CHAPTER V

THE SPREAD OF ISLAM (632-661 A.D.) 145

Abu Bekr, first caliph after Mohammed, 145. The caliph

Omar, 150. The conquest of Persia, 151. The Syrian conquest

completed, 156. Egypt captured, 160. The alleged burning of the

library, 163. Othman, the third caliph, 167. Ali, 170.

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