[8] Oppenheim, _Vom Mittelmeer zum persischen Golf_, 1900, II, 148; Victor Dingelstedt, _Scottish Geographical Magazine_, XIV, 295; Southgate, _A Tour through Armenia_, II, 317; A. V. Williams Jackson, “Yezidis,” in the _New International Encyclopedia_, XVII, 939; Perdrizet, loc. cit., p. 299. [9] A. V. Williams Jackson, _Persia Past and Present_, p. 10, _New International Encyclopedia_, “Yezidis;” Perdrizet, loc. cit. [10] Dingelstedt, loc. cit.; _Revue de l’Orient Chrétien_, I, “Kurdistan.” [11] Société de Géographie de l’Est, loc. cit.; _Encyclopedia of Missions_, “Yezidis”; A. V. Williams Jackson, loc. cit. [12] On these sects consult Aš-Šahrastânî, I, 86, 89, 100. [13] Not like Mohammed, to whom, according to Moslem belief, the Koran was revealed at intervals. [14] On the Ṣabians of the Koran, see Baiḍâwi and Zamaḫšari on _Suras_ 2, 59; 5, 73; 22, 17. [15] On the Ṣabians of Ḥarrân, see Fihrist, p. 190; on the Ṣabians in general consult Aš-Šahrastânî, II, 203; on the location of Ḥarrân and Wasit, see Yaḳût, II, 331, and IV, 881. [16] To get more particular information in regard to Yezîd bn Unaisa, I wrote to Mosul, Bagdad, and Cairo, the three centers of Mohammedan learning, and strange to say, none could throw any light on the subject. [17] Al-Haraṯiyah he describes as _Aṣḥâb Al_-Ḥareṭ (I, 101), al-Ḥafaziyah, Aṣḥâb Ḥafez (_ibid._), etc. [18] Ibn Ḫallikân says: “Aš-Šahrastânî, a dogmatic theologian of the Ašarite sect, was distinguished as an Imâm and a doctor of the law. He displayed the highest abilities as a jurisconsult. The _Kitâb al-Milal wa-n-Nihal_ (this is the book in which Aš-Šahrastânî traces the Yezidi sect to Yezîd bn Unaisa) is one of his works on scholastic theology. He remained without an equal in that branch of science.” [19] It is to be noticed also that the name “Unaisa” is very common among the Arabs; cf. Ibn Sa‘ad (ed. Sachau), III, 254, 260, 264, 265, 281, 283, 287, 289; Musnad, VI, 434; Mishkat, 22, 724. [20] _Geschichte der herrschenden Ideen des Islams_, p. 195. [21] Ibn Ḫallikân (Egyptian edit., A. H. 1310), I, 316; Mohammed al-‘Omari, al-Mauṣili, “Šeiḫ ‘Adî,” quoted by M. N. Siouffi, _Journal asiatique_, 1885, 80; Yaḳut, IV, 374. [22] ‘Itiḳad Ahl as-Sunna, “Belief of the Sunnites,” the Waṣaya, “Counsels to the Califs”; cf. C. Huart, _History of Arabic Literature_, p. 273. [23] See p. 61 of this book. [24] Aš-Šahrastânî regards them a Ḫarijíte sub-sect. [25] Layard, _Nineveh and its Remains_, II, 254. [26] Mohammed al-‘Omari al-Mausili and Yâsîn al-Ḫâtib al-‘Omari al-Mauṣili, “Šeiḫ ‘Adî,” quoted by M. N. Siouffi, _Journal asiatique_, Série viii, V (1885), 80. [27] George Warda, Bishop of Arbila, _Poems_, edited by Heinrich Hilgenfeld, Leipzig, 1904.