Note * — THE STORY-TELLER

So called because buried near that city. For an account of his life, and view of his mausoleum, see "The Moors," pp. 337-339.

† "The hands are raised in order to catch a blessing in them, and are afterwards drawn over the face to transfer it to every part of the body."—Hughes, "Dictionary of Islám."

‡ A term applied by Mohammedans to Christians on account of a mistaken conception of the doctrine of the Trinity.

§ This was the occasion on which Mohammed visited the seven heavens under the care of Gabriel, riding on an ass so restive that he had to be bribed with a promise of Paradise.

|| Grammarians and commentators of the Korán.

# A preliminary work on rhetoric.