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1、AlroyBenjaminDisraeliKessingerPublishing,LLCISBN-10:1437442773AUTHOR'SPREFACE.CHAPTERI.AGreatDayforIsrael.CHAPTERII.TheSlayingofanIshmaeliteCHAPTERIII.TheHopeofIsraelCHAPTERIV.AlroyFallsAmongThievesCHAPTERV.LordHonainRescuesAlroyCHAPTERVI.TheLearnedRabbiZimri.CHAPTERVII.C
2、onquestoftheSeljuksCHAPTERVIII.BagdadandthePrincessCHAPTERIX.TheDeathofJabasterCHAPTERX.TheFallofAlroyALROYORTHEPRINCEOFTHECAPTIVITYByBenjaminDisraeliAUTHOR'SPREFACE.BeingatJerusalemintheyear1831,andvisitingthetraditionarytombsoftheKingsofIsrael,mythoughtsrecurredtoaperso
3、nagewhosemarvellouscareerhad,eveninboyhood,attractedmyattention,asonefraughtwiththerichestmaterialsofpoeticfiction.AndIthencommencedthesepagesthatshouldcommemoratethenameofAlroy.Inthetwelfthcentury,whenhearose,thiswasthepoliticalconditionoftheEast:TheCaliphatewasinastateo
4、frapiddecay.TheSeljukianSultans,whohadbeencalledtotheassistanceoftheCommandersoftheFaithful,hadbecome,liketheMayorsofthepalaceinFrance,therealsovereignsoftheEmpire.OutofthedominionsofthesuccessorsoftheProphet,theyhadcarvedfourkingdoms,whichconferredtitlesonfourSeljukianPr
5、inces,towit,theSultanofBagdad,theSultanofPersia,theSultanofSyria,andtheSultanofRoum,orAsiaMinor.Butthesewarlikeprinces,intherelaxeddisciplineanddoubtfulconductoftheirarmies,beganthemselvestoevincethenaturaleffectsofluxuryandindulgence.Theywerenolongerthesameinvincibleandi
6、rresistiblewarriorswhohadpouredforthfromtheshoresoftheCaspianoverthefairestregionsoftheEast;andalthoughtheystillcontrivedtopreserveorderintheirdominions,theywitnessedwithill-concealedapprehensiontherisingpoweroftheKingsofKarasmé,whoseconquestsdailymadetheirterritoriesmore
7、contiguous.WithregardtotheHebrewpeople,itshouldbeknownthat,afterthedestructionofJerusalem,theEasternJews,whiletheyacknowledgedthesupremacyoftheirconquerors,gatheredthemselvestogetherforallpurposesofjurisdiction,underthecontrolofanativeruler,areputeddescendantofDavid,whomt
8、heydignifiedwiththetitleof'ThePrinceoftheCaptivity.'Ifwearetocredittheenthusiasticannalistsofthi
