THE CHRONOLOGY OF

A NOIENT NATIONS
AN BNOH8H VERSION 0F THE

ARABIC TKH.

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PREFACE.
IT was Sir Hemy Bawlinson who nrst direoted attention to this work of AlMrni, in his celebrated public article on Central Asia in Review for 1866, in th "Quarterly which he gave some valuable information derived from his own manuscript copy, now the of the British property Musum. In oSering the book, both in text and translation, to the learned worid, I feel bound to premise that it is scarcely of a nature to attract ~e interest of th gnerai reader. It appeals to minds trained in the schools of various sciences. Even comptent scholars will find it no easy matter to follow our author through aU the mazes of his elaborate soientino calcutations. as it does, all the technioal and historical Containing, details of the various Systems for the of time, invented computation and used by the Persians, Sogdians, Chorasmians, Jews, Syrians, Harrnians, and Arabs, tngether with Greek traditions, it oners an equal interest to all those who study the antiquityand historyof the Zoroastrian and Jewish, Christian and Muhammadan religions.' The work of AlMrun has the character of a primary source. Oriental philologists are accustomed to see one book soon superseded by another, Barhebraeus by Ibn-al'athr, Ibn-al'atMr by AI.Tabar. Although it is likely enough l ByChmtia.na, understandth MeIIdteMd Nestorian Ch~ohM whilst th author dce. not to have hnownmuch m.re of the Jaoobitesthamthename.

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that on many subjeots in this book we shall one day find botter authenticated and more anoient information, 1 venture to say, that, as a whole, it will soaroely ever be It is a standard work in Oriental literature, superseded and has been recognised as suoh by the Eaat itself, representing in ita peouliar line the highest development of Onental soholarahip. Perhaps we shall one day find the literary sources themselves from whioh Albirn derived bis information, and shall be enabled to dispense with hie extraots frc-.i them. But there are other chapters, e.g. those on the oalendars of the ancient inhabitants of Central Asia, regarding wMoh we shall, in all likelihood, nevor find any more anoient information, beoause the author had learned the subject from hearsay among a population which was then on the eve of dying out. As the &rst editor and translator of a book of this kind, 1 venture to olaim the indulgence of the reader. Generations of scholars hve toiled to oarry the understanding of Herodotus to that point where it is now, and how muoh is wanting still 1 The work of generations will be required to do full justice to Albrn. A classioal philologist can edit a Greek toxt in a correct form, even though he may have no complete understanding of the subject-matter in all possible relations. Not so an Arabie philologist. The ambiguity of th Arabie writingpfo~ dolor 1-is the reason why a manuscript expresses only three-quarters of the author's meaning, whilst the editor is compelled to supply the fourth quarter from his own knowledge and discernment. No number in any chronological table can be considered correct, as long as it is not proved by computation to be so, and even in the simplest historical narrative the editor and translator may most lamentably go astray in his interpretation, if there is something wrong with the method of his research.

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1 have boldly attacked the sometimes rather enigmatio style of the author, and if 1 have missed the mark, if the bewildering variety and multiplioity of the subjeot-matter have prevented me reaohing the very bottom of every question, 1 must do what more or less overy Oriental author does at the end of his work,-humbly ask the gentle reader to pardon my error and to correct it. I. The A~of. The full name of the author is -~Ba~m JMM~~MK~ b. 'J~MMK~.~M~m~. He quotes himself as ~.M-.B<MMm J (vide p. 134,1. 29), and so ho is generally called in Eastem literature, more rarely ~Mt~ The latter name means, Hterally, ~tra~eoMS, being a derivative from the Persian which meana the outside as a noun, and o-utside as a prposition. In our time the word is pronounced ~M~ (or ~oo~), eg. in Teheran, but the vowel of the firat syllable ia a y<K-MMt/M~, which meana that in more ancient times it was pronounced -S~nt~ (or Bayroon). This statement resta on th authority of the Persian lexicographers. That the name was pronounced in this way iu Central Asia about the author'a time, we learn from an indisputable statement regarding our author from the pen of Alsam'&m, a philologist and biographer of high repute, who wrote only one hundred years after the author's death (vide Introduction to my edition of the text, p. xviii.). He was a native of Khwrizm, or Chorasmia, the modern Khiva; to speak more aoourately, a native either of a suburb (B~m) of the capital of the country, both cf which bore the same name .S~p~fMW, or of the country-district (also caUcd jP~K) bolonging to the capital. Albirn was born A.H. 362, 3. Dh-alhijja (A.D. 973,

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4th September), and died A.H. 440, 2. Rajab (A.D. 1048, lith Deoember), aged seventy-five years. The mst part of his life he seems to have spent in Khw&nzm, where he enjoyed the protection of the House of m'~M, the rulers of the country. Originally vaasa!a of the kings of Central Asia of the House of /?< they beoame independent when the star of their masters began to sink, ~.c.between A.H.384-390. They were, however, not to play a great part in the history of the East, for so early as A.n. 407 their power was oruahed by the grt Mahmud of Ghazna, and their dominions annexed to his empire. Like Albirn, other soholars also of high standing received protection and faveurs at the court of the Ma'mn princes. The author is known to have lived some years aiso in Jurj&n, or Hyrcania, on the southern shores of the Caspian sea, under the protection, and perhaps at the court, of K&bus ben Washmgr Shams-ahna'&I!, who ruled over Hyrcania and the adjoining countries at two diferent perioda, A.n. 366-371 and 388-403. To this prince ha bas dedicated the present book, appsrently about A.n. 390-391 (A.D.1000). During the years A.H. 400-407 he stayed again in his native country at the court of Ma'mn b. Ma'mn, as his friend and counseUor. He was a witness of the rebellion that broke out A.H.407, of the murder of Ma'mn, and of the conquest of the country MahmM of Ghazna, who, by on returning, carried off himand other scholars to A~han~ istan in the spring of A.H.408. Among his numerous works, we find mentioned a "Chronicle of Khwrizm," in which he probably had reoordsd aUthe traditions relatingto the antiquityofhisnative country, and more especially the history of those events of

