Shaibani (Abu Amr as), the grammarian, philologist, writer on natural history and editor of poems, 49, 60, 76
Shiahs, Description of the, 5
Sibawaih, the grammarian, 46, 47
'Sihr-ul-oyoon,' a book on the eye, 210
extracts from it, 210-212
'Siraj-ul Muluk,' an interesting work, 212;
extracts from it, 212-216
Society of the Brethren of Purity, 105
Sofyan at Thauri, an imaam, 38
Somadeva, '(Bhatta); an Indian author, 182, 183
Soudanese, The, 148
Spain, Omaiyide rulers in, 21; other rulers, 8; the Almoravides, 9; the Almohades, 9