Note 75 — Chapter IX · A.D. 622-651. MAHOMET.—CONQUEST OF ARABIA, PERSIA, SYRIA, AND EGYPT.
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When Chosroes received Mahomet’s letter, inviting him to embrace Islamism, he disdainfully tore it in pieces. When Mahomet heard of this he exclaimed, ‘Even so shall his kingdom be torn.’ Doubtless Abu Beker had this in mind when he sent out the expedition.