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[FN#107] Meaning that the robbery must have been committed by
some inmate of the palace.
[FN#108] Amir. Thus the Breslau edition; the two others give
Amin, i.e. one who is trusted or in a position of trust.
[FN#109] According to Mohammedan tradition, it was Ishmael, not
Isaac, whom Abraham was commanded to sacrifice.
[FN#110] Apparently a sort of blackmail levied upon merchants and
others by the soldiers who protected them against the Bedouins.
[FN#111] A village on the Gulf of Scanderoon.
[FN#112] Or perhaps dinars, the coin not being specified.
[FN#113] Or sectary of Ali. The Shiyaites did not acknowledge the
first three Khalifs Abou Bekr, Omar, and Othman, and were wont to
write their names upon their heels, in token of contempt. The
Sunnites are the orthodox Muslims, who accept the actual order of
things.
[FN#114] An open-fronted reception-room, generally on the first
floor and giving on the interior court of the house.
[FN#115] Instead of "rank of Amir," we should perhaps read
"knighthood."
[FN#116] i.e. It is not enough. See Vol. II, p. 74, note. {see
Vol. 2, FN#29}
[FN#117] Confessional?
[FN#118] ?500.
[FN#119] The Mohammedans accuse the Jews, as well as the
Christians, of falsifying their sacred books, so as to suppress
the mention of Mohammed.
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