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[ Popularly, Jeríd, the palm-frond used as javelin: see vol. vi. 263.]
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[ In order to keep off the evil eye, one of the functions of iron and steel: see vol. ii. 316.]
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[ The H. V. adds, "Little did the Princess know that the singers were fairies whom the Slave of the Lamp had brought together.">[
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[ Alexander the Great: see v. 252, x. 57. The H. V. adds, "Then only one man and one woman danced together, one with other, till midnight, when Alaeddin and the Princess stood up, for it was the wont of China in those days that bride and bridegroom perform together in presence of the wedding company.">[
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[ The exceptional reserve of this and other descriptions makes M. H. Zotenberg suspect that the tale was written for one of the Mameluke Princesses: I own to its modesty but I doubt that such virtue would have recommended it to the dames in question. The H. V. adds a few details:—"Then, when the bride and bridegroom had glanced and gazed each at other's face, the Princess rejoiced with excessive joy to behold his comeliness, and he exclaimed, in the courtesy of his gladness, 'O happy me, whom thou deignest, O Queen of the Fair, to honour despite mine unworth, seeing that in thee all charms and graces are perfected.' ">[