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whioh he had himself been a witness. This work seems to be lost. However, an extraot of it bas come down to us as the last part of the great chroniole of th royal house of Mahmd, oomposed by Albaihak, the editior of which we owe to the industry and learning of the late W. H. Morley (" Bibliotheca Indica," Calcutta, 1862, pp. 834, &o.). With A.H.408 begins a new period in the author's life, when he enlarged the cirole of his researches on mathematics, astronomy, ~eography, chronology, and natural sciences by his study of ladia, its geography and history, of the language and literature, manners and customs, of the HInd&s. It was th period when he gathered all those materiaIs which he deposited towards the end of his life in his famous Memoir on India." After Albrn had settled in Ghazna, he paid at least one more visit to his native country. He died, probably, at Ghazna. Whether ho travelled much in other countries besides India, 1 have no means of proving. From the present book we can only infer that, besides his native country and Hyrcania, he also knew parts of Media, e.g. Bai(Bhagse). n. His Work. AIbr&n caUs his work ~M<Mr Albkiya ~M-E~ ~&MK~, i.e. monuments or vestiges of generations of the past that have been preserved up to the author's time, meaning by ~OMMmeM~s vestiges the religious institutes or of various nations and sects, founded in more ancient times, and, more or less, still praotised and adhered to by the Oriental world about A.D.1000. With admirable industry the author gathers whatever traditions he can find on every single fact, he confronts them with eaoh other, and inquires with critical aoumen

PBBFAOB. into the spcial ments or demerits of each single tradition. Mathematioat acouracy is his last gauge, and wherever the nature of a tradition admits of suoh a gauge, he ia sure to verify it by the help of oarefui mathematioal calculation. To speak in gnerai, there is much of the modern spirit and method of critical researoh in our author, and in this respect he is a phenomenon in the history of Eastern learning and literature. Authors of the nrst centuries of the Hijra sometimes betray a great deal of common sense and good method, sometimes also unmistakable traces of a marked individuality, whilst th later centuries are characterised by the very opposite. Then the author entirely disappears behind his book all literary work sinks down to the level of imbeoile compilation from good and bad sources; the understanding of the life and literature of the preoeding centuries becomes rare and distorted. Common sense bas gone never to return, and very seldom do we meet with a trace of soientifin method or of the individuality of the author. The fourth century is the tmiing-point in the of th spirit of Mm, and the establishment of the history orthodox faith about 500 sealed the fate of independent research for ever. But for Alash'art and AIghazzI the Arabs might have been a nation of Galileos, Keplers, and Newtons. Originally I intended to give a complete repose of the sources whence AIMrn bas drawn bis manifold information, but the material hitherto available for researches on th literary history of the east is still so scanty that 1 had to desist from my plan. This in particular to applies the east of the Khalifate, to Ehurasn. We are oomparatively weU informed regarding the literature of Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, and the farther west of Islam, wM]st we have very little information regarding the soien-

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tific and literary life east of Bagdad as it developod itself during the first three centuries of Abbaside rule, under the protection of the imprial governors and the later independent princes, .e. the House of Sman. It is to bo hoped that Central Asia and Afghanistan, when once in th grasp of European influence, will yield us rich collections of valuable literary monuments. Hitherto manuscripts coming from those countries are seldom met with in the great libraries of Europe. As for the <Mtemmaterial which the author had at his disposai, he quotes many a book of which 1 elsewhere can scarcely find a trace. All the books, e.g. on Persian and Zoroastrian history and traditions, composed in early times, not only by Zoroastrians but aiso by Muslims, converts from the Zoroastrian creed, are altogether unknown in Europe and it seems very probable that the bigoted people of later times hve spared very little of this kind of literature, which to them had the intolerable smell of BIthy idolatry. As regards Persian history, Albirn had an excellent predecessor in Alisfah&n, whom he follows frequently, and whom he was not able to surpass in many points. From oral information Albirn seems to have learned all he knows of the chronology and calendar of the Zoroastrian populations of Persia, of his native country, and of Sogdiana (or Bukhara). In his time the majority of the country-people still adhered to Ahuramazda, and in most towns there must still have been Zoroastrian communities, so that Albirn did not laok the opportunity for studying the manners and institutes of the thon existing followerra of Zoroaster. Unfortunately, the Zoroastrian creed had lost its clrical and political unity and constitution. The people praotised their oustoms as they had seen

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their parents do, but they had no longer a correct under. standing of their origin and meaning. Certainly a Mobedan-Mobed of the time of ArdasMr Babek&n would have been able to give a more accurate and complte aocount of Zoroastrian life and religion; but still we must betharMul to Albrn! for his having preserved to posterity the testai oalendars as used by Zoroastrians of his time when their religion was on tbe eve of dying out. To ot'a! information 1 asoribe aiso the author's admirable knowledge of the Jewish oalendar. Jewish soholars will be able to say whether his informants were Ananites (Karaites) or Rabbanites. My critics do not seem to have noticed that Atbirn, a JMMsKw, the nrst of ail the is soholai'8 we know who has composed a scientino system of the Jewish chronology. He is much anterior to Moses Maimonides, also to Abraham bar Chiyya, boing a contemporary of R. Sherr and H &&n, who seem to play a prominent part in the history of Jewish chronology. With Nestorian Christians he mut have been acquainted, as he speaks of the Nestorian communities of his native oountry. His report of th Melkite feasts, &o., may have been communioated to him by Nestorian priestsfrom Syriao scuroes. Albr&n wrote both in Arabie and Persian, as he haa edited his "Kitb-altafMm in both languages. There is a possibility of his having had a smattering of Hebrew and Syriao (vide pp. 18, 19), but of Greek he seems to have been ignorant, and whatever he relates on the authority of Greek authorsPtolemy, Galen, Eusehius, &o.-must have been oommunicated to him by the ordinary ohannel of Syriao-Arabio translation. His atudy of Sanskrit falls into the latter ha)f of his life. From oooasional notes in the book a. description of the

