Note 8 — Chapter I · THE MOORS OF SPAIN.
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Señor de Gayangos, correcting a blunder of Casiri on the subject, tells us that the Arabic name of the Alpujarras was Al-busherât, signifying "mountains abounding in pastures."—See that treasure of Oriental learning, the History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain (London, 1843), vol. ii. p. 515.