[FN#323] Here ends the wearisome tale of the brother and sister, and the romance of chivalry begins once more with the usual Arab digressions. [FN#324] I have derived this word from the Persian "rang"=colour, hue, kind. [FN#325] Otherwise all would be superseded, like U. S. officials under a new President. [FN#326] Arab. "Nímshah" from the Pers. Nímchah, a "half-sword," a long dagger worn in the belt. Richardson derives it from Namsh, being freckled (damasked). [FN#327] The Indian term for a tent large enough to cover a troop of cavalry. [FN#328] Arab. "Marhúm" a formula before noticed. It is borrowed from the Jewish, "of blessed memory" (after the name of the honoured dead, Prov. x. 17.); with the addition of "upon whom be peace," as opposed to the imprecation, "May the name of the wicked rot!" [FN#329] The speeches of the five damsels should be read only by students. [FN#330] i.e. Those who look for "another and a better." [FN#331] The title of Caliph Abu Bakr because he bore truthful witness to the Apostle's mission or, others say, he confirmed the "Mi'ráj" or nocturnal journey to Heaven. [FN#332] All this is Koranic (chaps. ii., etc.). [FN#333] This may have applied more than once to "hanging judges" in the Far West. [FN#334] A traditionist and jurisconsult of Al-Medinah in the seventh and eighth centuries. [FN#335] The Alexander of the Koran and Eastern legends, not to be confounded with the Alexander of Macedon. He will be noticed in a future Night. [FN#336] Æsop, according to the Arabs: of him or rather of the two Lukmans, more presently. [FN#337] Koran ii. 185. [FN#338] Mohammed. [FN#339] One of the Asháb or Companions of Mohammed. [FN#340] A noted traditionist at Cufa in the seventh century. [FN#341] Koran, chaps. lxxiv. I (and verse 8 follows). The Archangel Gabriel is supposed to address Mohammed and not a few divines believe this Surah (chapter) to have been first revealed. Mr. Rodwell makes it No. ii. following the Fatrah or silent interval which succeeded No. xcvi. "Clots of Blood." See his 2nd Edit. p. 3 for further details. [FN#342] i.e. dangerous to soul-health. [FN#343] In the Mac. Edit. "Abd" for "Sa'id." The latter was a black and a native of Cufa during the first century (A.H ) and is still famous as a traditionist. [FN#344] Arab. "Shirk," giving a partner to Allah, attending chiefly to Christians and idolaters and in a minor degree to Jews and Guebres. We usually English it by "polytheism," which is clumsy and conveys a wrong idea [FN#345] Grandson of the Caliph Ali. He is one of the Imams (High-priests) of the Shi'ah school. [FN#346] An eminent traditionist of the eighth century (A.D.).