S.H 1825

CONTROVERSIAL TRACTS

ON

Christianity and Mohammedanism.

BY

THE LATE REV. HENRY MARTYN, B. D.

OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

AND SOME OF

THE MOST EMINENT WRITERS OF PERSIA

TRANSLATED AND EXPLAINED:

TO WHICH IS APPENDED

AN ADDITIONAL TRACT ON THE SAME QUESTION;

And, in a Preface, some Account given of a former Controversy
on this Subject, with Extracts from it.

DEDICATED TO THE

RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL, K. G. &c.

BY THE REV. S. LEE, A.M.

OF THE

D.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HALLE, HONORARY MEMBER
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF PARIS, HONORARY ASSOCIATE OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, M.R.A.S. &c. AND

PROFESSOR OF ARABIC IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF CAMBRIDGE.

With a Portrait of Mr. MARTYN.

AND SOLD

CAMBRIDGE:

Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University;

BY J. DEIGHTON & SONS, AND STEVENSON, CAMBRIDGE,
ALSO BY C. AND J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD AND
WATERLOO PLACE; AND HATCHARD & SON,

PICCADILLY, LONDON,

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL, K. G.

FIRST LORD OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY,

&c. &c.

THIS ATTEMPT TO DEVELOPE AND REFUTE

THE RELIGIOUS OPINIONS OF THE MOHAMMEDANS

OF PERSIA,

AS A PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT

OF A GRANT OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM,

MADE FROM HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY,

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING

THE ARABIC PROFESSOR OF THIS UNIVERSITY

TO DELIVER

A PUBLIC COURSE OF ARABIC AND HEBREW LECTURES

ANNUALLY,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBEDIENT

OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT

THE TRANSLATOR AND AUTHOR.