A Literary History of the Arabs

by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

[344] On the Origin and Import of the Names Muslim and Ḥaníf (J.R.A.S. for 1903, p. 491)

[345] See T. W. Arnold's The Preaching of Islam, p. 23 seq., where several passages of like import are collected.

[346] Nöldeke, Sketches from Eastern History, translated by J. S. Black, p. 73.

[347] See Professor Browne's Literary History of Persia, vol. i, p. 200 sqq.

[348] Ṭabarí, i, 2729, l. 15 sqq.

[349] Ibid., i, 2736, l. 5 sqq. The words in italics are quoted from Koran, xxviii, 26, where they are applied to Moses.

[350] ‘Umar was the first to assume this title (Amíru ’l-Mu’minín), by which the Caliphs after him were generally addressed.

[351] Ṭabarí, i, 2738, 7 sqq.

[352] Ibid., i, 2739, 4 sqq.

[353] Ibid., i, 2737, 4 sqq.