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anthor's oharacter may be gleaned. He seems to have been a truth-loving man, attacking all kinds of shams v ith bitter sarcasme. Hp was not without a humoristio vein, and hia ocoasional ironical remarks offer a curions contrast to the pervading earnestness of the tenor of his speech. As a Muslim he incHned towards the SM'a, but he was net a bigoted Muslim. He betrays a strong aversion to the Arabs, the destroyers of Sasanian glory, and a marked prdilection for ailthatisof Persian or Eranian nationality. Muslim orthodoxy had not yet become so powerfui as to imperil the life of a man, be he Muslim or not, who would study other religions and publicly declexe in favour of them. Dakk, a poet not long anterior to Albirn, a favourite of the Muslim house of Smn, was allowed to singOfall that ia goodamd in the world, bad four thingsto himself DatS~ has chosen A womtm's asred as rubies,the melodyof the lute, lips Theblood-coloured and (&e wine, < )'e!~M)t )/'Zo!'oM<M' Not long afterwards, at th court of the great Mabmd of Ghazna, these verses would probably have proved fatal to their author. Habent sM~~ libelli, and 1 may add, the fate of this book, from the time of its composition till the time when 1 began to study it, has not been a fortunate one. Only a few were able to understand it, few had an interest in having it oopied. In the form in whioh 1 offer the book to the reader it is nc complte. Manymost essential parts, both large and small, are missing, e-y. the ohapter on Zoroaster, a most deplorable loss, arising probably from Muslim bigotry. However, should think it does not require an apology from nit) Lohave edited the book in this mutilated form in

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whioh 1 have found it in the manusoripts. Should the favour of time bring to light one day a oomplete copy, 1 sha be happy if oiroumstanoea will allow me at once to edit the hitherto missing parts in text and translation. The basis of my dition consista of two manusoripts of the aeventeenth and one of the nineteenth century, all full of fanita, and-what ia worse !agroeing with eaoh other almost in every partioular. In tact, all three copies represent one and the same original. Fortunately a ohronologioat work offers this advantage, that in many oases mathematioal examination enables the editor to correct the blunders of the tradition, e.g. in the numerous tables. My notes are in the Srst place intended to give the oaloulations on which the tables rest. Besides, they contain contributions to the explications of certain difficult passages, short information on points of literary history, and, lastly, a few remarks on the text and corrections. For all other introduotory questions 1 refer the reader to the German preface to my edition of the text. In offering my translation to the English reader, 1 desire to thank my friond, the Bev. Robert Gwynne, Yioar of St..Mary's, Soho, London, who not only corrected the whole manuscript, but atso read the proof-sheets of the entire book. EDWARD SACHAU. 24& BerK~, 3~y, 1879.

CONTENTS.
TBANSLATOtt'SREFACE P PREFACE CHAPTEBI.-On the Nature of Day and Night, of their TotaJity andottheirBeginninga CHAPTERn.On the Nature of that whieh is composed of Daya, viz.MonthsamdTeara CHAFTEBni.On the Nature of the Eras and the digrent Opinions of the Nations reg&rding them CHAPTERIV.Th diSetent Opinions of vatione Nations gM'dingtheEngcaJledDh.&t-~ajnMniorBicomutua re43 52 Pago V 1 5 11 16

OzApTEB V.On the Na.ture of the Months which are used in the preceding Bms CaApTEB Tt.On the Drivation of the Eraa from e~h other, and on the Chronological Datee, relating to the Commencements and th DnM.tionB of the Reigns of the JEngs, according to the various Tr&dltiona CHAPTERVILOn the Cyclee and Year-points, on the Moleds of the TeaM and Months, on thoir various Qualitiea, and on the Leap-months both in Jewish and other Tears CHAPTU VHI.On the Ema of the Pseudo-prophets and their Communities who were deluded by them, the curse of th Lord be upon them CHAMENIX.On the Festivala in the Montha of the Persiams CHAFTEBX.On the Festivals in the Months of the Sughdians CHAPTERXI.On the FeativaJs in the Months of the EhwarizMitUM

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Ehw&~m.SlMh'. Eeformof theXhw&MmtMiFestatCaJendN229 CBAPTEBXni.-On the Days of the GreekCMendM- as known bothamongtheCtree~aandotherNatioM ..231 CHAPTBBXIV.-Of the Festivals and in the Months of Fast-days theje~ ~g CHAn-EB XV.On the Feativala and Memorable Days of the SynmCMendM-.celebmtedbytheMethiteOhfMiJMM 282 CHAPTEBXVI.On the Christian and on those Feasts and Lent, Festive Days which depend npon Lent and revolve pM~nel with it throagh th Tear, regarding whioh tdl Christian aectsagreeamongetMhother 299 CaAPTM XVn.-On the Festivals of the Nestorian Christians, theu'MemorhtmdFMtDa.ya f s<)6 CHAMM XVnLOn the Feasts of th ancient Magians, and on theF~andFeaatDaysoftheSabiitns g~ CHAPTM XIX.-On the Festivals of the A~ba in the time of Heathendom 3~ o~ CHATTBBXX.OntheFeativ~bofthoMMiima CHANM XXL-On the LunM. Stations, their rising and setting, and on their Imagas .33'; ANNOTATIONS INDES 335

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E!tRATA. p.383,tM~P~f'trn/t,tMft<t'7/t).<('t' Sftc~ Mmtien) "ith th 2<tj8ttpo~ of Byzantine fmthos, Perhaps Stbft'tftdet'iveditsuntno. p. 451, col. 2, last liue, fM.~c Chium, 266, 10. 266, 10. p. 452, col. 1. )im 1, oftn Chinese ;<"f p. 460, after p.460,aft('t'Muet2'"'f Poison-monntain (raroRet) atmnaphet-e), 263, 17. p. 462, col. 2, after line 18 )v< Tibetans, 263, 17. DIRECTION TaMeofKebi'th h TO THE BINDER. to face p. 154.

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PREFACE.
IN THE NAbiS OF ~OD, THE COMPA88IONATZ, MBRCIFUL. THE PBAiM be to God who is high above all things (lit. those which are unlike, and those which are like to each other), and blessing be on Muhammad, the elected, the best of all created beings, and on hia family, the guides of righteousness and trath. One of the exquisite plans in God'a management of the affaira of hia creation, one of the glorious benefits which he has bestowed upon the entirety of bis creatures, is that categorieal decree of his, mot to leave in 10 his world any period without a just guide, whom he eonatitutes as a protector for his creatures, with whom to take refuge in unfortunate and sorrowful cases and accidents, and upon whom to devolve their aNairs, when they seem indissolubly perplexed, so that the order of the world should rest upon-and its existence be supported by-his genius. And this decree (that theaBain of mankind should be governed by aprophet) bas been settled upon them as a religions duty, and has been linked together with the obedience towards God, and the obedience towards his Prophet, through which alone a reward in future life may be obtainedin accordance with the word of him, who is the truth and justiceand 0 ye believers, obey God, and obey 20 hia word is judgment and decree, the prophets, and those among yourselves who are invested with th eommand." (Sra iv. 62.) Therefore, thanks be to God for thoae blessings, which he has bestowed npon his servants, by exalting our master, the commander, the prince, the glorious and victorioua, the benefactor, Sh&ma-alma'&M,may Ctod

