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B I (NOTES)
I See BA, lxii-lxv (note) and 63,1.
II Cp. BA, L. B I and B 3 give "Ma'aref," but BA and AB "Ma'afir." III Cp. BA, III. IV Cp. BA, V.
The latter part of the paragraph is word for word the same as BA,
vii-viii except that for (BA) " . . .And it is not. . .a rebel" B i says merely "And he who neglects them is a rebel." V This is peculiar to B i . vi-xix Cp. BA, Lix et seq.\ B 3, 11, etc.
There are one or two mistakes in spelling here, viz.:
ajjIa^ ("Mokarba") for du^Kk^ ("Mogharba"). AjJili ("Fadhnia") for iu-'^li ("Fadnia").
[once] "j^'^iUJI j..o^^ ("Muhammad el 'Ulati") for -jJ^"^! J^-o^ ••("Hammadel 'Ulati"). SjU.^ ("Hegara") for Sjla.^ ("Hegaza"). :>\jAj ("Bakdad") for ^Ij^^ ("Baghdad"),
[once] J5* (" Awal ") for J\^ (" 'Awal ").
In para, xiii the Bashakira are merely mentioned as descendants of Hammad el 'Ulati, but in para, xvii occurs "Bashkar was ancestor of the Bashakira and Tsayl of the 'Isaylat," the writer forgetting that he has not previously mentioned Bashkar specifically as a son of Hammad.
XX Cp. BA, XLViii. XXI The two divisions of Guhayna referred to are apparently (i) those
of Arabia, the well-known and ancient Himyaritic tribe, and (2) those in the Sudan round Soba.
The Arabic for " Of whom the Prophet . . . said ..." is
• •* The meaning is rather obscure, but if the sixth word be pointed ttj^^
the meaning may be that the most wicked of men may be saved at the personal intercession of Guhayna.
" El Kabir " may mean "the great " or " the elder." The whole tradition given here is suspicious.
I can find no Guhayna son of Hunad, nor is it clear why Guhayna, a
Himyaritic tribe, or 'Abdulla el Guhani who was also a Himyarite, should ever have been called "the stock of el Zubayr ibn el 'Awwam," who was a Kurayshi.
For " 'Abdulla el Guhani" see note to BA, Lviii. Whether the whole of the passage in inverted commas is meant to be
included in the tradition, or whether the words from "whose tribe. . . " to
" here" is a gloss by another copyist, is doubtful, but the latter is probable.