[272] "Akbar on his way ordered a fort to be built upon the Nilab, which he called Attock, which means in the Indian language Forbidden; for, by the superstition of the Hindoos, it was held unlawful to cross that river."—Dow's Hindostan.
[273] "The inhabitants of this country (Zinge) are never afflicted with sadness or melancholy; on this subject the Sheikh Abu-al-Kheir-Azhari has the following distich:—
"'Who is the man without care or sorrow, (tell) that I may rub my hand to him.
"'(Behold) the Zingians, without care and sorrow, frolicsome with tipsiness and mirth.'"
[274] The star Soheil, or Canopus.
[275] "The lizard Stellio. The Arabs call it Hardun. The Turks kill it, for they imagine that by declining the head it mimics them when they say their prayers."—Hasselquist.
[276] "As you enter at that Bazar, without the gate of Damascus, you see the Green Mosque, so called because it hath a steeple faced with green glazed bricks, which render it very resplendent: It is covered at top with a pavilion of the same stuff. The Turks say this mosque was made in that place, because Mahomet being come so far, would not enter the town, saying it was too delicious."—Thevenot.
[277] Nourmahal signifies Light of the Haram. She was afterwards called Nourjehan, or the Light of the World.
[278] "The rose of Kashmire for its brilliancy and delicacy of odor has long been proverbial in the East."—Foster.
[279] "Tied round her waist the zone of bells, that sounded with ravishing melody."—Song of Jayadeva.