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give him a long J: andgive dumtion tohispowerand majesty, prserve through th course of time his excellence and Ma splendeur, protect his whole house (M. th areas inside and outaide his house), proatrate aU those who envy him, and aU his enemies, (by exalting him) M a guide, who justly ruiea over Ma creatures, who furthers religion and truth, who fights for the altar and the hearth of the MusJims, and who protects their country against the mischief of evU-doera. And God ha,a supported him by giving him a charMter similar to that with wMch he has Meaaed hie Prophet, the bearer of his revelation for he, whose name be pN.iaed, bas anid To thee ha.a been given a high character." (Sra Ixviii. 4.) 10 How wonderfully bas he, whoae name is to be exaiteJ and extolled, combined with the glory of his noble extraction the gra~ea of his generous character, with Ma valiant soul aU laudable qualitiea, aach as piety and righteousness, carefulneas in defending and observing the rites of religion, justice and equity, humility and beneficence, firmnesa and determination, liberality and gentleness, the talent for ruling and governing, for managing and deciding, and other qualities, whieh no fancy could comprehend, and no human being enumerate! And how should a. man wonder a.t this, it being undeniable that God bas the power to combine the whole world in one individual (i.e. to croate a nucrocoamoa) There- 20 fore, mav God permit the MuaHma HtiH for a long period to enjoy the Mndneaa of Ma intentions, the ingenuity of Ma plama, and Ma evidently mercifui and pitiful mind, with wMch he cases for them May they from day to day derive more benefits from the perptuai shade of bis majesty, to whieh they are accustomed And may God assist by his Knd~eaa and mercy, high and low, to fulfil tha works of obedience towards God, wMch are imposed upon them 1 4. p. Dedica.tiom.The Author'S Nethod.A leamed man once asked me regarding the eras used by digrent nations, amd regarding the difference of their roots, t.e. the epochs where they begin, and of their branches, t.e. 30 the months and yeara, on which they are based; further regarding the cauaea wMch led to auch diSerenoe, and the famous festivals and commemoration-daya for certain times and venta, and regarding whatever else one nation practises diSerentIy from another. He urged me to give an explanation, the clearest possible, of aU this, ao as to be easily intelligible to the mind of the reader, and to free him from the ne~easity of wading through widely scattered books, and of consulting their authors. Now 1 was qnite aware that this was a taak difficult to handle, an object not eaaily to be attained or managed by anyone, who wante to treat it as a matter of logical sequence, regarding wMch the mind of th student is not agitated by doubt. However, from the majesty of our master, the 40 prince, the glorious and victorions, the bcjM&tetor, Shama-alma'anmay God make hia power to endure! derived strength in exerting my capa,bilities, and trying to do my ntmom in order to explain the -vhole subject on the basis of that information wMch 1 have gathered either as

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an ear- or eye-witness, or by cogitation and study. Besides, 1 was encouraged by that robe of blessed service, in which 1 have dressed myself, to compose such an explanation for him, who occupies a high throne, that he may see herein a new sign of my service, and that thereby 1 may obtain the garments of such a glory, the memory and splendeur of which will last as my heirloom in posterity through the flood of ages and generations.J If, therefore, he-whose noble mind may Qod preserve will faveur hia servant by overlooking bis audacity, and accepting his excuses, he foUowa the right idea, if it pleMea God. And now 1 commence and say The bat and nearest way leading to that, regardmg which 1 have been asked for information, is the knowledge of the history and tradition of former nations and generations, because the greatest part of it consists of matters, which have come down from them, and of remains of their customs and institutes. And thia object cannot be obtained by way of ratiocination with philosophical notions, or of inductions based upon the observations of our senses, but solely by adopting the information of those who have a written tradition, and of the members of the different religions, of the adherents of the different doctrines and religious sects, by whom the institutes in question are used, and by making their opinions a basis, on which afterwards to build up a system besides, we must compare their traditions and opinions among themselves, when we try to establish our system. But ere that we must clear our mind from all those accidental circumstamees which deprave n.ost men, from all causes whieh are liable to make people blind against the truth, e.o. inveterate custom, party-spirit, rivalry, being addicted to one's passions, the desire to gain influence, etc. For that which 1 have mentioned, is the nearest way you could take, that teads to the true end, and the most emcient help towards removing aU the clouds of uncertainty and doubt, which beset the subject. It is impossible in any other wayto reach the same purpose, notwithstanding the greatest care and exertion. On the other hand, we confess that it is by no means easy to act upon that principle and that p. 5. method, which we have laid down, that on the contrary from ita reconclite nature, and its difficulty, it might seem to be almost unattainable-on account of the numerous lies which are mixed up with all historical records and traditions. And those lies do not ail on the face of itappear to be impossibilities, so that they might be easily distinguished and eliminated. However, that which is within the limita of possibility, has been treated as t'-ne, as long as other evidence did not prove it to be false. For we witness sometimes, and others have witnessed before us, physieal appearances, which we should simply declare to be impossible, if something similar were related from a far remote time. Now the life of man is not aunnaent to learn thoroughly the traditions of one of the many nations. How, therefore, could he learn the ttaditiona of all of them? That is impossible. 1

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The matter standing thus, it is our duty to proceed from what is near to the more distant, from what M known to that which is tess known, to gather the tmditioM from those who have reported them, to corKct them as much M possible, and to leave the rest as it is, in order to make our work help him, who seeks truth and loves wisdom, in making researches on other subjects, and guide him to find out thatindependent whioh was denied to us, whilst we were working at this subject, by the will of God, and with hie help. In conformity with our plan, we must proceed to explain th nature of day and night, of their totality, ie. the Mtronomicat day, and Msumed 10 beginning. For day and night are to the months, years, and eras, what one ia for the numerals, of which they are composed, and into whieh they are resolved. By an accurate lnowledge of day and night the progress towards learning that whieh ia composed of them and built upon them. becomes easy.

