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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER L: Description Of Arabia And Its Inhabitants
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14.)] [Footnote 47: The original plan of the Caaba (which is servilely copied in Sale, the Universal History, &c.) was a Turkish draught, which Reland (de Religione Mohammedica, p.

113-123) has corrected and explained from the best authorities.

For the description and legend of the Caaba, consult Pocock, (Specimen, p.

115-122,) the Bibliotheque Orientale of D'Herbelot, (Caaba, Hagir, Zemzem, &c.,) and Sale (Preliminary Discourse, p.

114-122.)] [Footnote 48: Cosa, the fifth ancestor of Mahomet, must have usurped the Caaba A.D.


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