[FN#117] Mohammed.
[FN#118] Protector of the women that ride therein.
[FN#119] The Mohammedans have a legend that God gave David extraordinary skill in working iron and making chain mail, that he might earn his living without drawing upon the public treasury. "And we gave David a grace from us and softened for him iron (saying), 'Make thou coats of mail and adjust the rings duly and deal rightly, for I look upon what ye do."' —Koran, xxxiv. 10.
[FN#120] This appears to be an allusion to the colours of the house of Abbas, which were black.
[FN#121] Kafir means "black" as well as "infidel."
[FN#122] One of the Mohammedan legends represents Moses as seeking the water of life.
[FN#123] The allusion here is to the face of a beloved one, which is likened to a moon rising out of her dress.
[FN#124] An ornamental hand, said to be so called from the resemblance of the pen with which it is written to the leaf of the sweet basil.
[FN#125] lit. "the love of the Beni Udhra," an Arabian tribe, famous for the passion and devotion with which love was practiced among them.
[FN#126] Syn. eye (nazir).