Mecca, site of, 2; its idolatry and riches, 30, 45; prayer towards, 69, 155, 158, 161; pilgrimage to, 70, 85, 193; caravan trade attacked, 74-8, 79, 80; pivot of Arabia, 85; conquered by Mohammed, 85, 205; influence in Arabia, 125; evil influence to-day, 155 Medina, Moslem converts from, 61; flight of Mohammed to, 62-4; the City of the Prophet, 64; establishment of Islam in, 66, 67; besieged by Koreish, 84 Mesopotamia, Moslems in, 109 Michael the Angel, fights at Badr, 81 Miller, Dr. Walter, quoted, 172-74 Mogul Empire in India, 157, 205 Mohammed (see also under _Character_, _Characteristics_, _Influence_, _Khadîjah_, _Teaching_, _Motives_), birth and parentage, 2, 205; early childhood, 3, 4; shepherd life, 5; first caravan journey, 7; takes part in tribal war, 14-16; love and wooing, 21-5; marriage with Khadîjah, 21, 25, 205; relays Black Stone, 27-9; first 'revelation, ' 34-6, 205; public avowal to Meccans, 43-5; dwells in house of Al Arkam as a Prophet, 48, 49; marriage to Saudah and Ayesha, 59, 68; expedition to Taif, 59, 87; disciples from Medina, 61, 62; the Hegira, 62-5, 205; incites to caravan robbery, 74, 76; defeats Koreish at Badr, 80-4, 205; captures Mecca, 85, 205; marries Zainab, 88; his death, 90, 91, 105, 205 Mongols, in Central Asia, 205 Morocco, Moslem misrule in, 123, 124; Hall Caine on, 123; Joseph Thompson on, 124 Moscow, reached by Islam, 140 Moses, 20 Moslems, as conquerors, 87, 96-100; in India compared with Hindus, 157, 158 Moslem conquests, some reasons for, 100-7 Moslem faith, summarized, 192, 193 Moslem population, distribution of, 206 Moslem world, political survey, 207 Mosque, the first, 68; Mosque of Omar, 108; to be accompanied by school, 112; beside Pagan temple in West Africa, 161 Mothanna, a Moslem general, 103 Motives appealed to by Mohammed, 49; love of happiness, 52; love of plunder, 74, 77, 78, 80, 83, 102, 103; conviction concerning One God, 101; joys of Paradise, 102, 103; patriotism of the Arab, 105, 106 Muezzin, Bilâl, the first, 69; calls from Kaaba, 86 N Nakhla, gorge of, 76 Nigeria, 162, 205 Nile Valley, Moslems in, 100 North Africa, conquered by Moslems, 99, 140, 161 North Africa Mission founded, 205 Nyassaland, Church in, 100, 170 O Omar, conversion of, 52-4; suggests call to prayer, 69; present at Mohammed's death, 90; second Caliph, 100; Mosque of, 108 Ottoman dynasty, date of, 205 P Palestine, conquered, 99; under Moslem rule, 160, 161, 205 Paradise of the Moslems, 78, 102-4, 133 Patriotism appealed to by Mohammed, 21, 105, 106 Paul, Saint, quoted, 195, 196 Persia, Chosroes, king of, 99; conquered by Moslems, 99, 205; battle against, 99, 103; Zoroastrians easily converted, 108; Moslem rule in, 119, 121, 159; a traveller's impression of, 122-3; sects of the Shiahs in, 122; lack of communication, 122; moral rottenness, 123; present condition, 159; Henry Martyn in, 175, 205; Medical Missions in, 182, 183; Christian converts in, 182-84; Reform party in, 205