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THE

APOLOGY OF AL KINDY,

WRITTEN AT THE COURT OF AL MĀMŪN
(Circa A.H. 215; A.D. 830),

IN DEFENCE OF CHRISTIANITY
AGAINST ISLAM.

With an essay on its Age and Authorship read before
the Royal Asiatic Society

by
SIR WILLIAM MUIR, K.C.S.I. LL.D. D.C.L.;
PRINCIPAL EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY;
AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF MAHOMET," "ANNALS OF THE EARLY
CALIPHATE," ETC.

 SECOND EDITION.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE.

LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C.;
43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
26, ST. GEORGE''S PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER, S.W.
BRIGHTON : 135, NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
1887.