CHAPTER I.
ON THB NATURE DAYAND NMHT, OF THEM TOTALITY OF AND Op THBIB BMINNIN08. 1 M.Y Day and night (i.e. t~m') are one revolution of the sun in the rotation of the universe, starting from and returning to a drde, whieh hae been assinned as the beginning of this same Nychthemeron, whichsoever circle it may be, it being determined by gnral consent. Thia CM-e!e a great cirde, for each great circle is M an horizon. By "d'~MH)nc<tHy" (~Swa/tK), I mean that dynamioaJIy it (this circle) 10 may be the horizon of any place on the earth. By the fo~Mt of the <t!t~ee," 1 mean the motion of the oeiestM aphere, and of all tna.t is in it, which we observe going round on ita two poles from east to west. The Setting of the Sun as the beginning of the Day.Now, the Ara.bs Msuaed as the beginning of their Nychthemeron the point where the setting sun intersecta the circle of th horizon. Therefore their Nychthemeron extenda from the moment when th sun disappears from the horizon till his disappearance on the were following day. induced to adopt this system by the fact that their months They based are upon the course of the moon, derived from her various motions, and 20 that the beginnings of the months were fixed, not by calculation, but by the appearance of the new moons. Now, full moon, the appearance of whioh is, with them, the beginning of the month, becomes visible towarda aunaet. Therefore their night preceded their day and, therefore, it is their custom to let the nights precede the when they p. 6. mention them in connection with the namea of the days, seven days of the week. Those who herein agree with them plead for this system, saying that darkness in the order (of the creation) precedes light, and that light suddedy came forth when darkness cxisted already 30 that which was anterior ;n existence is the most suitable that, therefore, to be adopM

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M the beginniug. And, therefore, they considerod absence of motion as superior to motion, compa.ring reat and tranquillity with darkness, amd because of the fact that motion is always poduced by some want and necessity that weariness follows upon the necessity that, therefore, weariness is the consequence of motion. La?tly, becausc rest (the absence of motion), when remaining in the elements for a time, does not produce decay whilst motion, when remaining in the eleraents and taking hold of them, produces corruption. As instances of this they adduce earthquakes, storms, waves, &c. The Rising of the Sun as the beginning of the Day.As to the 10 other nations, the Greeks and Romans, and thoae who follow with them the like theory, they bave agreed among themselves that the Nychthemeron shouid be reckoned from the moment when the sun rises above the eastern horizon till the same moment o~ the following day, M their months are derived by calculation, and do not depend upon the phases of the moon or any other star, and as the months begin with the beginning of the day. Therefore, with them, the day precedes the night; and, in favour of this view, they argue that light is an .BM, whilat darkness is a J~Mt-etM. Those who think that light was anterior in existence to darimess consider motion as superior to rest (the absence 20 of motion), because motion is an .B<M, not a JVo~t-eMis life, not death. They meet the arguments of their opponents with similar ones, saying, e.y. that heaven is something more excellent than the earth that a working man and a young man are the healthiest; that running water does not, like standing water, become putrid. Noon or Nidnight as the beginning of the Day.-The greater part and tho most eminent of the leamed mon among astronomers reckon the Nyohthomeron from the moment when th sun arrives on the plane of the meridian tiU the same moment of the following day. This is an intermediate view. Therefore their Nychthemera begin from the 30 visible half of the plane of the meridian. Upon this system they have built their calculation in the astronomical tables (the Canons), and have thereby derived the places of the stars, along with their equaJ motions and thoir corrected places, in the almanacks (lit. year-books). Other astronomers prefer the invisible half of the plane of the mridien, and begin, therefore, their day at midnight, as eg. the author of the Canon (Zj) of Shahriyarn Shah. This does not alter the case, as both methods are based upon the same principle. People were induced to prefer the meridian to the horizon by many oircumstanoes. One was, that they had discovered that the Nych. 40 themeM. vary, amd are not always of the same length; a variation whioh, during the clipses, is clearly apparent even to the senses. The reason of this variation is the fact that the course of the sun in the ecliptic varies, it being accelerated one time and retarded another and that the single sections of the ecliptic cross the cireles (the horizons)

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at a different rate of velocity. Therefore, in order to remove that variation which attaches to the Nychthemera, they wanted some kind of equation and the quation of tho Nychthemera by means of the rising of the ecliptic above the mcridia.n is constant and rgular everywhere on the earth, because this circle is one of th horizons of the p. 7 globe which form a right angle (with the meridian) and because its conditions and qualities remain the same in every part of th earta. This quality they did not find in the horizontal circles, for they vaty for each place and every latitude haa a particular horizon of its own, 10 different from that of any other place, and because the single sections of the ecliptic croM the horizons at a different rate of velocity. To use the horizons (for the equation of the Nychthemera) is a proceeding both imperfeet and intricfbte. Another reason ivhy they preferred the meridian to the horizon is this, that the distances between the meridia.ns of different places correspond to th distmces of their meridmns on the equator and the parallel circles; whilat the distances between the horizontal circles are the same with the addition of their northern and southern declination. An accurate description of everything eonnected with stars and their 20 places is not possible, except by means of tliat direction whieh dpends upon the meridian. This direction is called "longitude," which bas nothing in common with the other direction, which dpends upon the horizon, and is called "latitude." Therefore they have chosen that circle which might serve as a reguJar tmd constant basis of- their caloulations, and have not used others although, if they had wished to use the horizons, it would have been possible, and would have led them to the same results M the meridian, but oniy after a long and roundabout process. And it is the greatest mistake possible purposely to deviate from the direct route in order to 80 go by a long roundabout. is the Day, Night, and the Dnration of the Day of Fast.-This gnral definition of the day which we give, the night being included. Now, if we proceed to divide and to distinguish, we have to state that the words Yam)t" (da-y) in its restricted signification, and "JNcM)'" (day), mean the same, viz., the time from the rising of the body of the eun till its setting. On the other htmd, Mt~M means the time from the setting of the body of th sun till its rising. Thus these two terms arc used among all nations by gnral consent, nobody disputing their meanings, oxcept one Muslim lawyer, who bas defined the beginning of 40 the day to be the rise of dawn, and its end to be the setting of the sun, because he presumed that the day and the duration of fusting were identical. For this view of his ho argues from the followiug word of God (Sra, ii. 183) Bat and drink tiU you can distinguish a white thread from a black throad at th light of daim. Thereupon fast the entire day till the night." Now, he bas maintained that these two termx

