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nations. They never honor the other descendants of their
great progenitor Prophet Abraham; and this antipathy is shown
against the Ishmaelites, Edomites, and other Abrahamite
tribes even when Israel had become the worst idolator and
heathen. The fact that besides Prophets Abraham and Ishmael about
three hundred and eleven male slaves and warriors in
his service were circumcised (1) is an incalculably forcible
argument against the Jewish attitude towards their cousin
nationalities. The kingdom of David hardly extended its
frontiers beyond the territory which in the Ottoman Empire
formed only two adjacent "Vilayets," or Provinces. And
the "Son of David," whom the Jews anticipate to come with
the attribute of the "final Messiah," may or may not be able
to occupy even those two provinces; and besides, when will
he come? He was to have come to destroy the Roman
great progenitor Prophet Abraham; and this antipathy is shown
against the Ishmaelites, Edomites, and other Abrahamite
tribes even when Israel had become the worst idolator and
heathen. The fact that besides Prophets Abraham and Ishmael about
three hundred and eleven male slaves and warriors in
his service were circumcised (1) is an incalculably forcible
argument against the Jewish attitude towards their cousin
nationalities. The kingdom of David hardly extended its
frontiers beyond the territory which in the Ottoman Empire
formed only two adjacent "Vilayets," or Provinces. And
the "Son of David," whom the Jews anticipate to come with
the attribute of the "final Messiah," may or may not be able
to occupy even those two provinces; and besides, when will
he come? He was to have come to destroy the Roman