34/38 114 .-- M.] [Footnote 2012: According to Malcolm's authorities, only three thousand; but he adds "This is the report of Mahomedan historians, who have a great disposition of the wonderful, in relating the first actions of the faithful" Vol.i.p. 39 .-- M.] [Footnote 21: Atrox, contumax, plus semel renovatum, are the well-chosen expressions of the translator of Abulfeda, (Reiske, p. 69.)] [Footnote 22: D'Herbelot, Bibliotheque Orientale, p. 297, 348.] [Footnote 23: The reader may satisfy himself on the subject of Bassora by consulting the following writers: Geograph, Nubiens.p. 121. |