[FN#80] i.e. in dreams..
[FN#81] One of the months in which war was forbidden to the pagan Arabs and a sort of Trève de Dieu prevailed.
[FN#82] The Arabic word fakir means literally, "a poor man;" but it would appear, from what follows, that Uns el Wujoud had disguised himself as a religious mendicant and was taken for such by the people of the castle.
[FN#83] i.e. one absorbed in the contemplation of supra- terrestrial things.
[FN#84] Uns el Wujoud.
[FN#85] To salute them and wish them joy, according to Oriental custom.
[FN#86] Mosul is called the land of purity, in a religious sense, it having never been polluted with idolatrous worship.
[FN#87] The people of Aleppo seem to have been noted for debauchery.
[FN#88] i.e. Do not express admiration openly, lest it attract the evil eye, but vent your wonder by saying, "God bless and preserve the Prophet!" according to general Muslim wont.
[FN#89] A gorge near Mecca, the scene of one of Mohammed's battles.