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each carried three pebbles, one in its beak, and one in each claw, and each of these stones had inscribed upon it the name of him whom it was to strike. They fell with such violence on the soldiers of Abrahah, as to pierce through their helmets and bodies, and even the animals on which they rode.[1]
- ↑ Besides the authorities already cited for the history of this expedition, may be consulted Gagnier, pref. in Abulfed. Hist. Moham. p. xx.