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Nid tMy7t<) are the two Umits of the day (6eytnm!'nyand end). (<&t!em Between this view, however, and this verse of the Coran there ia not the slightest connection whatsoever. For if th beginning of tartine was identical with the beginning of the day, bis (God's) definition of something that M quite evident and well known to everybody, in such tenns, would be like a paine-taking attempt to explain something void of sense. Likewise he bas not defined the end of day and the beginning of night in similar terms, because thia ia generally known among all mankind. God ordeM that fasting should commence at the riee of dawn; but the end of faating he does not describe in a fimilar way, but simply says 10 that it should end a.t "night," because everybody knows that this mesms th time when the globe of the sun diaa.ppea.rs. Hence it is evident that Ctod, by the words of the first sentence (t.e. eat and drink tiU you can distinguish a white thread from a black thread at the light of dawn), does not mean the beginning of day. A further proof of ~he correctness of our interpreta.tion is the word of God (Sra ii. 183) "It bas been declared as lawful to you during the p. 8. night of fasting to have intercourae (lit. to apeak obscne things) with your wivef," &c., to the passage, "Thereupon fast the entire day till the night." Thereby he extends the right of having intercourse with one's 20 wife, and of eating and drinking, over a certain limited time, not over the entire night. Likewise it had been forbidden to Muslims, before this verse had been revealed, to ea.t and drink after night-pra.yer (the time when th dajkr.eas of night commences). And btill people did not reckon their fasting by days and parts of the night, but simply by deys (althongh the time of fasting waa much longer than the day). Now, if people say that God, in this verse (Sra. ii. 188), wanted to teach mankind the beginning of the day, it would necessarily follow that before that moment they were ignorant of the beginning of day and night, which ia simply absurd. 30 Now, if people say the legal day is diffrent from th natural day, this is nothing but a difference in words, and the calling something by a name, which, according to the usage of the language, means something eise. And, besides, it must be considered that there is not th slightest mention in the verse of the d')y and of its beginning. We keep, however, aloof from pt.rtina<:ious disputation on this subject, and we are willing to agree with our opponents as to the expressions if they will agree with us regarding the subject-matter. And how could we believe a thing the contrary of which is evident to our senss ? For evening-twilight in the west corresponds to morning. 40 dawn in the east, both arise from the same cause, and are of th same nature. If, therefore, the rise of moming-dawn were the beginning of the day, the disappearauce of evening-twilight would be its end. And Mtually some Shiites have been compelled to adopt such a doctrine. Let us take it for granted that those who do not agree with us

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regarding that which we have previously explained, agree with us as to the fact that twice a year night and day are qua.Ionce in spring and once in autumn. Further, that he thinks, like us, that we have the longest day when the sun stands nearest to the north pole the shortest day when the sun is at the greatest distance from the north pole that the shortest summer night is equal to the shortest winter day; and that the same meaning M expressed by the two verses of the Coran God makes night enter into day, and he makes day enter into night" He wraps night around day, and he wraps day (Sra xxxv. 14), and 10 around night" (Sra xxxix. 7). Now, if they do not know this, or pretend not to know it, a.t all events they cannot help admitting that the first half of the day is six hours long, and likewise the latter half. Against this they cannot pretend to be blind, because of the well known and weU authenticated tradition which relates to the prerogatives of those who ha~ten to the moaque on a Friday, and whioh shows that their wages are the highest, although their time of work in the six hours from th beginning of the day till th time of the decline of the sun is the shortest. Thia is to be understood of the ~fo!-<B tempofo~ oH~M (&p<u atptffot),not of the Bb)-<B rec~, which are also called <B~tttHOc<;c[~< 20 (~oot !<n~/tqjtf<tt). Now, if we should comply with their wish, and acknowledge their assertions a~ truth, we should have to believe that an equinox takes place when the sun moves on either side of the winter solstice (t.e. near to the point of the winter-solstice either arriving there or leaving it) that this takes place only in some parts of tho earth to the exclusion of others that the winter night is not equal to the summer day, amd that noon is not then when the sun reaches the midst between his rising and p. 9. setting points. Whiist just the contrary of these necessary inferences 30 from their theory is the conclusion generally a.<;ceptedeven by those who have only a slight insight into the matter. That, however, similar absurdities must follow out of their reasoning he only will thoroughly comprehend who is to some degree acquainted with the motions of the (celestiaJ) globes. If somebody will stick to what people say at dawn-rise, mo~u~ &<M come, mt~M&<M gone;" what is he to think of what they say when the sun is near setting, and l'cornes yellow-" evening has come, day hM gone, night bas comeP" Such expressions merely indicate the a.pproa~hing, the advancing, and the receding of the precise timc in whieh people just 40 happen to be. These phrases are to be explained as meta,phors and metonymics. They are allowed in th usage of the language, cf. e.o. the word of God (Sra xvi. 1) Thorder of God haa come thprefore do not ~!Mfyit." Another argument in favour of our view is the following saying, which is attributed to the Prophet, to whom and to whose family may God be merciful The pra.yer of the day is silent." And the fact that

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people caM the noom.pmyer the "&-at pmyer, beoause it M th Brat ot th two daily pmyem whilst they caU theaftemoon-pMyerthe"middle" prayer, because it ie in the midst, between the rst of the two daily prayera and the Stst of the prayera of the night. My only object in all I have discuMed in this place M to refute the opinion of those who think that those things which are necessary for eertMN philosophical or physieal cawMa piove the contrary of that which is indicated by the Coran, and who try to support their opinion the doctrine of one of the hwyera and oommemtatoN of the Corm by God to the right insight! 1 hejps 10

