| [62] | Approximately corresponding to the upper basin of the Hélmend. |
| [63] | See above, p. [80]. |
| [64] | A contemporary incidentally mentions the great production of copper and brass work in Sístán. |
| [65] | Rostam’s stable is pointed out in several other parts of Sístán also. |
| [66] | According to another account the governor of Khorásán had got Dirhem into his power and sent him as a prisoner to Bagdad. Our information as to the earlier history of our hero is at every point full of contradictions. |
| [67] | Something similar happened not unfrequently in the Ottoman empire during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. |
| [68] | The details of these struggles are again very variously given. |
| [69] | See above, p. [139]. |
| [70] | The Kharijites considered themselves the only true believers, and accordingly gave this proud title to their own leaders. |
| [71] | See above, p. [139]. |