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Excerpt from Las Guerras Civiles, or the Civil Wars of Granada: And the History of the Factions of the Zegries and Abencerrages, Two Noble Families of That City, to the Final Conquest by Ferdinand and Isabella; Translated From the Arabic of Abenhamin, a Native of Granada
A More memorable epocha does not prefent itfelf in the hifiory of Spain, than the period when the battle was fbught, which overturned the government of the Goths, and eftablithed the power of the Arabians in that kingdom. From the year 712 down to 759, the country was ruled by governors, appointed by the Ca liphs of Damafcus, till at length Abdulrahmen, the la'ft of the Ommiad family, threw off the yoke of the barbarous Abdalla, of the benfe of Abbas, and became the tint king of Cordova. This city was eonfiderable even in the time of the Romans, and being enlarged and embellifhed by the Caliphate governors, and during the reign of Abdulrahmen and his fucce?'ors, became eminent in arts and arms, in magnificence and'
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