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==Historical== | ==Historical== | ||
===The Ishmaelites to Heraclius=== | ===The Ishmaelites to Heraclius=== | ||
Drawing from what he says is a Palestinian source, an Armenian historian known as Pseudo- | Drawing from what he says is a Palestinian source, an Armenian historian known as Pseudo-Sebeos writing in the 660s CE mentions a letter sent from the Ishmaelites to Heraclius. The text of the letter as he records it is given below.<ref name="Anthony" /> | ||
{{Quote|Letter from the Ishmaelites to Heraclius - Pseudo- | {{Quote|Letter from the Ishmaelites to Heraclius - Pseudo-Sebeos, 660s CE<ref>Translation by R. W. Thomas cited in Sean Anthony, ''Muhammad and the Empires of Faith'' p. 196</ref>|God gave that land to our father Abraham as a hereditary possession and to his seed after him. We are the sons of Abraham. You have occupied our lands long enough. Abandon it peacefully and we shall not come into your territory. Otherwise, we shall demand that possession from you with interest.}} | ||
===Muhammad=== | ===Muhammad=== | ||
====Letter to Heraclius (هرقل), the Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople==== | ====Letter to Heraclius (هرقل), the Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople==== | ||