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CHAPTER II.
ON THE NATMtZOf THATWHICH S COMPOSEB F DAYS,VIZ., MONTHS O AND YEARS. 1 SAT Tear means one revolution of the sun in th ecliptic, moving in a direction opposite to that of the universal motion, and returning to the same point which bas been assumcd as the starting-point of hia motion, whichsoever point this may be. In this way the sun ineludea in his course the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, winter, and their four different natures and retumsatwa.ys to the point whence he commenced. 10 According to Ptolemy these revolutions are equaJ, because he did not find that the apogee of the sun moves; whilst they are unequal according to the authors of Sindhind and the modern astronomers, because their observations led them to think that the apogee of the sun moves. In each case, however, whether they be equal or different, these revolutions include the four seasons and their natures. As to the length of such a revolution in days and fractions of a day, the rsulta of the astronomica.l observations do not agr"e, but differ to some observations it is larger; according to consideraNy. According others less. However, in a short apace of time this diSerem-e scarcely 20 becomes perceptible but in the long run of time, when thii difference M being redoubled and multiplied many times, and is then summed up into a whole, a very great error becomes clearly manifest, on account of which the sages have strongly recommended us to continue making observations, and to guard against errors vhich possibly might have entered into them. The difference of the observations regarding th length of one annual revolution of the sun does not anse from this cause, that people do not know how properly to institute such observations, and to gain thereby an accurate knowledge of th real state of the thing but this that it is impossible to nx the parts of the greatest circle 30 cause, by

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means of th parts of the .malleat circle. 1 refer t. the am~Uneaa of the instruments of observations in comparison with the vaatnesa of the bodies whMh are to be observed. On this subject 1 have enlarged in my i~~mmy boot.c&Ued&MM~MiHK~ thia time. !.e. during one revolution of the sun During in th ecliptio, the moon completes a little le.. than 12: revolutions, and has 12 lunations. This Bp~e of time, i.e. the 12 revolutions of the moon in the Mhpt.c techme~y, the lunar year, in which the f~etion (beyond the 12 revolutions), whieh is ne~ly 11 d~, i. di~reg~ded. The Lue fact, further, is the reason why the ecliptie wM divided into 12 equal 10 parts, as 1 have explained in my book on the th same ~hich 1 h~d the honour to investigation of raya and lights; present to His Righness. May Qod merease his majesty In consequence, people distinguish two kinds of and the Lunar year. They have n.t used other yeara-the Solar year stars for the purpose of deriving years from them, be~e their motions are comparatively and eau hardly ever b. found out hidden, by eyesight; but only by ~tronomi~t observations and expenment.. Further (they use;l only .un and moon for this purpose), because the changes of theparticles of the elements and their mutual metamorphoses, M far as time and the 20 state of the air, plants and animals, etc., are concert, depend entirely the motions of these two celestial upon bodies, be<~e they are the greatest of ~U, and because they excel the other stars their light and appearance; and because they resemble each other. by Afterwards people "~speopie derived from these two kinds of years other years. The Solar TeM-According to the statement of Theon, in his Canon, the people of Constantinople, and uf Alexandria, and the other Greeks, th Syrians and Chdd~n., the Egyptians of our time, and th.~ hve adopted the ye~. of Almu~.did.biU&h, use the solar year, consists of nearly 365! days. They reckon their year as add the quarters of a day in days, and every fourth year as one complte day, when it has summedup thereto. Thi.y<~theycall~intercibry year, ~~T~~ interc~~d therein. The ancient Egyp. followed but with this difference, that they neglected th quarters of a day till they had summed up to the number of days of one complete year, which took place in 1,460 years; then they intercalated one year, and agreed with the people o Alexandria and Constantinople as to the beginning of the year. So'Theon Ale~ndrinu. relates. b~t~ same rule as long as their empire lasted; 40 p. 11. but theytrea.ted it differently. For they reckoned tbeir ye~ as 865 days, and neglected the following fractions until the day-quarters S aummed up in the course of 120 ye~. to the number of days of one complete month, and until the fifth parts of an hour, which, according to their opinion, follow the fourth parts of a day (. they give the

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solar year the length of 865t daya and hour), had summed up to one day; then they added the complete month to the year in each 116th year. This was done for a reason which 1 shall explain hereafter. The exMmpIeof the Persians wM followed by the ancient inhabitants of Khwrizm and Sogdiana, and by all who had the same religion as the Persians, who were subject to them, and were considered as their kinsmen, during the tima when their empire flourished. 1 have heard that the Pshddian kings of the Persians, those who ruled over the entire world, reckoned the year as 360 days, and each 10 month as 30 days, without any addition and subtraction; that they intercalated one month in every sixth year, which they called "intercatary month," and two months in every 120th year; the one on account of the five days (the Epagomenta), the other on account of the quarter of a day that they held this year in high honour, anj caUed it the blesaed year," and that in it they occupied themselves with the affairs of divine worship and mattera of public interest. The character of th ayatem of the &noient Egyptians, according to what the Ahnageat relates regarding the eara on which ita own system of computation was based, and of the ayatejM of the Persians in Islam, and 20 the people of Khwrizm and Sogdiana, ',stheir aversion to the fractions, i.e. the day and what follows it, and their neglecting them altogether. The Lmu-SoIar Year.Th Hebrews, Jews, and aU the Isralites, the Sbians, and Harrnians, used an intermediate system. They derived their year from the revolution of the sun, and its months from th revolution of the moon-with this view, that their feast and fast days might be regulated by lunar computation, and at the same time keep their places within the year. Therefore they intercalated 7 months in 19 lunar years, as 1 shall explain hereafter in the derivation of their cycles and the different kinds of their years. The Christians agreed with them in the mode of the computation of 30 their faating and of some of their festivals, the cardinal point in all th's being the Passover of the Jews but they differed from them in the use of the months, wherein they followed the system of the Greeks amd Syrians. In a similar way the heathen Arabs proceeded, observing the difference between their year and the solar year, whioh is 10 days s 21~ hours, to speak roughly, and adding it to the year as one month p. 12. as soon as it completed the number of days of a month. They, however, reckoned this difference as 10 days and 20 hours. This business was administered by the Nasa'a (the intercalators) of the tnbe of Kinna, 40 known as th ~TttMmtO, plural form of ~<t!<tmt)Mf!, a which signines a /M!owtn~ ee<t. These were 'AM Thumma and his ancestors I. 'Abu Thumma. Junada ben 'Auf ben < 'Umayya ben Kala'ben t

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V. 'AbbM ben EaJa* ben Vn. pudhaif~. They were all of them interca1a.tors. 01licewasVII. HudhM&ben 'Abdben Futaim ben

