bad, King of Seville, and among
m was Alfonso's Jewish del-
Lte who threatened Mtutammid
h war: "The Arab seemed sud-
ly to have lost his temper and
e orders that the Jew be seized
d crucified. The remaining
limbers of the delegation were

imprisoned."
There is also the record of the
infant of eight months, Mustansir,
who succeeded his father Khalif
Dhahir as Syrian ruler in 1036.
The infant-king's mother "played
a •principal role in the state. She
first selected Ibrahim al Tustari, a

vic

Jew, to be wazeer, but he was az"-
sassinated by. the _Turkish mercer-
varies."
Another indication of friend-
liness that existed between Mu-
slims and Jews is offered in a re-
port on a massacre during the pe-
riod of the Crusades. The Jewish

inhabitants were allowed to remain
at Mount Zion "because they could
be counted upon to support the
Muslims."
Describing the influence of
Ghazzali, whose "life revitalized
the Muslim religion," Glubb states
that "his works also influenced

Jewish and Christian thought."
Numerous other descriptions of
triumphs and disasters illuminate
Glubb's history of the Arab Em-
pire.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 3, 1966-21

