peace or truce was a mere makeshift for the purpose of gaining time.
But Shiracouh himself lived only two months; and then by way of choosing one whose love of pleasure and lack of influence seemed to promise a career of useful insignificance, the Fatimite Caliph made the young Saladin his minister.
The Caliph of Bagdad, however, objected to a female reigning even in name, and so Eibek married the widow; and still further to conciliate the Eyyubites of Syria and Kerak, elevated to the title of sultan a child of the Eyyubite stock.
The following year the Caliph also died; and now Saladin, who had by vigorous measures put down all opposition, himself as sultan took possession of the throne.
In this extremity, the Caliph again appealed to Nureddin, sending locks of his ladies' hair in token of alarm.
To put the best color on his design, Noureddin obtained from Mostadhi, the caliph of Bagdad, the sanction which converted his enterprise into a war as holy as that which the Norman conqueror waged against Harold of England.
O Abu al-Hasan, arise thou and thy friend and come down, for of a truth the world hath waxed strait upon us and I fear lest our case be discovered or the Caliph become aware of you; unless you descend at once we are dead ones.
FN#197] And as soon as she had finished her verse Shams al-Nahar swooned away once more, which when the Caliph saw, he came to her in haste and commanded the wine to be removed and each damsel to return to her chamber.
Presently the Caliph fell to jesting and toying with Shams al-Nahar and both were in the highest spirits, glad and gay, when he bade them throw open the garden pavilion.
The oldest minaret proper is supposed to have been built in Damascus by the Ommiade Caliph (No.
Thence I found that folk had entered my lodgings and were making a mighty hubbub; and I concluded that the Caliph had got wind of us and had sent his Chief of the Watch to seize us and bring us before him.
The Caliph Mu'awiyah when passing the cave sent into it some explorers who were all killed by a burning wind.
Amr told him that it was not in his power to grant such a request, but promised to write to the caliph for his consent.
After 833 he lived mostly in Bagdad, at the court of the caliph Mo,tasim.
When Omar became caliph he made Khalid chief commander of the Syrian armies, `Amr remaining in Palestine to complete the submission of that province.
Jisr al-Walid after the Omayyad caliph of that name, and again in 840 hy the Caliph Mutasim.
Removing to Bagdad, he continued his business there, but became famous for his verses, especially for those addressed to Utba, a slave of the caliph al-Mahdi.
The caliphhas the style of Amir ul Omara, "lord of lords.
About the year 646 `Amr was deprived of his government by the caliph Othman.
The Vizier was punctual; and with him, in a plain habit, was the Caliph himself, who underwent the operation of having blood drawn from him by the hand of Abad.
In the days of Caliph Haroun Alraschid, the neighbourhood of Bagdad was infested by a clan of banditti, known by the name of the "Ranger Band.
However, he has informed me how I may demand and obtain the assistance of a much more powerful enchanter than himself; but that genius being the help of Muloch, the Spirit of the Mountain, I need the aid of the Caliph himself.
How," said the Vizier, "can the Caliphbe of service to thee?
Coming to my dealer, he cried: "Why dost thou sell slaves before the Caliph has made his choice?
Thus in 966 the name of the caliph Moti was banished from the prayers at Mecca, and an 'Alyite took possession of the government of the city and recognized the Egyptian caliph as his master.
In 762 there was a rebellion in favour of a descendant of 'Ali, but it was put down with great severity by the army of the caliph Mansur.
Abdallah remained in Mecca recognized as caliph in Arabia, and soon after in Egypt and even a part of Syria.
The new national feeling demanded that all Arabs should be free men, so the caliph ordained that all Arab slaves should be freed on easy terms.
The final blow to any political pretensions of Medina was dealt by the caliph when he had his son Yazid declared as his successor, thus taking away any claim on the part of the citizens of Medina to elect to the caliphate.
The two cities were governed by Arabian nobles (sherifs), often at feud with one another, recognizing formally the overlordship of the caliph at Bagdad or the caliph of Egypt.
After the murder the rebels were unwilling to return home until a new caliph had been chosen in the capital.
Poetry depended on patronage, and that was to be had now chiefly in the court of the caliph and the residences of his governors.
Protected by the caliphhe employed the old weapons of satire to support them against the "Helpers" and to exalt his own tribe against the Qaisites.
The Caliph was a hunting celebrity; I was naturally anxious to see him.
Mr. James Lord had arrived from Tasmania with a draft of hounds for John Cox of Werongurt; had also brought with him The Caliph as a present to the same gentleman from his old friend Sir Richard Dry.
I recall The Caliph sailing over everything and taking all manner of fences, from 'chock and log' to stiff three-railers, in his stride.
Werongurt too, where John Cox held sway, where the first orchard was planted, where the choice Herefords roamed at will, where The Caliph and The Don were located, may still be recognised.
The Caliph was thought too good for the company, and was therefore not entered by his owner.
