[FN#213] Solomon was the dynastic name of the kings of the prae-Adamite Jinn and is here used in a generic sense, as Chosroes for the ancient Kings of Persia, Caesar for the Emperors of Constantinople, Tubba for the Himyerite Kings of Yemen, etc., etc.
[FN#214] i.e. Maharajah.
[FN#215] Or "government."
[FN#216] Every Muslim is bound by law to give alms to the extent of two and half per cent. of his property.
[FN#217] In North-east Persia.
[FN#218] Alleged to have been found by the Arab conquerors of Spain on the occasion of the sack of Toledo and presented by them to the Ommiade Khalif El Welid ben Abdulmelik (A.D. 705-716). See my "Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night," Vol. III. p. 331.
[FN#219] i.e. such as are fit to be sent from king to king.
[FN#220] i.e, the price of his victual and other necessaries for the voyage.
[FN#221] Lit. riding-beast (French monture, no exact English equivalent), whether camel, mule or horse does not appear.
[FN#222] The Envier and the Envied.