[423]. Opuscula arabica, ed. W. Wright, Leyden 1859, p. 30. 11; compare p. 31. 12.

[424]. Aġânî, XI. 44.

[425]. Ibid., XVIII. 139.

[426]. Ibn al-Sikkît, p. 344.

[427]. Ibn al-Sikkît, p. 345.

[428]. Iḥyâ ʿulûm al-dîn, II. 148.

[429]. Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 1183.

[430]. Chabas, Etudes sur l’antiquité historique d’après les sources égyptiennes, etc. 2nd edition, Paris 1873, p. 34, where the article by Le Page Renouf is referred to.

[431]. Ibn al-Sikkît, p. 193, whom I follow as a reliable ancient authority; al-Jauharî and Freytag after him understand aṣbaḥ somewhat differently.

[432]. Abû-l-ʿAlâ, II. 107. 3–4.