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^{page 19 note 2} The ṣibṭ ibn al-Jauzi says on this in the “Mir'āt al-Zamān,” op. cit., f. 248b, that the ‘Burda’ and the Staff descended to Muqtadir, who bore them in the fight with Mūnis in 320 A.H., when they were taken by his slayer (the Burda is mentioned as so taken by ‘Arīb, 179, 1. 16), and he adds: —

^{page 20 note 1} Cf. Mir'at al-Zamān, op. cit., 260a.

^{page 22 note 1} An answer similar to the latter is attributed also to Ja‘far the Barmecide (Ibn , i, 131, 1. 1; Sl. Eng. i, 302). Both are ascribed to Manṣūr by al-Tha‘ālibi in the “Ījāz wa-I-I‘jāz,” ed. Const., 1301, p. 19.

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^{page 26 note 1} Damascus also possessed in the fifth century a shos which had belonged to the Prophet: see J.R.A.S. 1905, p. 476 n.Google Scholar

^{page 28 note 1} In recording in the al-‘Uqūd a snowfall in 515 A.H., Ibn al-Jauzi mentions that this had happened under Ta‘i, Mutī‘, Qādir, and Qā'im, but that in that instance it had lain without melting for the unparalleled space of fifteen days.

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^{page 31 note 1} It occurs in Cheïkho's, L. “Christian Arabic Poets,” Beyrouth, 1890, vol. i, p. 690,Google Scholar 1. 1: see also Hariri, , ed. de Sacy, 1822, Comm. p. 286, where this anecdote is cited. For its explanation, and for the references, I am indebted to Professor D. S. Margoliouth.Google Scholar

^{page 32 note 1} In connection with , mother to two Caliphs, Hādi and , Ibn al-Jauzi in the al-‘Uqūd notices the parallel case of the mother of Malik Shāh's two sons, MuḤammed and Sinjar, who both reigned. She died in 515 A.H. On attaining fortune she caused her mother and sisters, from whom she had been separated forty years, to be conveyed to the court, where she received them surrounded by ladies undistinguishable from herself to see if she were recognized. At the sound of her voice the mother sprang at her. And, adds the historian, with a strange alacrity in sinking, she then embraced Islām.

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^{page 33 note 2} The identity of this place is discussed by MrBrooks, E. W. in the English Historical Review, vol. XV, p. 745, n. 162.Google Scholar

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^{page 34 note 2} The same simile was. invoked by a hero of fiction. In “L'Aventurière” of Emile Augier, Don Annibal, pressed by Fabrice's questions, says:

“Suffit. Si ma chemise

Savait ce que je pense, a dit un général,

Je changerais de linge

Fabrice, à part.

Il ne ferait pas mal.”

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^{page 37 note 1} This Ja‘far must have been the Barmecide vizier, but in a note to SuyūṬi he is identified as a grammarian, whose birth is given as later than Ma'mūn's time. And Ma'mūn's reply to his tutor seems different here; it runs:

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