[20] A. D. 778; A. H. 162.

[21] See Herbelot, art. Mani, Erteng, Mokannaa, and Hakem Ben Hashem.

[22] A. D. 837; A. H. 223; according to Hadji Khala. A. D. 841; A. H. 227; according to Lari.

[23] See Lari. Herbelot, art. Babek.

[24] Macrisi, in the beginning of the chapter of the Genealogy of the Fatimite Khalifs, and below, in the section on the Doctrines of the Dais; Art. beginning of the Missions of Ibtidai Dawet.

[25] Gulsheni Khalifa, the Khalif’s Bed of Roses, by Nasmisade, after the Jamius-seir (i. e. Collector of Memoirs), and the History of Nisam-ol-mulk, p. 20.

[26] Nasmisade ibid. See also the Magasin Encyclopédique.

[27] A. D. 920; A. H. 308.

[28] A. D. 909; A. H. 297.

[29] A. D. 977; A. H. 335.