AM`RU, a Mohammedan general under the Caliph Omar, conquered Egypt among other military achievements; he is said to have executed the order of the Caliph Omar for burning the library of Alexandria; d.
Caliph Omar in 640; at one time a place of great commerce, but that has very materially decayed since the opening of the Suez Canal.
Became Caliphin 656, died by assassination in the Mosque at Bagdad; the Sheiks yearly commemorate his death.
The fourth caliph of this line, El-Moizz, conquered Egypt about 969, founded the modern Cairo, and made it his capital.
The contrast is at the least marked between the Caliph of the Prophet and the children of the Holy Catholic Church.
Jars of live fish and sea-weed reached the capital, and proved to the Caliph that his empire touched the ocean, the "limitless limit" of the world.
Here the Caliph received a deputation, consisting of the cadi of Fustat and other eminent persons, whom he moved to tears by his eloquent and virtuous discourse.
The missionary then proclaimed the imam Obeid-Allah as the true caliph and spiritual head of Islam.
The arguments and threats of the Caliph were alike thrown away.
On the conquest of Jerusalem by the Arabians, it was the first care of the caliph Omar to rebuild "the Temple of the Lord.
Holy City was surrendered to the Saracens, the caliph Omar gave guarantees for the security of the Christian population.
Before he could inquire the reason, the guard arrested him as a stranger, and conducted him to the presence of the Caliph Omar.
And producing his tablets and types, he explained to the Caliph the entire mystery of the art of printing.
When the caliph arrived near the town he waited three days and they gave him food and barley.
But when Mouley-Abd-Er-Rahman came to the throne he sent a caliph to Tiznit.
That lasted so until one night the son of the cadi and the son of the caliph went to a young man who knew how to play on the flute and the rebab.
The son of the caliph of the King asked for one of them, and the son of the cadi asked for the other, but their father would not let them marry, although they desired it.
Saragossa alone held out, for there Marsilio had taken up his station and determined to defend the town alone until the arrival of the troops his liege lord Baligant, caliph of Babylon, had promised to send to his aid.
These things done, the emperor marched against the Moors, who meanwhile had been reinforced by the arrival of Caliph Baligant of Babylon with hosts of followers.
In 1782 he wrote in French his oriental romance, The History of theCaliph Vathek, which appeared in English, translated by the Rev.
His arms were successful both in Europe and Asia, and he was the first Ottoman sovereign to be styled "sultan," which title he induced the titular Abbasid caliph to confer on him.
But when she saw the executioner she changed her mind, and she felt, too, that the Caliph was more used to asking questions than to answering them.
There were the Sultan and the Caliph and the Grand Vizier, and the silk merchants and the calenders, and the princesses of every degree,--all on camels most wonderful to behold.
This was just what the Caliph was after, and summoning the girls before him, he prepared to try the case.
Reverently touching his forehead to the floor, Kanana remained prostrate until the caliph was seated.
Not until the caliph entered again did he suddenly look up, exclaiming, "This shepherd's coat would not be fitting the dignity of the white camel.
He became so deeply buried in his plans that he had entirely forgotten where he was, when the rattle of the reed curtain roused him and, starting from his dream, he found the great caliph entering.
All was ready, and with the mantle drawn over his beardless face, and the abbe covering his sheepskin coat, Kanana knelt and received the blessing of the Caliph Omar.
The caliph looked in some surprise upon the hardy Bedouin boy.
Without another word the caliph left the room to prepare the messages.
The great caliph quickly broke the seal and read; then, turning to the bearer, asked sharply, "And who art thou?
More and more he fell behind, and in spite of every effort of the driver, the pride of the caliphwas beaten.
The caliph only smiled: "Let each one dance according to the music which he hears.
The caliph summoned an officer, saying, "Go to the caravan at the Moabede Gate.
We were bearing a letter to the Caliph Omar, who is now at Mecca, telling him of the danger and asking help.
Indicating the slave who should take Kanana in charge, the Caliph Omar turned abruptly away and showed the letter to the man with whom he had been conversing.
Hardship should not be hard to thee; but thou shall be carried as one whom the caliph would honor.
His sacred promise had been pledged to fly with that letter to the great caliph at Mecca.
When Taryak, the musician, came from the East to Spain, the Caliph Abderrahman rode forth to meet him with honor.
The Caliph Alhakem's was so large that the catalogue alone filled forty volumes.
The Caliph himself was much attached to the study of mathematics, which he pursued with brilliant success.
Ali, the fourth Caliph from Mohammed, was the first who extended any protection to letters.
His courtiers and vizirs exerted their efforts to soothe his extravagance, but finding every expedient ineffectual, they all united in one vociferation: "The Caliph is gone mad!
The Caliph was the only person that refused to leave the valley.
Having uttered this exclamation, Solomon raised his hands towards heaven, in token of supplication; and the caliph discerned through his bosom, which was transparent as crystal, his heart enveloped in flames.
The caliph was ready to sink with terror when he heard the groans of Solomon.
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