Chapter III: Appendix: B

1. Slavery and concubinage not allowed by the Koran 193

2. Measures taken by the Koran to abolish future slavery 194

3. None of the prisoners of war was enslaved 196

4. _Bani Koreiza_ not enslaved 198

5. _Rihana_ 201

6. Omar, the second Khalif, liberated all the Arab slaves 202

7. Concubinage 203

8. Maria the Coptic 204

9. Despatch of _Mokowkas_ 205

10 & 11. Maria neither a slave nor a concubine 207

12. Maria had no son 209

13. The story of Maria and Haphsa a spurious one 211

14. The affair not noticed in the early biographies 212

15. Sir W. Muir's authority not valid _ib._

16. The best commentators and traditionalists refute the story 214

17. The story not accredited by the Koran _ib._

18. The story when fabricated _ib._

19. Zeinab's case 215

20. The story a spurious one 216

21. Sir W. Muir's conjectures not justified 217

22. A wrong translation of Sir W. Muir 219

23. In Zeinab's case no exceptional privilege was secured 220

24. The false story traced to _Mukatil_ _ib._

25. _Katádas_ conjectural interpretation not warranted 222

26. Other conjectures 223

APPENDIX C.

I.--The verses of the Koran referring to the persecution of
the Koreish at Mecca 225

II.--The verses of the Koran referring to the aggressions of
the Koreish at Medina as well as those of the inhabitants
thereof _ib._

III.--The verses of the Koran alluding to the wars of defence
against the Koreish and Arabs, &c., with several references
to their aggressions _ib._

IV.--The verses of the Koran alluding to the various battles 226