[108] He was called a Hairam or Hairamah in the language of the country. Al Masúdi’s Murúj Arabic Text Cairo Edition, II. 56. [↑]
[109] Al Masúdi’s Murúj Arabic Text Cairo Edition, II. 56–57. [↑]
[110] One born in India of an Arab father and an Indian mother probably from the Gujaráti word Ádh-besra meaning mixed blood. This seems the origin of the Bais Rájput. The performer in the case in the text was a Hindu. Al Masúdi (Murúj Arabic Text II. 57 Cairo Edition) says that the singular of Bayásirah is Besar. [↑]
[111] Al Istakhri in Elliot (History of India), I. 27. [↑]
[112] Al Istakhri in Elliot (History of India), I. 30. [↑]
[113] Ibni Haukal in Elliot (History of India), I. 33–34. [↑]
[114] Ibni Haukal in Elliot (History of India), I. 38. [↑]
[115] Ibni Haukal in Elliot (History of India), I. 38. [↑]
[116] Al Bírúni Sachau’s Arabic Text, 102; Elliot’s History of India, I. 39, 66. [↑]