ABSTRACT
T h e Arabs, sometimes spoken of under the appellation of Saracens, occupied the whole of the land of Arabia bounded by the river Euphrates and Persian Gulf, the Sindian, Indian, and Red Seas and part of the Mediterranean ; although there is some difference of opinion on this subject. They were originally Stellar Cult people ; some of the Solar Cult people tried unsuccessfully to convert them through the Prophet Hud or Heber. They were divided up into several tribes under the old Totemic Banners although originally there were only two Kingdoms. One comprised the followers of Horus while the other possessed the Cult of Set. Later, however, several Tribes of Solar Cult people (the Jews) inhabited part of the country. At the decay of the Greek and Persian nations, the Arabs were not only a populous nation but were unacquainted with the luxury and delicacies of the Greeks and Persians, and inured to hardships of all sorts. Their political government was also such as favoured the designs of Mohammed, for the division and independency of their tribes were so necessary to the first propagation of his religion and the foundation of his power that it would scarcely have been possible for him to have effected either had the Arabs been united into one great Kingdom. But as soon as they had embraced his religion, the consequent union of their tribes was necessary for future conquests.
