Arab. "'Ajami"=foreigner, esp. a Persian: the latter in The Nights is mostly a villain. I must here remark that the contemptible condition of Persians in Al-Hijáz (which I noted in 1852, Pilgrimage i. 327) has completely changed. They are no longer, "The slippers of Ali and hounds of Omar:" they have learned the force of union and now, instead of being bullied, they bully. Footnote 213: The Calc. Edit. turns them into Tailors (Khayyátín) and Torrens does not see the misprint. Footnote 214: _i.e._ Axe and sandals. Footnote 215: Lit. "Strike his neck." Footnote 216: A phrase which will frequently recur; meaning the situation suggested such words as these. Footnote 217: The smiter with the evil eye is called "A'in" and the person smitten "Ma'ín" or "Ma'ún." Footnote 218: Arab. "Sákiyah," the well-known Persian wheel with pots and buckets attached to the tire. It is of many kinds, the boxed, etc., etc.; and it is possibly alluded to in the "pitcher broken at the fountain" (Ecclesiastes xii. 6) an accident often occurring to the modern "Noria." Travellers mostly abuse its "dismal creaking" and "mournful monotony": I have defended the music of the water-wheel in Pilgrimage ii. 198. Footnote 219: Arab. "Zikr" lit. remembering, mentioning (_i.e._ the names of Allah), here refers to the meetings of religious for devotional exercises; the "Zikkírs," as they are called, mostly standing or sitting in a circle while they ejaculate the Holy Name. These "rogations" are much affected by Darwayshes, or begging friars, whom Europe politely divides into "dancing" and "howling"; and, on one occasion, greatly to the scandal of certain Engländerinns to whom I was showing the Ezbekiyah I joined the ring of "howlers." Lane (Mod. Egypt, see index) is profuse upon the subject of "Zikrs" and Zikkírs. It must not be supposed that they are uneducated men: the better class, however, prefers more privacy. Footnote 220: As they thought he had been there for prayer or penance. Footnote 221: Arab. "Ziyárat," a visit to a pious person or place. Footnote 222: This is a paternal salute in the East where they are particular about the part kissed. A witty and not unusually gross Persian book, called the "Al-Námah" because all questions begin with "Al" (the Arab article) contains one "Al-Wajib al-busídan?" (what best deserves bussing?) and the answer is "Kus-i-nau-pashm," (a bobadilla with a young bush). Footnote 223: A weight of 71-72 English grains in gold; here equivalent to the dinar. Footnote 224: Compare the tale of The Three Crows in Gammer Grethel, Evening ix. Footnote 225: The comparison is peculiarly apposite; the earth seen from above appears hollow with a raised rim. Footnote 226: A hundred years old. Footnote 227: "Bahr" in Arab. means sea, river, piece of water; hence the adjective is needed.