[29] 'Abbas, son of 'Ali.
[30] Mashk, Mashak, the Anglo-Indian Mussuck, a leathern skin for conveying water, in general use amongst Musalmans at this day in India; it is composed of the entire skin of a goat, properly prepared. When filled with water it resembles a huge porpoise, on the back of the beeshtie [Bhishti] (water-carrier). [Author.]
[31] Kora, the fresh juice of Aloe vera, said to be cathartic and cooling.
[32] Sirki (Saccharum ciliare).
[33] Sabil: see Burton, Pilgrimage, Memorial ed., i. 286.
[34] Shimar, whose name now means 'contemptible' among Shi'ahs.
[35] This statement is too wide. 'Among Muhammadans themselves there is very little religious discussion, and Sunnis and Shi'ahs, who are at such deadly feud in many parts of Asia, including the Punjab and Kashmir, have, in Oudh, always freely intermarried' (H.C. Irwin, The Garden of India, 45).
[36] Kufah, four miles from Najaf, the capital of the Caliph 'Ali,
which fell into decay when the government was removed to Baghdad.
[37] Confused with Al-judi, Mt. Ararat, on which the Ark
rested.—Koran, xi. 46.
[38] Najaf al Sharif, or Mashhad 'Ali, 50 miles south of Karbala,
the tomb and shrine of 'Ali.