califs

Through them, beyond them, around and about them, drifted and eddied a horde — great as that with which Tamerlane swept down upon Rome, vast as the myriads which Genghis Khan rolled upon the califs — men and women and children — clothed in tatters, half nude and wholly naked; slant-eyed Chinese, sloe-eyed Malays, islanders black and brown and yellow, fierce-faced warriors of the

The Moon Pool 2004

They saw their califs, their beloved companions of the prophet, his closest friends, who are all -- they may not have been the best of rulers, but they were all devout men, those first four.

Islam: A Short History 2000

Leaving the Alhambra you proceed farther and ascend higher to the Generalife, the summer residence of the califs.

The Spanish Nations and Their Increasing Interest To Us 1917

I do not know whether the credit for such a daring structure should be given to the Armenian kings or the Greek emperors, or perhaps even to the califs.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892

Surely there could be nothing real like it since the days of the califs of Bagdad!

The Land of Thor 1848

The armies of the califs, which wrested from Persia the dominion of the surrounding nations, conquered in succession the provinces of Arabia, Syria, and

Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814

In 868, Achmet, a Turk, who from being governor had made himself sovereign of Egypt, conquered the capital of Palestine; but his son having been defeated by the califs of Bagdad; the holy city again returned under their dominion in the year

Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814

The Arabian califs were, on various accounts, inclined to favour the resort of Europeans to these shrines of their faith.

Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814

"_Twenty scholars in seven years might retrieve the worst losses we experience from the bigotry of popes and califs.

Notes and Queries, Number 70, March 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852