428 ([return])
[ i.e. for a long time, as has been before explained.]
429 ([return])
[ i.e. at his service. Arabia was well provided with Hetairæ and public women long before the days of Al-Islam.]
430 ([return])
[ Arab. "Athar"=sign, mark, trail.]
431 ([return])
[ i.e. Persia. See vol. v. 26.]
432 ([return])
[ Arab. "'Akákír" plur. of 'Akkár prop.=aromatic roots; but applied to vulgar drugs or simples, as in the Tale of the Sage Duban, i. 46.]