[FN#140] King of Persia and En Numan's suzerain.
[FN#141] A celebrated poet of the eighth and ninth centuries at the court d the Abbaside Khalifs.
[FN#142] A quarter of Baghdad.
[FN#143] Another well-known poet of the time, Dibil's teacher and friend.
[FN#144] Underground rooms are much used in Baghdad and Central
Asia, for coolness' sake, in the season of the great heats.
[FN#145] Dibil's surname.
[FN#146] An idol of the pagan Arabs, before the coming of
Mohammed.
[FN#147] In the attitude or a pupil before his master.
[FN#148] i.e. heart's blood.
[FN#149] A well-known poet, who flourished at Baghdad in the ninth century