[FN#17] These verses apparently relate to Aboulhusn, but it is possible that they may be meant to refer to Shemsennehar, as the masculine is constantly used for the feminine in Oriental love- poetry.
[FN#18] As that of a martyr. See Vol. II. p. 25, note 2. {Vol. 2,
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[FN#19] Two fallen angels appointed to tempt men by teaching them the art of magic.
[FN#20] An idol or idols of the Arabs before Mohammed.
[FN#21] The browlocks, from their shape, are commonly likened by
Eastern poets to scorpions.
[FN#22] Three stars so called in the Great Bear.
[FN#23] or recite.
[FN#24] There are three orders of Jinn: the upper or inhabitants of the air, the lower or inhabitants of the earth and the divers or inhabitants of the waters.
[FN#25] Lit. lean and fat.
[FN#26] Syn. eye (nazir).