or Abdol Motalleb, the son of Hafithem, the father of Abdalla, and grandfather of Mahomet the prophet of the Musulmans, was, it is said, of such wonderful comeliness and beauty, that all women who saw him became enamoured: which may have given occasion to that prophetic light, which, according to the Arabians, shone on the foreheads of him, his ancestors, and descendants; it being certain that they were very handsome and graceful men. He died when Mahomet, of whom he had taken peculiar care, was only eight or nine years old; aged, according to some, 110, and according to other writers 120.