[37] “Manuel d’Art Musulman,” Vol. I, Paris, 1907.
[38] Compare on the chronology the first chapters of Gardner’s “Al-Ghazali,” 1919 (Christian Lit. Soc. for India).
[39] Quoted in Klein’s “Islam,” page 87, from the Ihya, IV: 320.
[40] For the significance of these terms consult Hughes’ “Dictionary of Islam.”
[41] That this method of seeking God is still a refuge for the most earnest and sincere among Moslems is clear from such books as “The Autobiography of Imad-ud-Din the Indian Convert” (C. M. S., London).
[42] Gardner finds evidence that the book mentioned was not written there.
[43] “The Jewish Encyclopædia,” article “Machpelah.”
[44] A recent traveller says: “There is a hole in the wall which is supposed to communicate with the cave below. Jews write letters to Abraham and place them in this hole, to tell him how badly they are being treated by the Moslems. But the Moslem boys are said to know that the hole has no great depth, and to collect these letters and burn them before Abraham has seen them.”
[45] Cf. his “Ihya” and also his “Al-Wajiz.”
[46] M. J. De Goeje, “Memoire sur les Carmathes du Bahrain et Les Fatimides,” (Leiden, 1886) pp. 104-114.