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In 622 Mahomet founded Islamism; and some years after his death, in 638, the second of the khalifs, his successors, Omar, sent two of his generals, Khaled and Abou-Obeidah, to take Jerusalem.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)

Then followed the deluge of greedy adventurers, rival khalifs, and impudent pretenders.

From The Moors in Spain by Lane-Poole, Stanley

It was not the intention of the khalifs to limit their conquest to Egypt.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

The acts of the Mohammedan khalifs and of the iconoclastic or image-breaking emperors occasioned that dispute.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

This diffusion of the language was sometimes expedited by the edicts of the khalifs; thus Alwalid I. prohibited the use of Greek, directing Arabic to be employed in its stead.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William