[FN#87] To conjure the evil eye.
[FN#88] i.e. him of the moles.
[FN#89] Alluding to the redness of his cheeks, as if they had been flushed with wine. The passage may be construed, "As he were a white slave, with cheeks reddened by wine." The Turkish and other white slaves were celebrated for their beauty.
[FN#90] As a protection against the evil eye. We may perhaps, however, read, "Ask pardon of God!", i.e. for your unjust reproach.
[FN#91] See note, post, p. 299. {see Vol. 3, FN#114}
[FN#92] i.e. of the caravan.
[FN#93] A famous Muslim saint of the twelfth century and founder of the four great orders of dervishes. He is buried at Baghdad.
[FN#94] Koran xiii. 14.
[FN#95] Another well-known saint.
[FN#96] i.e. He engaged to do somewhat, undertaking upon oath in case of default to divorce his wife by pronouncing the triple formula of divorcement, and she therefore became divorced, by operation of law, on his failure to keep his engagement.