Riyáh, governor of Medina, [122]

Rustem, Persian general, [75]

Saffáh (Abul-Abbás), Caliph, [113]-[115]

Saffár. See [Yakúb the Coppersmith]

St. Barsaumá, monastery of [236]

Saints, Moslem, [97], [102];

histories of, [29];

Syrian, [207] et seq.

Salat, [65]

Sámánids in Transoxania, [201]