[FN#110] Traditionists of the seventh and eighth centuries.
[FN#111] Traditionists of the seventh and eighth centuries.
[FN#112] Companions of the Prophet.
[FN#113] A.D. 530-579. The founder of the great Persian dynasty of the Kisras (Chosroës). Mohammed was born in the reign of this monarch, whose name is a synonym with Eastern writers for all that is just and noble in a King.
[FN#114] Wife of Mohammed.
[FN#115] Daughter of Mohammed.
[FN#116] Lit. "of the ancestors," i.e. those pious and blessed persons who have gone before. The word es selef (the ancestors) is specially applied to Mohammed, his wife Aaisheh, the first three Khalifs and certain other early Muslims.
[FN#117] Khusrau Perviz, grandson of Kisra Anoushirwan (see supra, p. 228). {Vol. 4, FN#113}
[FN#118] The famous beauty, daughter of Maurice, Emperor of the
East, and heroine of Nizami's well-known poem.
[FN#119] First cousin of Haroun er Reshid.