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C 7 (NOTES)

II See C 9, IV, which is identical but for the addition of the last eight words in C 7.

III El feki Rahma may possibly be the "Rahma el Halawi" of D 3, 221.

"Zaghyti" (3,-j-iij) probably corresponds to the "'Azu Rigal" (J^) $j^) of C9, XV.

The second half of the paragraph, from Rafa'i onwards, is practically the same as the second half of C 9, v, but there are some variations in the

spelling and in the laudations of 'Ali and Fatima. Also " el Sayyid 'AbduUa el Husayn" is wrongly given in C 7 for "The father of 'AbduUa, our lord el Husayn" (C 9); and C 7 contains an obvious gloss on "Kerbela."

IV Cp. C 9, XXV. The Arabic in C 7 is as follows: