Arabian Society in the Middle Ages: Studies From The Thousand and One Nights

by Edward William Lane

[162] Ḳur. iv. 46.

[163] Lev. x. 9.

[164] Ḳur. v. 92.

[165] Ḥalbet el-Kumeyt, chap. ix.

[166] Ibid, khátimeh.

[167] Ḥalbet el-Kumeyt, 1. 1.

[168] Fakhr-ed-Deen, in De Sacy, Chrest. Arabe.

[169] "While tears of blood trickle from the strainer, the ewer beneath it giggles." (Eṣ-Ṣadr Ibn-El-Wekeel, quoted in the Ḥalbet el-Kumeyt, chap. xiii.)—The strainer is called "ráwooḳ."

[170] The Moḥtesib is inspector of the markets, the weights and measures, and provisions, etc.

[171] Mir-át ez-Zemán, events of the year 295.