[58] Gazul is the name of one of the Moorish heroes who figure in the "_Historia de las Guerras Civiles de Granada_." The ballad is one of very many in which the dexterity of the Moorish cavaliers in the bullfight is described. The reader will observe that the shape, activity, and resolution of the unhappy animal destined to furnish the amusement of the spectators are enlarged upon, just as the qualities of a modern race-horse might be among ourselves: nor is the bull without his name. The day of the Baptist is a festival among the Mussulmans, as well as among Christians. [59] The reader can not need to be reminded of the fatal effects which were produced by the feuds subsisting between the two great families, or rather races, of the Zegris and the Abencerrages of Granada. This ballad is also from the "_Guerras Civiles_." [60] Shahar is the name of the coast-line between Oman and Aden. [61] The word here used is the old and correct one, _Dar-es-sena_ ("the house of technics"), from which word the present _Tersane_, _i.e._, "Arsenal," has originated. [62] Ashik is now a ruin opposite Samira. [63] _Mowsim Zemani_, literally, "the time of the season." From the Arabic word _Mowsim_ the English "monsoon" has originated. [64] A small vessel, worked by sails and oars, for the carrying of freights, also called _Sacoléve_. [65] Lahsa and Katif, islands in the Persian Gulf, which, together with Ormuz, Bahrein, and Kalhata, were famous in the Middle Ages, as staple-towns for the commerce between Persia and India. [66] _Filandra_, a small ensign hoisted on the top of the mainmast. [67] Khorfakan, a place on the east coast of Oman, between Ras Dibba and Fedzna. [68] Sohar, also on the east coast of Oman. [69] This is the same as "Calatu," mentioned by Marco Polo, see "Travels of Marco Polo," by Col. H. Yule, Vol. II, p. 381. [70] Kuya appears to be really the name of the town Goa, the headquarters of the Portuguese in India. [71] According to Bianchi, "_voile d'artimon_." The following passage is owing partly to the defective text, partly to the strange naval technical expressions, unclear and unintelligible. [72] _Shaika_, a Kirghiz boat. [73] Compare the Hungarian _d'arda_, _i.e._, "spear," "lance." [74] Of this expression only the word _longa_ (_lenga_) can be identified with the Italian. [75] A harbor-town in Persia, in the vicinity of Beluchistan. [76] _Rectius_: Kidj-Mekran (Marco Polo's Kesmacoran), as Yule rightly observes, situated on the coast of that part of Kerman, then belonging to India. See "Travels of Marco Polo." [77] On our modern maps given as Shabar, which is the name of the bay as well as of the place. [78] Guador, on the west coast of Beluchistan, belonging to the Indian Empire. [79] Zofar, or Dhofar, to the east of Shar. In the Middle Ages there was a city of that name, as mentioned by Marco Polo and Ibn Batuta. [80] Literally, "Elephant's flood."