In late 1839 , arriving Mormons bought Commerce_buy the small town of Commerce , and in April 1840 it was renamed Name_conferral `` Nauvoo '' ( a Hebrew word meaning `` beautiful place '' or `` city beautiful '' ) by Joseph Smith , the latter day prophet of the Latter Day Saint movement .

This riot occurred Presence during the procession to celebrate Mawlid ( the birthday of the Muslim prophet Muhammad ) .

Coming to power three decades after the death of the Muslim prophet Muhammad and immediately after the Rashidun Caliphate , the Umayyads were a feudal Arab empire ruling Control over a population which was overwhelmingly non-Arab as well as primarily non-Muslim .