The Arabic says, “There was a kiosque with four-and-twenty alcoves (Líwán, for which see vols. iv. 71; vi. 347) all builded of emerald, etc., and one remained with the kiosque (kushk) unfinished.” I adopt Galland’s reading _salon à vingt-quatre croisées_ which are mentioned in the Arab. text towards the end of the tale, and thus avoid the confusion between kiosque and window. In the H. V. there is a domed belvedere (bárah-dari-i-gumbaz-dár), four-sided, with six doors on each front (_i.e._ twenty-four), and all studded with diamonds, etc. Footnote 174: In Persia this is called “Pá-andáz,” and must be prepared for the Shah when he deigns to visit a subject. It is always of costly stuffs, and becomes the perquisite of the royal attendants. Footnote 175: Here the European hand again appears to me: the Sultan as a good Moslem should have made the Wuzú-ablution and prayed the dawn-prayers before doing anything worldly. Footnote 176: Arab. “Fí ghuzúni zálika,” a peculiar phrase; Ghazn = a crease, a wrinkle. Footnote 177: In the H. V. the King “marvelled to see Alaeddin’s mother without her veil and magnificently adorned with costly jewels and said in his mind, ‘Methought she was a grey-haired crone, but I find her still in the prime of life and comely to look upon, somewhat after the fashion of Badr al-Budúr.’” This also was one of the miracles of the Lamp. Footnote 178: For this word see vols. i. 46, vii. 326. A Joe Miller is told in Western India of an old General Officer boasting his knowledge of Hindostani. “How do you say, Tell a plain story, General?” asked one of the hearers, and the answer was, “Maydán-kí bát bolo!” = “speak a word about the plain” (or level space). Footnote 179: The prehistoric Arabs: see supra p. 134. Footnote 180: Popularly, Jeríd, the palm-frond used as javelin: see vol. vi. 263. Footnote 181: In order to keep off the evil eye, one of the functions of iron and steel: see vol. ii. 316. Footnote 182: The H. V. adds, “Little did the Princess know that the singers were fairies whom the Slave of the Lamp had brought together.” Footnote 183: Alexander the Great: see vols. v. 252, x. 57. The H. V. adds, “Then only one man and one woman danced together, one with other, till midnight, when Alaeddin and the Princess stood up; for it was the wont of China in those days that bride and bridegroom perform together in presence of the wedding company.” Footnote 184: