Arabia: the Cradle of Islam

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Author

Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1867-1952

Title

Arabia: The Cradle of Islam Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.

Credits

Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Arabian Peninsula

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63928

Release Date

December 1, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Arabia: The Cradle of Islam
4. 4.DEDICATED
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Introductory Note
7. 7.Preface
8. 8.Table of Contents
9. 9.List of Illustrations
10. 10.I THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA
11. 11.II THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA
12. 12.III THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MECCA
13. 13.IV THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MEDINA
14. 14.V ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY
15. 15.VI YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA
16. 16.VII THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT
17. 17.VIII MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OF OMAN
18. 18.IX THE LAND OF THE CAMEL
19. 19.X THE PEARL ISLANDS OF THE GULF
20. 20.XI THE EASTERN THRESHOLD OF ARABIA
21. 21.XII THE RIVER-COUNTRY AND THE DATE-PALM
22. 22.XIII THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF TURKISH-ARABIA
23. 23.XIV A JOURNEY DOWN THE EUPHRATES
24. 24.XV THE INTERIOR—KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
25. 25.XVI “THE TIME OF IGNORANCE”
26. 26.XVII ISLAM IN ITS CRADLE—THE MOSLEM’S GOD [55] — ANALYSIS OF ISLAM AS A SYSTEM, DEVELOPED FROM ITS CREED. “There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his apostle.” — ANALYSIS OF THE BORROWED ELEMENTS OF ISLAM.
27. 27.XVIII THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK
28. 28.XIX THE WAHABI RULERS AND REFORMERS
29. 29.XX THE RULERS OF OMAN
30. 30.XXI THE STORY OF THE TURKS IN ARABIA
31. 31.XXII BRITISH INFLUENCE IN ARABIA
32. 32.XXIII PRESENT POLITICS IN ARABIA
33. 33.XXIV THE ARABIC LANGUAGE
34. 34.XXV THE LITERATURE OF THE ARABS
35. 35.XXVI THE ARAB
36. 36.XXVII ARABIAN ARTS AND SCIENCES
37. 37.XXVIII THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA [103]
38. 38.XXIX EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA
39. 39.XXX THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MISSIONS
40. 40.XXXI ION KEITH FALCONER AND THE ADEN MISSION
41. 41.XXXII BISHOP FRENCH THE VETERAN MISSIONARY TO MUSCAT
42. 42.XXXIII THE AMERICAN ARABIAN MISSION
43. 43.XXXIV IN MEMORIAM—PETER J. ZWEMER AND GEO. E. STONE
44. 44.XXXV PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FIELD
45. 45.XXXVI OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA
46. 46.Appendix I A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
47. 47.Appendix II TABLE OF THE ARAB TRIBES OF NORTHERN ARABIA
48. 48.Appendix III KAAT AND COFFEE CULTURE IN ARABIA
49. 49.Appendix IV AN ARABIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY — B. Manners and Customs [169] — D. Islam
50. 50.Index
51. 51.FOOTNOTES:

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