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A variegated compound like the Islamitic populations, could not but develop a civilization of an equally variegated character, to which each ethnical element contributed its share.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
He is head of the Muley-Taib society, a powerful secret organization, which has its ramifications throughout the Islamitic world.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea
This prophecy, believed to be true, contributed in some measure to slacken authority as well as exertion, and the power of Islamitic countries really sank; but this might have been predicted without any prophetic foresight.
From Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature by F. F. Arbuthnot
Spectres—devils—gnomes and jinn of the Islamitic Solomon—rakshakas and hanumen of the Eastern Iliads—surely this miscellany was a composition of them all.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
This truly Islamitic custom was heard with general applause, and as the little dispute ended, we stood at the open gate of Al-Bakia.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
