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Khaibar is well known in Arabian history, as the scene of early Muselman wars under Mohammed, Aly, and their successors. The Arabs of Khaibar, in time of They are said to be of a darker complexion than the surrounding Bedouins: this may be caused by the great heat in the low situation of that place.
The German women plundered; the German secretaries plundered; the German cooks and intendants plundered; even Mustapha and Mohammed, the German negroes, had a share of the booty. Take what you can get, was the old monarch's maxim. He was not a lofty monarch, certainly; he was not a patron of the fine arts; but he was not a hypocrite, he was not revengeful, he was not extravagant.
I swear, by Allah, that my house shall continue to rule over Egypt, and it shall be inscribed in the books of history: 'Mohammed Ali was the first free viceroy of Egypt, and his sons succeeded him on the throne. Swear to me, my sons, that you will one day become good and just rulers over Egypt!" "We swear that we will, father!
But did Mohammed himself come to these conclusions in the last part of his life? Are the words in which Allah spoke to him: "We have sent thee to men in general," and a few expressions of the same sort, to be taken in that sense, or does "humanity" here, as in many other places in the Qoran, mean those with whom Mohammed had especially to do?
Both of these objects he seems to have accomplished; and his success places him in the list of great reformers, like Mohammed and Luther, but greater and better than either, since he did not attempt, like the former, to bring about a good end by bad means; nor was he stained by personal defects, like the latter.
The men, who had pressed close against the high porch outside the mosque, remained silent for a moment and looked hesitatingly before them. "Will you pay it?" repeated Mohammed. "You will, I am sure." "No!" cried the sheik, aloud. "You will not, you shall not, pay this tax!" "No," repeated the three ulemas. "No, you will not, you shall not, pay this tax!"
"Well, my business affairs are prosperous." The sheik shook his head. "It was not concerning such matters that I inquired. Ah, Mohammed, it is frequently well with our business affairs, and just the reverse with ourselves." "Well, then, things go well with myself, also," replied Mohammed, but with averted gaze. The old man shook his head.
During the next fifteen years Mohammed led a tranquil life. His future was provided for and he had plenty of leisure to occupy himself as he chose. In these years Mohammed and his wife continued to be conventional worshipers of idols, who nightly performed rites in honor of various gods and goddesses, among whom were Allah and his female consoler Al-Lat.
This was the actual report that Abou Saood had given to Kabba Rega, as the dragoman Umbogo had been the interpreter, in the presence of Mohammed, my old Cairo dragoman. I laughed outright at this absurdity: at the same time it corroborated all that I had already heard of Abou Saood's treachery. I immediately asked Kabba Rega if he was satisfied now that he had seen me?
Fierce cries now resounded from below: "We will not be trodden under foot like dogs! We are no beggars! Give us our pay, Mohammed Ali! The defterdar sends us to you! You have our money, and we want it!" He sprang to the window, tore it open, and, in tones that were heard above the uproar, commanded silence. "The defterdar has deceived you. I have no money! I will come down to you."
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