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] The columns sent from Medina to reduce the rebellious tribes to the north west on the Gulf of Ayla, and to the north east on the Persian Gulf, came at once into collision with the Christian Bedouins of Syria on the one hand and with those of Mesopotamia on the other. THE COLUMN SENT FROM MEDINA TO REDUCE THE REBELLIOUS TRIBES TO THE NORTHWEST ON THE GULP OF ISLA AND TO THE NORTH EAST ON THE PERSIAN GULF CAME AT ONCE INTO COLLISION WITH THE CHRISTIAN BEDMAINS OF SYRIA ON THE ONE HAND AND WITH THOSE OF MESOPOTAMIA ON THE OTHER
 themselves. Hereupon Abu Bekr displayed marvelous skill, energy, and address, so that the power passed into his hands.... And thus he persevered until the apostate tribes were all brought back to their allegiance, some by kindly treatment, persuasion, and craft; some through terror and fear of the sword; and others by the prospect of power and wealth as well as by the lusts and pleasures of this life. And so it came to pass that all the Bedouin tribes were in the end converted outwardly, but not from inward conviction.[39] [Sidenote: The Arabs thus reclaimed were, at the first, sullen.] The temper of the tribes thus reclaimed by force of arms was at the first strained and sullen. But the scene soon changed. Suddenly the whole peninsula was shaken, and the people, seized with a burning zeal, issued forth to plant the new faith in other lands. It happened on this wise: [Sidenote: Roused by war-cry, they issue from the peninsula, A.D. 634, _et. seq._ The opposing forces. Arab enthusiasm. E MOHMDEN ERA AFTER HIS DECEASE THERE REMAINED NOT ONE OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET THAT DID NOT APOSTATE SAVING ONLY A SMALL COMPANY OF HIS COMPANIONS AND HEINCEFORD WHO HOPED THUS TO SECURE THE GOVERNMENT TO THEMSELVES HEREUPON ABUBERKUR DISPLAYED MARVELOUS SKILL ENERGY AND ADDRESS SO THAT THE POWER PASSED INTO HIS HANDS AND THUS HE PERCEIVEWARD UNTIL THE APOSTATE TRIBES WERE ALL BROUGHT BACK TO THEIR ELIGENCE SOME BY KINDLY TREATMENT PERSUASION AND CRACK AND SOME THROUGH TERROR AND FEAR OF THE SWORD AND OTHERS BY THE PROFIT OF POWER AND WEALTH AS WELL AS BY THE LUST AND PLEASURES OF THIS LIFE AND SO IT CAME TO PASS THAT ALL THE BEDWIN TRIBES WERE IN THE ANG CONVERTED OUTWARDLY BUT NOT FROM INWARD CONVICTION THE TEMPER OF THE TRIBES THUS RECLAIMED BY FORCE OF ARMS WAS AT THE FIRST RAINED AND SULLEN BUT THE SCENE SOON CHANGED SUDDENLY THE WHOLE PENINSULA WAS SHAKEN AND THE PEOPLE SEIZED WITH A BURDENING ZEAL ISSUED FORTH TO PLAN THE NEW FAITH IN OTHER LANDS IT HAPPENED ON THIS VICE
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