SECOND EPOCH.
The Kings of Cordova become the Caliphs of the West . . . 45
The Asiatic Mussulmans divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Dynasty of the Ommiades lose the Caliphate . . . . . . 48
Horrible Massacre of the Ommiades . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
An Ommiade Prince repairs to Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Abderamus, the first Caliph of the West . . . . . . . . . 53
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Reign of Abderamus I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Religion and Fêtes of the Moors of Spain . . . . . . . . . 55
Civil Wars arise among the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
The Reigns of Hacchem I. and of Abdelazis . . . . . . . . 58
Reign of Abderamus II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Condition of the Fine Arts at Cordova . . . . . . . . . . 60
Anecdote of Abderamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reigns of Mohammed, Almouzir, and Abdalla . . . . . . . . 62
Reign of Abderamus III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Embassy from a Greek Emperor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Magnificence and Gallantry of the Moors . . . . . . . . . 64
Description of the City and Palace of Zahra . . . . . . . 65
Wealth of the Caliphs of Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The Fine Arts cultivated at Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reign of El Hacchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Laws of the Moors, and their Mode of administering Justice 75
Authority possessed by Fathers and old Men . . . . . . . . 77
An Illustration of the Magnanimity of El Hakkam . . . . . 78
Reign of Hacchem III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Successful Rule of Mohammed Almonzir as Hadjeb under
the imbecile Hacchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Disorders at Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
End of the Caliphate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83