18

Cf., for instance, A. Grohmann in EI, s.v. "Ma'rib"; Ibn Kathir, Bidayah, II, 159.

19

Cf. p. 239, above.

20

Cf. 1:356, above, and 3:278, below.

21

Cf. 1: 356, above.

22

Cf. esp., E. Graefe, Das Pyramidenkapitel in al-Makrizi's "Hitat" (Leipziger Semitistische Studien, V5) (Leipzig, 1911), p. 59 and passim. Cf. also al-Mas'udi, Akhbar az-zaman (Cairo, 1357/1938), p. 138.

23

Qur'an 2.20 (19).