About the Book This little volume is an abridgment of The Life of Mahomet, published by Messrs. Smith and Elder. It was prepared on behalf of the RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, with the view of giving, in small compass and easy form, the substance of the larger work. But it has been the Author's Endeavour that nothing should be omitted essential to a fair understanding either of the Prophet's life, or of the Faith established by him. The facts on which the narrative is based have been taken direct from the earliest Arabian authorities, of which an account is given in the larger work. At the same time full advantage has been taken of the standard biographies of Well and Springer. The present edition differs in no way from the first, excepting in occasional amendments, chiefly verbal, and in several illustrations drawn and engraved from All Bey, Burton, and a beautifully illustrated volume, La Civilization des Arabes, by Dr. Le Gustave de Bon.

About the Author Sir William Muir, Order of the Star of India (1819-1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, and colonial administrator, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Lieutenant Governor of the North- West Provinces of British India. He was educated at Kilmarnock Academy, the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and Haileybury College. In 1837 he entered the Bengal civil service. Muir served as secretary to the governor of the North-West Provinces, and as a member of the Agra revenue board, and during the Mutiny he was in charge of the intelligence department there. In 1865 he was made foreign secretary to the Indian Government. In 1867 Muir was knighted (K.CS.I.), and in 1868 he became lieutenant-governor of the North Western Provinces. His original book The life of Mohammed" was initially published 1861 in four volumes.

Preface Tus little volume is an abridgment of The Life of Mahomet, published by Messrs. Smith and Elder. It was prepared on behalf of the RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, with the view of giving, in small com- pass and easy form, the substance of the larger work. But it has been the Author's Endeavour that nothing should be omitted essential to a fair understanding either of the Prophet's life, or of the Faith established by him.

The facts on which the narrative is based have been. taken direct from the earliest Arabian authorities, of which an account is given in the larger work. At the same time full advantage has been taken of the standard biographies of Weil and Springer.

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