Muslim Studies

Ġaʿfar; — 48, second to last line, read Banū Arabic: "sons of," usually referring to a tribe.; — 59, line 7, read Nābiġa; — 111, note line 7, read karaḳmi; — 142, last line, instead of bih read bihi; — 145, line 7 from the bottom, read Ḳuṭb. This by no means exhausts the number of omitted diacritical points and signs. — Regarding the gap on page 31, line 5, reference should be made retrospectively to von Kremer’s conjecture in his Contributions to Arabic Lexicography original: "Beiträgen zur arabischen Lexikographie", Vol. I, p. 38.

A few more words regarding the citations in the notes. The meaning of the abbreviations will likely be clear to readers familiar with the literature without further explanation; I would only like to emphasize that the letter B. before citations of traditions Hadith: recorded sayings or actions of the Prophet Muhammad. refers to the collection of al-Bukhārī. I have used older editions of Oriental printed works, mostly published in the 1870s; most of these are identified in the preface to my work, The Zahirites original: "Ẓāhiriten"; published in 1884.. The Sīrat ʿAntar The "Romance of Antar," a famous pre-Islamic epic poem. is cited according to the Shahin edition from Cairo in 32 small volumes¹; the Saḳṭ al-zand "The Spark of the Fire-Drill," a poetry collection. by Abū-l-ʿAlāʾ [al-Maʿarrī] is cited according to the Bulaq edition from the year 1286 [1869 CE] in 2 volumes; since then, this work has been reprinted in the Orient (see Brill’s Périodique Catalogue, no. 589).

The manuscripts used are described in more detail in their respective places; due to an oversight, al-Ṣiddīḳī’s work is not noted until page 79, note 5. The Kitāb al-bayān wa-l-tabyīn The "Book of Eloquence and Exposition," a foundational work of Arabic prose and rhetoric. by al-Jāḥiẓ (Manuscript no. 724 in the University Library of St. Petersburg) was accessible to me through the collated transcript of my ever-willing and dear friend, Baron von Rosen. I am deeply indebted to him for placing his transcript at my disposal for free use over a long period several years ago. Baron von Rosen would

1. It is remarkable that the 31st volume of this edition is almost never found in the Cairo book trade—at least since 1874. Every copy of this edition I have seen lacks this penultimate part, and this deficiency is usually concealed by the cleverest tricks and forgeries, making it unrecognizable to the buyer at first glance.