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Thenceforward success was assured. None dared to oppose his pretensions. THENCEFORWARD SUCCESS WAS ASSURED NONE DARED TO OPPOSE HIS PRETENSIONS
 constraint."[37] At Medina the precepts of toleration were quickly cast aside and his whole policy reversed. No sooner did Mohammed begin to be recognized and obeyed as the chief of Medina than he proceeded to attack the Jewish tribes settled in the neighborhood because they refused to acknowledge his claims and believe in him as a prophet foretold in their Scriptures; two of these tribes were exiled, and the third exterminated in cold blood. In the second year after the Hegira[a], or flight from Mecca (the period from which the Mohammedan era dates), he began to plunder the caravans of the Coreish, which passed near to Medina on their mercantile journeys between Arabia and Syria. So popular did the cause of the now militant and marauding prophet speedily become among the citizens of Medina and the tribes around that, after many battles fought with varying success, he was able, in the eighth year of the Hegira[b] to re-enter his native city at the head of ten thousand armed followers.  BE NEITHER VIOLENCE NOR CONSTRAINT AT MEDINA THE PRECEPTS OF TOLERATION WERE QUICKLY CAST ASIDE AND HIS WHOLE POLICY REVERSED NO SOONER DID MOHAMMED BEGIN TO BE RECOGNIZED AND OBEYED AS THE CHIEF OF MEDINA THAN HE PROCEEDED TO ATTACK THE JEWISH TRIBES SETTLED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS CLAIMS AND BELIEVE IN HIM AS A PROPHET FORETOLD IN THEIR SCRIPTURES TWO OF THESE TRIBES WERE EXILED AND THE THIRD EXTERMINATED IN COLD BLOOD IN THE SECOND YEAR AFTER THE HEDGERA OR FLIGHT FROM MECCA THE PERIOD FROM WHICH THE MAHOMMADONNE ERODATES HE BEGAN TO PLUNDER THE CARAVANS OF THE KURISH WHICH PASSED NEAR TO MEDINA ON THEIR MERCANTILE JOURNEYS BETWEEN ARABIA AND SYRIA SO POPULAR DID THE CAUSE OF THE NOW MILITANT AND MARAUDING PROPHET SPEEDILY BECAME AMONG THE CITIZENS OF MEDINA AND THE TRIBES AROUND THAT AFTER MANY BATTLES FOUGHT WITH VARYING SUCCESS HE WAS ABLE IN THE EIGHTH YEAR OF THE HEDGERA TO RE ENTER HIS NATIVE CITY AT THE HEAD OF TEN THOUSAND ARMED FOLLOWERS
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