[48] The Anacreon of Persia affected to prize the mole upon the cheek of his beloved above the cities of Samarḳand and Bukhára.

[49] Lawsonia inermis.

[50] In another analysis of the same kind, it is said that four should be short; the hands, the feet, the tongue, and the teeth; but this is metaphorically speaking; the meaning is, that these members should be kept within their proper bounds. (Kitáb el-'Onwán fee Mekáid en-Niswán. MS. in my possession.)

[51] An unnamed author quoted by El-Is-ḥáḳee, in his account of the 'Abbásee Khaleefeh El-Mutawekkil.

[52] Mir-át ez-Zemán. See also, Ḳur-án, ch. v. v. 65.

[53] The term "'Efreet" is sometimes improperly applied to a good Jinnee [and also, in Egypt, to the ghost of a dead person. See "Modern Egyptians," vol. 1. ch. x. Ed.].

[54] Mir-át ez-Zemán.

[55] Ch. xv. v. 27; and Commentary of the Jeláleyn. Also, Ḳur-án, ch. lv. v. 14.

[56] Ch. xxvii. v. 10 and ch. xxviii. v. 31; and Commentary of the Jeláleyn.

[57] Ch. lv. vv. 39 and 74; and same Commentary.