Mahometan
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Nicephorus Phocas was the head of one of those great landholding families of Asia Minor who formed the flower of the Byzantine aristocracy; he owned broad lands in Cappadocia, along the Mahometan frontier.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
It was increased by the method in which the Christian conquest of Mahometan Spain was achieved.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
The question referred to his having become a Mahometan, but at first it was not clear to Napoleon what she meant.
From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Reed, Helen Leah
IN 1233, when the Inquisition in France had received the established form which was bestowed on it by St. Louis, Spain was divided into four Christian kingdoms, besides the Mahometan states.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
Partly through their isolation in the mountains, partly through their not intermarrying with their Mahometan or Druse neighbours, the Maronites of today have preserved an old type in almost marvellous purity.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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