455 ([return])
[ About three parts of this sentence have been supplied by Mr. Payne, the careless scribe having evidently omitted it.]
456 ([return])
[ Here, as in the Introduction (vol. i. 24), the king consummates his marriage in presence of his virgin sister-in-law, a process which decency forbids amongst Moslems.]
457 ([return])
[ Al-Mas'udi (vol. iv. 213) uses this term to signify viceroy in "Shahryár Sajastán.">[
458 ([return])
[ i.e. his indifference to the principles of right and wrong, which is a manner of moral intoxication.]
459 ([return])
[ i.e. hath mentioned the office of Wazir (in Koran xx. 30).]