The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 88
the mottoof his descendants. Mohammed had purchased peace by submission to theChristians; but he knew that where the elements were sodiscordant, and the motives for hostility so deep and ancient,it could not be secure or permanent. Acting, therefore, uponan old maxim, Arm thyself in peace, and… … WA LA GHALIB ILA ALA!—THERE IS NO CONQUEROR BUT GOD !—THE FAMOUSMOTTO, IN KUFIC CHARACTERS, OF MOHAMMED I. AND HIS SUCCESSORS, WHICHIS INSCRIBED ON THE WALLS OF THE ALHAMBRA IN COUNTLESS REPETITION. He gave premiums and privileges to the best artisans, improvedthe breed of horses and other domestic…
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