[164] {187} It is to be observed, that every allusion to any thing or personage in the Old Testament, such as the Ark, or Cain, is equally the privilege of Mussulman and Jew: indeed, the former profess to be much better acquainted with the lives, true and fabulous, of the patriarchs, than is warranted by our own sacred writ; and not content with Adam, they have a biography of Pre-Adamites. Solomon is the monarch of all necromancy, and Moses a prophet inferior only to Christ and Mahomet. Zuleika is the Persian name of Potiphar's wife; and her amour with Joseph constitutes one of the finest poems in their language. It is, therefore, no violation of costume to put the names of Cain, or Noah, into the mouth of a Moslem. [_À propos_ of this note "for the ignorant," Byron writes to Murray (November 13, 1813), "Do you suppose that no one but the Galileans are acquainted with Adam, and Eve, and Cain, and Noah?--_Zuleika_ is the Persian _poetical name_ for Potiphar's wife;" and, again, November 14, "I don't care one lump of sugar for my _poetry;_ but for my _costume_, and my correctness on these points ... I will combat lustily."--_Letters_, 1898, ii. 282, 283.] [165] {188} [Karajić (Vuk Stefanović, born 1787), secretary to Kara George, published _Narodne Srpske Pjesme_, at Vienna, 1814, 1815. See, too, _Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations_, by Talvi, New York, 1850, pp. 366-382; _Volkslieder der Serben_, von Talvi, Leipzig, 1835, ii. 245, etc., and _Chants Populaires des Servics_, Recueillis par Wuk Stephanowitsch, et Traduits d'après Talvy, par Madame Élise Voïart, Paris, 1834, ii. 183, etc.] [166] Paswan Oglou, the rebel of Widdin; who, for the last years of his life, set the whole power of the Porte at defiance.