[FN#324] I have derived this word from the Persian "rang"=colour, hue, kind.
[FN#325] Otherwise all would be superseded, like U. S. officials under a new President.
[FN#326] Arab. "Nímshah" from the Pers. Nímchah, a "half-sword," a long dagger worn in the belt. Richardson derives it from Namsh, being freckled (damasked).
[FN#327] The Indian term for a tent large enough to cover a troop of cavalry.
[FN#328] Arab. "Marhúm" a formula before noticed. It is borrowed from the Jewish, "of blessed memory" (after the name of the honoured dead, Prov. x. 17.); with the addition of "upon whom be peace," as opposed to the imprecation, "May the name of the wicked rot!"
[FN#329] The speeches of the five damsels should be read only by students.
[FN#330] i.e. Those who look for "another and a better."
[FN#331] The title of Caliph Abu Bakr because he bore truthful witness to the Apostle's mission or, others say, he confirmed the "Mi'ráj" or nocturnal journey to Heaven.
[FN#332] All this is Koranic (chaps. ii., etc.).
[FN#333] This may have applied more than once to "hanging judges" in the Far West.