[FN#207] Arab. "Hanut," prop. a tavern where liquors are sold, a term applied contemptuously to shops, inns, etc., kept by Christians.
[FN#208] Arab. "Shirk" = syntheism of the "Mushrik" (one who makes other gods partners with God), a word pronounced "Mushrit" by the Wahhabis and the Badawin.
[FN#209] Koran vii. 195. The passage declaims against the idols of the Arabs, sun, moon. stars, etc.
[FN#210] This minor miracle is commonly reported, and is not, I believe, unknown to modern "Spiritualism." The dead Wali or Waliyah (Saintess) often impels the bier-bearers to the spot where he would be buried: hence in Cairo the tombs scattered about the city. Lane notices it, Mod. E. chaps. xxviii.
[FN#211] Koran x. 36, speaking of being turned aside from the true worship.
[FN#212] One of the Wazirs of al-Maamun, Kurrat al-Ayn = "coolness (i.e. delight) of the eyes" Ali bin Hishαm surnamed Abu'l-Hasan, was prefect of Baghdad under the same reign.
[FN#213] The Mac. Edit. (ii. 448) reads for Kawαid (plur. of Kαid = Governors, Span. Alcayde) "Fawαid": hence Lane (ii. 606) translates " try thy heart."
[FN#214] The mats of Sind were famous even in my day, but under
English rule native industries are killed out by Manchester and
Birmingham.
[FN#215] Sajαh was the name of a famous female impostor, a contemporary of "Musaylimah the Liar."
[FN#216] A poet of Mohammed's day.