The women and children were safely lodged in the cavities of the mountains: the warriors, marching under eleven banners, diffused the terror of their arms; and the appearance of a military force revived and confirmed the loyalty of the faithful.

The inconstant tribes accepted, with humble repentance, the duties of prayer, and fasting, and alms; and, after some examples of success and severity, the most daring apostates fell prostrate before the sword of the Lord and of Caled.

In the fertile province of Yemanah, [1] between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Persia, in a city not inferior to Medina itself, a powerful chief (his name was Moseilama) had assumed the character of a prophet, and the tribe of Hanifa listened to his voice.

A female prophetess [1111] was attracted by his reputation; the decencies of words and actions were spurned by these favorites of Heaven; [2] and they employed several days in mystic and amorous converse.

An obscure sentence of his Koran, or book, is yet extant; [3] and in the pride of his mission, Moseilama condescended to offer a partition of the earth.