[FN#105] Apparently Constantinople. [FN#106] This verse alludes to the garbled version of the miracle of Aaron's rod given in the Koran, which attributes the act to Moses and makes the Egyptian sorcerers throw down ropes, to which by their art they give the appearance of serpents. [FN#107] i.e., of the Koran. [FN#108] A certain formula, invoking peace on the Prophet and all men recurring at the end of the five daily prayers and pronounced sitting. [FN#109] ex voto. [FN#110] i.e. Mohammed. [FN#111] "What news bringest thou, O saint?" [FN#112] i.e. Mohammed. [FN#113] These epithets are often applied by the Arabs, in a complimentary sense, to anyone who works great havoc among his enemies by his prowess and cunning. [FN#114] See Vol. I. p. 135, note. {Vol. 1, FN#45} [FN#115] i.e. Deal with thee as if thou wert slave-born and therefore not used to knightly fashions nor able to endure stress of battle. [FN#116] A chapel so called in the Temple at Mecca. [FN#117] Mohammed. [FN#118] Protector of the women that ride therein. [FN#119] The Mohammedans have a legend that God gave David extraordinary skill in working iron and making chain mail, that he might earn his living without drawing upon the public treasury. "And we gave David a grace from us and softened for him iron (saying), 'Make thou coats of mail and adjust the rings duly and deal rightly, for I look upon what ye do."' --Koran, xxxiv. 10. [FN#120] This appears to be an allusion to the colours of the house of Abbas, which were black. [FN#121] Kafir means "black" as well as "infidel." [FN#122] One of the Mohammedan legends represents Moses as seeking the water of life. [FN#123] The allusion here is to the face of a beloved one, which is likened to a moon rising out of her dress. [FN#124] An ornamental hand, said to be so called from the resemblance of the pen with which it is written to the leaf of the sweet basil. [FN#125] lit. "the love of the Beni Udhra," an Arabian tribe, famous for the passion and devotion with which love was practiced among them. [FN#126] Syn. eye (nazir). [FN#127] Syn. eyebrow (hajib). [FN#128] i.e. including the two days that had already elapsed. [FN#129] i.e. a graceful youth of the province in which Mecca is situate. [FN#130] A small piece of wood used in a children's out-door game called tab. [FN#131] The stone of the beleh or "green" date, not allowed to ripen. [FN#132] Or drachm-weight. [FN#133] An audacious parody of the consecrated expression used to describe the ceremonious circumambulation of the Kaabeh at Mecca. [FN#134] Subaudiantur autem utriusque sexûs pudenda. [FN#135] Subaudiantur autem utriusque sexûs pudenda. [FN#136] Subaudiatur vas muliebre. [FN#137] The word sac (leg), when used in the oblique case, as it would necessarily be here, makes saki, i.e. cup-bearer. A play upon the double meaning is evidently intended. [FN#138] In the East, bathers pay on leaving the bath. [FN#139] As a styptic. [FN#140] Dunya.