648

Cf. Issawi, pp. 87 f.; [H. Peres], in Bulletin des etudes arabes (Algiers), VII (1947), 10 ff.

649

That is, on holdings of gold and silver and goods.

650

This would seem to be in contradiction with what was said earlier about the rapacity of "the Arabs." Cf. 1:302 ff., above. However, to Ibn Khaldun "desert attitude" rather signifies the good side of nomadism. Cf. also p. 122, below.

651

In the following section.