[FN#120] Son and successor of Er Reshid.
[FN#121] A well-known grammarian and traditionist of the time, afterwards governor of part of Khorassan, under the Khalif El Mamoun.
[FN#122] Intendant of the palace under Er Reshid.
[FN#123] i.e. lover.
[FN#124] Muslim version of Susannah and the Elders.
[FN#125] Lit. O frosty-beard (fool), how frosty was thy beard!
[FN#126] Descendant of the Prophet.
[FN#127] Name of a tribe.
[FN#128] A descendant of Ishmael, from whom the Arab genealogists trace Mohammed's lineage.
[FN#129] Koran xxxiii. 38.