[18] “_Satan, the Lapidated One_,” is the chief title of the accursed one. Muslims believe that the “shooting stars” are missiles cast by angels at demons who attempt to approach heaven for eavesdropping purposes. [19] I have not met with an explanation of this word in any Persian dictionary. Literally it signifies _sugar-hanging_. In the Bahāri-‘Ajem alone is it mentioned, with a distich from Hāfiz; but it is left unexplained. [20] Apparently a “_merman_” is intended. [21] This is a much more poetical account of the origin of the reed-flute than the pagan Greek myths of Orpheus and his lyre, Pan and his pipe, for which no reasons are assigned. [22] Mansūr, son of ‘Ammār, thus mentioned by D’Herbelot: “Scheikh des plus considérés parmi les Musulmans. On le cite au sujet d’un passage du chapitre Enfathar de l’Alcoran (lxxxii.), où Dieu est introduit faisant ce reproche aux hommes: _Qu’est-ce qui vous rend si orgueilleux contre votre maître qui vous fait tant de biens?_ (v. 6). Ce Scheikh disait: Quand Dieu me fera ce reproche, je lui repondrai: _Le sont ces biens et ces graces mêmes que vous me faites, qui me rendent si superbe._” As Sheykh ‘Attār lived about A.H. 600, Mansūr must have died about A.H. 400 (A.D. 1020). He is mentioned in No. 51, p. 68, of the _Nafahātu-’l-Uns_. [23] Khayru ’n nāsi, men yenfa’u ’n nāsa.—_Arabic Proverb._ [24] Khayru ’l kelāmi, qasīruhu ’l mufīdu.—_Arabic Proverb._ [25] _Thevr_ is the name of a tribe of Arabians, and of two hills, one at Mekka, the other at Medīna; but the explanation of the term “_a Thevr_ or _Sevr veil_” I have not met with. [26] Saladin of European writings. The words mean: _the Fitness of the Religion_ (of Islām). [27] The Muslim world knows but one _Qaysar_ (Cæsar), the Emperor of Rome (Old or New), which title is now borne by the Emperor of Austria. [28] I have not met with any notice of Akhī-Turk. [29] _The Honoured Elder_; by which Abū-Bekr is probably intended; but see a note to the Preface of the Mesnevī. [30] Juneyd and Bāyezīd of Bestām were two great doctors of mysticism; the latter died in A.H. 234 or 261 (A.D. 848 or 874), and the former in A.H. 297-8 (A.D. 909-10). [31] These are two of the four orthodox schools of Islām; they differ in certain details. There are reputed to be seventy-two schismatic or heretical sects. [32] This anecdote directly contradicts the foolish idea, so common in Europe, that, in the religious system of Islām, women are held to have no souls, and no hope of paradise. [33] The Beauty of the Truth and of the Religion (of Islām). [34] Europeanised Armenians have made this into _Zohrab_, as their own family name.