Note 54 — HISTORY OF AL-HAJJAJ BIN YUSUF AND THE YOUNG SAYYID.[42]

In text “Hasab wa Nasab.” It is told of Al-Mu’izz bi Díni’llah, first Fatimite Caliph raised to the throne of Egypt, that he came forward to the elective assembly and drew his sword half way out of the scabbard and exclaimed, “Házá Nasabí” (this is my genealogy); and then cast handfuls of gold amongst the crowd, crying, “Házá Hasabí” (such is my title to reign.) This is as good as the traditional saying of Napoleon the Great at his first assuming the iron crown—“God gave her to me: woe for whoso toucheth her” (the crown).