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3. North Arabia
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In volume 2 | book 3, The Decline of Islamic Literature | Section 1, From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in the Year 1517

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The Mongol onslaught never reached Arabia, and the lives of the herdsmen and bandits who made up the Bedouins of Najd remained undisturbed. Only rarely was the peace of the holy places of Mecca and Medina disturbed by disputes, usually b…

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Carl Brockelmann, “3. North Arabia”, in: Brockelmann in English: The History of the Arabic Written Tradition Online. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2542-8098_breo_COM_231030>
First published online: 2017



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