[FN#37] Sixth Khalif and founder of the Ommiade dynasty (A.H. 41 60).
[FN#38] One of the most notable men of the day, chief of the great tribe of the Benou Temim. He was a contemporary of the Prophet and was held in much esteem by Muawiyeh.
[FN#39] Surname of Ahnaf.
[FN#40] Governor of Bassora and other places under the first four
Khalifs.
[FN#41] Ziad teen Abou Sufyan, illegitimate brother of the Khalif
Muawiyeh, afterwards governor of Bassora Cufa and the Hejaz.
[FN#42] Because it might have been taken to mean, "inhabitants of hell."
[FN#43] i.e. death.
[FN#44] A battle fought near Medina, A.D. 625, in which Mohammed was defeated by the Meccans under Abou Sufyan.
[FN#45] One of Mohammed's widows and Omar's own daughter.
[FN#46] A well-known man of letters and theologian of the seventh and eighth centuries.