[387] Koran iv. 38. The advantages are bodily strength，understanding and the high privilege of Holy War. Thus far，and thus far only，woman amongst Moslems is 'lesser [388] Arab. 'Amir Yakhur，'a corruption of 'Akhor'=stable （Persian）.
[389] A servile name in Persian，meaning 'the brave，'and a title of honour at the Court of Delhi when following the name.
Many English officers have made themselves ridiculous （myself amongst the number） by having it engraved on their sealrings，e.g. Brown Sahib Bahadur. To write the word 'Behadir'or 'Bahadir'is to adopt the wretched Turkish corruption.
[390] 'Jerry Sneak'would be the English reader's comment；but in the East all charges are laid upon women.
[391] Here the formula means 'I am sorry for it，but I couldn't help it.'
[392] A _disibledevent=more （or most） fortunate.
[400] This is the vulgar belief，although Mohammed expressly disclaimed the power in the Koran （chaps. xiii. 8），'Thou art commissioned to be a preacher only and not a worker of miracles.'
'Signs'（Arab. Ayat） may here also mean verses of the Koran，which the Apostle of Allah held to be his standing miracles. He despised the common miracula which in the East are of everyday occurrence and are held to be easy for any holy man. Hume does not believe in miracles because he never saw one. Had he travelled in the East he would have seen （and heard of） so many that his scepticism （more likely that testimony should be false than miracles be true） would have been based on a firmer foundation. It is one of the marvels of our age that whilst twothirds of Christendom （the Catholics and the 'Orthodox'
Greeks） believe in 'miracles'occurring not only in ancient but even in our present days，the influential and intelligent third （Protestant） absolutely 'denies the fact.'
[401] Arab. 'AlShahadatani'；testifying the Unity and the Apostleship.
End of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night，V3