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This prophecy, believed to be true, contributed in some measure to slacken authority as well as exertion, and the power of Islamitic countries really sank; but this might have been predicted without any prophetic foresight.

From Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature by Arbuthnot, F. F.

The convulsion has shaken Islamitic and Oriental civilization to its foundations.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop

He is head of the Muley-Taib society, a powerful secret organization, which has its ramifications throughout the Islamitic world.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus

This truly Islamitic custom was heard with general applause, and as the little dispute ended, we stood at the open gate of Al-Bakia.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Spectres—devils—gnomes and jinn of the Islamitic Solomon—rakshakas and hanumen of the Eastern Iliads—surely this miscellany was a composition of them all.

From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis