p. 15.—_Like tulip-beds, of different shape and dyes._ “The name of tulip is said to be of Turkish extraction, and given to the flower on account of its resembling a turban.”—_Beckmann_’s History of Inventions. Footnote 38: p. 15.—_And fur-bound bonnet of Bucharian shape._ “The inhabitants of Bucharia wear a round cloth bonnet, shaped much after the Polish fashion, having a large fur border. They tie their kaftans about the middle with a girdle of a kind of silk crape, several times round the body.”—_Account of Independent Tartary, in Pinkerton’s Collection._ Footnote 39: p. 15.—_O’erwhelm’d in fight and captive to the Greek._ In the war of the Caliph Mahadi against the Empress Irene, for an account of which vide _Gibbon_, vol. x. Footnote 40: p. 18.—_The flying throne of star-taught_ SOLIMAN. This wonderful Throne was called The Star of the Genii. For a full description of it, see the Fragment, translated by Captain Franklin, from a Persian MS. entitled “The History of Jerusalem,” _Oriental Collections_, vol. i. p. 235.—When Soliman travelled, the eastern writers say, “He had a carpet of green silk on which his throne was placed, being of a prodigious length and breadth, and sufficient for all his forces to stand upon, the men placing themselves on his right hand, and the spirits on his left; and that when all were in order, the wind, at his command, took up the carpet, and transported it, with all that were upon it, wherever he pleased; the army of birds at the same time flying over their heads, and forming a kind of canopy to shade them from the sun.”—_Sale_’s Koran, vol ii. p. 214, note. Footnote 41: p. 18.—_For many an age, in every chance and change._ The transmigration of souls was one of his doctrines.—Vide _D’Herbelot_. Footnote 42: p. 18.—_To which all Heaven, except the Proud One, knelt._ “And when we said unto the angels, Worship Adam, they all worshipped except Eblis (Lucifer), who refused.”—_The Koran_, chap. ii. Footnote 43: p. 18.—_In_ MOUSSA’S _frame—and, thence descending, flow’d._—Moses. Footnote 44: p. 18.—_Through many a Prophet’s breast._ This is according to D’Herbelot’s account of the doctrines of Mokanna:—“Sa doctrine étoit, que Dieu avoit pris une forme et figure humaine, depuis qu’il eut commandé aux Anges d’adorer Adam, le premier des hommes. Qu’après la mort d’Adam, Dieu étoit apparu sous la figure de plusieurs Prophètes, et autres grands hommes qu’il avoit choisis, jusqu’à ce qu’il prit celle d’Abu Moslem, Prince de Khorassan, lequel professoit l’erreur de la Tenassukhiah ou Metempschychose; et qu’après la mort de ce Prince, la Divinité étoit passée, et descendue en sa personne.” Footnote 45: p. 18.—_In_ ISSA _shone._—Jesus. Footnote 46: p. 22.—_Born by that ancient flood, which from its spring._