[38] “Dinars” in the text of Tabari iii. 1685, must be an error for “dirhems.”
[39] This Boghā was called al-Kabir, or major; the ally of Waṣīf, a man of much inferior consideration, al-Saghir, or minor.
[40] See Nöldeke, Orientalische Skizzen, pp. 155 seq.
[41] For the connexion between Carmathians and Fatimites see under FATIMITES.
[42] M.J. de Goeje, Mémoire sur les Carmathes du Bahraïn et les Fatimides (Leiden, 1886).
[43] See Defrémery, Mémoire sur les Emirs al-Omara (Paris, 1848).
[44] Henceforward the history of the Caliphate is largely that of the Seljuk princes (see [Seljuks]).
CALIVER, a firearm used in the 16th century. The word is an English corruption of “calibre,” and arises from the “arquebus of calibre,” that is, of standard bore, which replaced the older arquebus. “Caliver,” therefore, is practically synonymous with “arquebus.” The heavier musket, fired from a rest, replaced the caliver or arquebus towards the close of the century.