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[FN#118] The famous beauty, daughter of Maurice, Emperor of the
East, and heroine of Nizami's well-known poem.
[FN#119] First cousin of Haroun er Reshid.
[FN#120] Son and successor of Er Reshid.
[FN#121] A well-known grammarian and traditionist of the time,
afterwards governor of part of Khorassan, under the Khalif El
Mamoun.
[FN#122] Intendant of the palace under Er Reshid.
[FN#123] i.e. lover.
[FN#124] Muslim version of Susannah and the Elders.
[FN#125] Lit. O frosty-beard (fool), how frosty was thy beard!
[FN#126] Descendant of the Prophet.
[FN#127] Name of a tribe.
[FN#128] A descendant of Ishmael, from whom the Arab
genealogists trace Mohammed's lineage.
[FN#129] Koran xxxiii. 38.
[FN#130] Koran xxxviii. 2.
[FN#131] One of the Companions of the Prophet.
[FN#132] Of the Prophet i.e. those who had personally known
Mohammed.
[FN#133] i.e. the builders, who, in the East, use mud or clay
for mortar.
[FN#134] About a penny.
[FN#135] Mohammed.
[FN#136] A woman's name.
[FN#137] For putting out the fire in a brasier or
cooking-stove.
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