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Table of Contents.
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15. The Revd. Mr. Green’s remarks on the wars of Mohammad criticised xxiii
16. Another view of the wars of Mohammad xxviii
17. Caravans if waylaid, were waylaid by way of reprisal xxx
18. Intolerance; no compulsory conversion enjoined or took place during Mohammad's lifetime:
Sir W. Muir quoted and refuted xxxi
19. A brief sketch of the propagation of Islam at Mecca:
Islam at Mecca;
Islam at Abyssinia;
Conversions at Nukhla xxxii
20. Rapid stride of Islam at Medina xxxvii
21. The increasing number of Moslem converts at Mecca after the Hegira xxxix
22. Disturbed state of the public peace among the tribes surrounding Medina. Internecine wars, an obstacle to the propagation of Islam xl
23. Sketch of the intertribal wars in Arabia during the lifetime of Mohammad xli
24. Spread of Islam in the surrounding tribes at Medina after the Hegira I–VI xliii
25. Mecca a barrier against the conversion of the Southern tribes xliv
26. Tribal conversions in the sixth year. Conversion among several other tribes of the North and North-east in A. H. VIII xlv
27. Surrender of Mecca, A. H. VII xlvii
28. Mecca not compelled to believe ib.
29. The wholesale conversion of the remaining tribes, A. H. IX and X xlviii
30. The various deputations in the 9th and 10th year of the Hegira li
31. A list of the deputations of conversion received by Mohammad at Medina during A. H. IX and X li–lviii
32. All conversions, individual and tribal, were without any compulsion lix
33. Mohammad was not favoured with circumstances round him. The difficulty Mohammad encountered in his

work. Marcus Dods quoted:

Dr. Mohscim's causes of the spread of Islam and Hallam quoted

lx–lxv
34. Mohammad's unwavering belief in his own mission and his success show him to be a true prophet. Mohammad's efforts established monotheism in Arabia. His manly exertions, and his single handed perseverance.