[FN#63] Speaking, of course, ironically and supposing Bedreddin to be the hunchback.
[FN#64] Bedreddin.
[FN#65] Mosul is a town of Mesopotamia, some two hundred miles N.E. of Baghdad. It is celebrated for its silk and muslin manufactories. The Mosulis doubtless set the fashion in turbans to the inhabitants of Baghdad and Bassora, and it would appear from the Vizier's remark that this fashion was notably different from that followed at Cairo.
[FN#66] Eye-powder. The application of kohl to an infant's eyes is supposed to be beneficial.
[FN#67] The North wind holds the same place in Oriental metaphor and poetry as does the West wind in those of Europe.
[FN#68] Or kernel.
[FN#69] lit. puppet or lay figure.
[FN#70] Mole.
[FN#71] A well-known legist and Cadi of Cufa in the seventh century.
[FN#72] The Sun.