FOOTNOTES:
[41] This story is given in the History of Persia, vol. ii. p. 405.
[42] Tekkeyahs.
[43] The frail wife of Potiphar, according to the Mahomedans.
[44] The Mahomedan law only requires a small deduction on account of charity from what is necessary for subsistence; but of all superfluous wealth (and such Abdûlla deemed his ten piastres) true believers were expected to give one-fifth to the poor.
[45] "Pool-e-siyâh," literally, black coin.
[46] Cyrus. There is a common belief in Persia that an immense treasure was buried by this monarch.
[47] Jehân-Penâh.
[48] Roobâi or Quatrain.