659

Bulaq; "the members of the tribe."

660

Cf., for instance, 1;353, above.

661

The idea of "restoration" is not found in the text of Bulaq.

662

Cf, p. 92, above.

663

A. Schimmel, Ibn Chaldun (Tubingen, 1951), p. 134: "is un­friendly .. .

664

Qur'an 33.62 (62); 35.43 (41); 48.23 (23).

665

Ibn Khaldun probably refers to what he said on pp. 93 f.

666

The name of the Judge of Jabalah (south of Lattakiyah; cf. 1:143, above) was 'Ubaydallah b. Mangur Ibn $ulaybah, and the events referred to took place in 494 [1101] according to Ibn Khaldun's source, Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, X, 128 f., quoted again in `Ibar, V, 185 f. The name of the wazir was al-A'azz Abul-Mabasin 'Abd-al-Jalil b. Muhammad, who died shortly afterwards, in 495 [1101].

667

On the numbering of the Hafsids, see n. 155 to this chapter, and pp. 17, 72, above; pp. 116, 222, below. Abu Yahya reigned from 1311 until 1317, when his rule began to crumble under the onslaught of Abu Bakr [1318-1346], and he left the country in 718 [1318]. His death is usually assumed to have occurred in 727 [1326], a year earlier than Ibn Khaldun puts it. Cf. R. Brunschvig, La Berbirie orientale, I, 142 f.

668

Wrongly, Bulaq has 717.

669

Cf. Ibar, VI, 330 f.; de Slane (tr.), 11, 452 f.

670

Therefore, they always take care of their people.

671

Raghghabtaha, as required by the meter. B wrongly vocalizes raghibtaha. This is a verse often quoted, by the seventh-century poet Abu Dhu'ayb. Cf. J. Hell, Der Diwan des Abu Du 'aib (Hannover, 1926), No. 1, verse 14. Cf. also, for instance, Ibn Qutaybah,'Uydn al-akhbdr (Cairo, 1343-49/1925­so), II, 191; 111, 185; Ibn 'Abdrabbih,'Iqd (Cairo, 1305/1887),1, 315; II, IS; III, 94; Usamah b. Munqidh, Lubdb al-adab (Cairo,1354/1935), p. 425.

672

Qur'an 51.58 (58).