[FN#127] He having then returned to his palace.
[FN#128] i.e. of life.
[FN#129] Lit. to dispute about or defend itself, Koran xvi 112.
[FN#130] The Rages of the Apocrypha; a great city of Persia, formerly its capital, but now a mere heap of ruins in the neighbourhood of Teheran.
[FN#131] Ibrahim ben El Mehdi was one of the most celebrated musicians and wits of his day. "He was a man of great merit and a perfect scholar, possessed of an open heart and a generous hand; his like had never before been seen among the sons of the Khalifs, none of whom spoke with more propriety and elegance or composed verses with greater ability." (Ibn Khellikan.)
[FN#132] Ibrahim of Mosul, the greatest musician of the time, a boon-companion and special favourite of Haroun er Reshid and his son.
[FN#133] Lit. the lord of the blood-revenge, i.e. the person entitled to exact the blood-wit.
[FN#134] His Vizier.
[FN#135] Joseph to his brethren, Koran xii. 92.
[FN#136] Playing upon the literal meaning, "blood-sucker," of the word kejjam, cupper or barber-surgeon.