[426] Lane （M. E. chapt.. iii.） shows by a sketch the position of the worshipper during this 'Salam'which is addressed，some say，to the guardian angels，others suppose to all brother-believers and angels.
[427] i.e.，where the Syrians found him.
[428] i.e.，Dedianus Arabised；a name knightly and plebian.
[429] In such tales the Wazir is usually the sharp-witted man，contrasting with the 'dummy，'or master.
[430] Carrier-pigeons were extensively used at this time. The Caliph Al-Nasir li-Dini 'llah （regn. A.H. 575=1180） was，according to Ibn Khaldun，very fond of them. The moderns of Damascus still affect them. My successor，Mr. Consul Kirby Green，wrote an excellent report on pigeon-fancying at Damascus. The so-called Maundeville or Mandeville in A. D. 1322 speaks of carrier-pigeons in Syria as a well-known mode Of intercourse between lord and lord.
[431] Mohammed who declared 'There is _disibledevent= the camel-litters in which women travel.
[458] i.e. to joy foes and dismay friends.
[459] Whose eyes became white （i.e. went blind） with mourning for his son Joseph （Koran，chaps. xii. 84）. He recovered his sight when his face was covered with the shirt which Gabriel had given to the youth after his brethren had thrown him into the well.
[460] 'Poison King'（Persian）；or 'Flower-King'（Arabic）.
[461] A delicate allusion to the size of her hips and back parts，in which volume is，I have said，greatly admired for the best of reasons.