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[ Arab. "Raas Ghanam": this form of expressing singularity is common to Arabic and the Eastern languages, which it has influenced.]
373 ([return])
[ This most wearisome form of politeness is common in the Moslem world, where men fondly think that the more you see of them the more you like of them. Yet their Proverbial Philosophy ("the wisdom of many and the wit of one") strongly protests against the practice: I have already quoted Mohammed's saying, "Zur ghibban, tazid Hibban"—visits rare keep friendship fair.]
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[ This clause in the text is evidently misplaced (vol. xii.144).]
375 ([return])
[ Arab. Dara' or Dira'=armour, whether of leather or metal; here the coat worn under the mail.]
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[ Called from Rustak, a quarter of Baghdad. For Rusták town see vol. vi. 289.]