Note 264 — Terminal Essay. (continued 2)

I have given (vol. i. 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s.v. Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.” Al-Mas’udi’s account of the family’s early history is unfortunately lost. This Khálid succeeded Abu Salámah, first entitled Wazir under Al-Saffah (Ibn Khallikan i. 468).