Note 76 — KING JALI’AD OF HIND AND HIS WAZIR SHIMAS; FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY OF KING WIRD KHAN, SON OF KING JALI’AD, WITH HIS WOMEN AND WAZIRS.[55]

Arab. “Halummú” plur. of “Halumma” = draw near! The latter form is used by some tribes for all three numbers; others affect a dual and a plural (as in the text). Preston (Al-Hariri, p. 210) derives it from Heb. הלום but the geographers of Kufah and Basrah (who were not etymologists) are divided about its origin. He translates (p. 221) “Halumma Jarran” = being the rest of the tale in continuation with this, i.e. in accordance with it, like our “and so forth.” And in p. 271, he makes Halumma = Hayya i.e. hither! (to prayer, etc).