We may not wear a light black dress at all. We may not comb our heads with the comb of a Moslem or a Christian or a Jew or any other. Nor may we shave our heads with the razor used by any other than ourselves (Yezidis), except it be washed in the blessed water which is to be found at the shrine of his highness Šeih ‘Adî. Then it is lawful for us to shave our heads. But if we shave our heads without the razor having been washed in that water, we become infidels. ARTICLE XIII No Yezidi may enter the water-closet of a Moslem, or take a bath at a Moslem’s house, or eat with a Moslem’s spoon or drink from a Moslem’s cup, from a cup used by any one of another sect. If he does, he is an infidel.[69] ARTICLE XIV Concerning food, there is a great difference between us and the other sects. We do not eat meat or fish, squash, _bamia_ (okra), _fasulia_ (beans), cabbage, or lettuce. We cannot even dwell in the place where lettuce is sown.[70] For these and other reasons, we cannot enter the military service, etc. The names of those who affixed their signatures: THE HEAD OF THE YEZIDI SECT, THE EMIR OF ŠEIḪÂN, ḤUSEIN. THE RELIGIOUS ŠEIḪ OF THE YEZIDI SECT OF THE DISTRICT OF ŠEIḪÂN, ŠEIḪ NAṢIR. THE CHIEF OF THE VILLAGE OF MAM REŠÂN, PÎR SULEIMÂN. THE VILLAGE CHIEF OF MUSKÂN, MURAD. “ “ “ “ ḤATÂRAH, AYYÛB. “ “ “ “ BEIBÂN, ḤUSEIN. “ “ “ “ DAHḲAN, ḤASSAN. “ “ “ “ ḤUZRÂN, NU‘MÔ. “ “ “ “ BÂKASRA, ‘ALI. “ “ “ “ B‘AŠÎḲA, JAMÔ. “ “ “ “ ḤÔŠÂBA, ILIAS. “ “ “ “ KREPAḤIN, SAĠD. “ “ “ “ ḲABÂREH, KÔCHAK. “ “ “ “ KASÔ. “ “ “ “ SINÂ, ‘ABDÔ. “ “ “ “ ‘AIN SIFNI, GURGÔ. “ “ “ “ ḲASR-‘_I_ZZ-AD-DÎN. “ “ “ “ ḪEIRÔ. “ “ “ “ KIBERTÔ, ṬÂHIR. AND OTHERS. These are they whose names were in the petition above mentioned, and from which we copied a few things. The result was that when they presented this petition, they were exempted from military service, but they paid a tax in money as did the Christians. NOTES ON PART I [31] A. H. 295 (A. D. 807-8). This is the date of Al-Muḳtadir’s accession, who reigned till A. H. 320 (A. D. 932); cf. W. Muir, _The Caliphate_, p. 559. [32] The life of Manṣûr-al-Ḥallâj is given in Fihrist (ed. Flügel), p. 190. [33] The life of ‘Abd-al-ḳâdir of Jîlân is given in Jami’s _Nafaḥat_ (ed. Lee), p. 584. [34] The Hakkari country is a dependency of Mosul, and inhabited by Kurds and Nestorians; cf. p. 104. Ibn Ḫauḳal, Kîtâb al-Masâlik wal-Mamâlik (ed. M. J. De Goeje), pp. 143 f. [35] Yaḳût, IV, 373, calls it Laileš and says that Šeiḫ ‘Adî lived there. [36] Presumably Yezîd bn Mu‘âwiya, the second caliph in the Omayyid dynasty, who reigned, A. D. 680-83; cf. W. Muir, _The Caliphate_, p. 327.