676

Cf. Issawi, pp. 84 f.

676a

Cf. pp. 107 and 291 (n. 139), below.

677

Cf. 1:80, above. Cf. also the English translation of this story from the Persian of Nizami by E. G. Browne, A Literary History of Persia (London, 1902-24), II, 404.

677a

Cf. n. 676a, above.

678

Qur'an 41.46 (46).Cf. also Qur'an 3.182 (178); 8.51 (53); 22.10(10); 50.29 (28).

679

Cf. for instance, Ibn Abi Zayd, Risalah, ed. L. Bercher (3d ed.), pp. 250 ff.

680

Ergo, it cannot be said that the highway robber still has the special ability to commit his crime, at the time the punishment becomes applicable.

681

Cf. pp. 311 ff., below.

682

Qur'an 2.212 (208); 3.37 (32); 24.38 (38).

683

Cf. also p. 94, above.

684

Ala s-sa'at, as in Bulaq and MSS. A, B, and D. (C is supplied by a later hand in this section, indistinctly.) Paris has 'ala l-baya'at "affects the trading."

685

Cf. pp. 90 f., above, where it is said that in the later years of a dynasty, customs duties are levied. Cf. also pp. 97 ff., where it is said that only in the middle period of a dynasty are the ruler and his entourage wealthy.

685a

This refers to corporal punishment, torture, and the like.