The first of the~ who held this

X-'Adiyyben 'Amir ben 10 Tha'bb& ben MMikben XIV.Kinanfh The last of them, who held it, was 'Aba-Thum&ma. Th Met who celebrates them, describes him in the following term~"ThereisFu~aim! He Alkalammas, And he was one of the was called their foundem of religion, His word being obeyed, he being recognised a chieft~in." And another poet says: (a-e WM; famous among the forerunners of Xinna, 20 A celebrated man, of exalted rank. In this wa.y he spent his time." Another poet says: ~J~ new-moon ~ie adds together and snme it up, Till it makea out a complete month." He taken this system of inte~Mon from the ~n~ bef.rel.lam; th Jew., however, intercalated ~T 24 lunar years. In c.n.equence their months were fixed, ~~t~'orm~ 30 through the y~r without retrograding and without advancing. This etate of things remained till the Prophet made hi. Farewell pilgrimage, and the following verse was revealed to him "Inter~tion i~n m~e of infidelity, by which the indeb lead admitting it one year and prohibiting it in another." astray (people), (Srs. ix. 37.) The Prophet delivered an add~a ta th people, and said: Il Timeha. e~ day of G.d.Bc~tingthe heavens and the earth," and, continuing, he recited to them the (juat mentioned) verse of the Coran on the prohibition of the j~ intention. Bvcr ~"eglected intercalation, B. that their month. have 40 receded from their original places, and the n~ne. of the months are no longer in conformity with their original meaning,

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As to the other nations, their opinions on this subject are weB known. They are likely to hve no other systems besides those we have men~ tioned, and each nation seems to follow the example of the system of their neighhours. Yeara of the Indi&na. have heard that the Indians use th appearance of new-moon in their months, that they intercfda.te one lunar month in every 976 days, and that of their era they nx the to the moment when a conjunction takes place in beginningminute of th nrst any zodiacat sign. The chief object of their searehing is that this con10 junction ahould take place in one of the two equinoctial points. The leap-year they caU ~<&M. It is very possible that this is the case; because, of all stars, they use specially the moon, her really mansions and their subdivisions, in their aatrological and not the zodiacal signs. However, I have not met determinations, with anybody who had an accurate knowledge of this subject; therefore 1 turn away from wha.t 1 cannot know for certain. And God is my help! 'Ab-Muhammad Am&'ib Almul! relates in his on the authority of Ta~ub bon Tri~, that the Indiana ~<A~-<t, use four different kinds of spacea of time 20 I. One revolution of the sun, starting from a point of the ecliptic and returning to it. Thia is th solar year. n. 360 risings of the sun. This is caUed th middie-year, because it is longer than the lunar year and shorter than the solar year. m. 12 revolutions of the moon, starting from the star ~7M~f~ (i.e. the head of Aries) and returning to it. This M their lunar year, which consists of 327 days and nearly 7~ houra. IV. 12 lunations. This i3 the lunar which they use. year,

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CHAPTER III.
ON THE NATUM 0F THB BRAN, AND THB NFFBBBNT OPINIONS 0F THB

NATIONSBMAttNNa TBNM. EttA means a definite spaee of time, reckoned from the beginning of some put year, in which either a prophet, with signs and wonders, a.nd with a proof of his divine mission, was sent, or a. great and powerful king rose, or in which a. nation perished by a universal destructive detcge, or by a violent earthquake and einking of the earth, or a sweeping pestilence, or by intense dronght. or in whieh a change of dynasty or religion took place, or any grand event of ~e celeetial and 10 the famous tellnrian ntiraontouB occurrences, whioh do not happen aave at long intervals and at times far distant from each other. By such venta the nxed moments of time (the epocXa) are recognised. Now, such an era cannot be dispensed .vith in ail seoular and religious affaire. Each of the nations scattered over the different parts of the world has a spcial era, which they count from the times of their kings or prophets, or dynasties, or of some of those events whieh we have just now mentioned. And thence they derive the dates, which they want in social intercourse, in chronology, and in every institute (t.e. festivals) whieh is exclusively peonliar to them. 20 Era Of th Cration.Th first and most famous of the beginnings of antiqnity is the fact of the creation of mankind. But among those who hve a book of divine revelation, such as the Jews, Christians, Magians, and their various sects, there exists such a difference of opinion as to the nature of this met, and as to the question how to date p. 14. f~om it, the like of whioh is not aJlowaMe for eraa. Everything, th knowledge of which is connected with the beginning of creation and with the history of bygone generations, is mixed up with MsiScations and myths, because it belongs to a far retnote age; because a long interval separates us therefrom, and because the student M incapable of 30

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keeping it in memory.and of fixing it (,o as t. preserve it from confusion). God saya_Have they not got the storiea about those who werebeforethemP P None but God knows them." (SnHx il.) Therefore it M becoming not to admit any account of a simitar subject, if it M not attesta by a book, th .crrectue.. of which is relied upon, or by a tradition, for whieh the conditions of authenticity, according t. the prevalent opinion, furniah groundt) of proof. If we MwnMt consider thisem,we find a of opinion regarding it among these nations. considerable divergence For the Persiansand 10 Mag~s think that the dumtion of the world ia 12,000 to the number of the signs of the zodiac and years eorresponding of the months and that Zo~ter~ the founder of their law, thought that of thoae there till the time of his appearance, 3,000 had passed, years, intercalated with the day-quarters for he himself had made their e~putati.n, and had taken into account that defect, whi.h had accrued t. them on account of the day-quarters, till the time when they were intercalated and were made t. agree with real time. From his appearance till the c. count rom the beginning of the world years therefore they tiU Alexander 3,258 yeara 20 However, if wecompute the from the creation of whom they hold t. be the first man, and sum up the yeara of <~y6marth, the reign of each 1~ r"r~ Iran) remained with bis descendanta without interruption-this number M, for the time till Alexander, the sum total of 3.3M yeara. So the apeeffication of the single i~' addition doea not agree with the sum total. Farther, the Persians and Greeks disagree as to the time after Alexander. For they count from Alexander till the beginnirg of the 257 daya. If we deduct therefrom the duration of the rule of the Saeauian !rings as fur as the beginning of 30 ~th~ it, viz., nearly 415 years, we S.=~~T the Mul&le-al-faw'if reigned. But if we aum up the years of the reign of eaeh of the Ashkanianidng~ they have ~Hed~~t~h. years, or,-taking into the length of the reign of each of regard their difference of opinion as to them.-the sum of mot more thanSOO years. Thi.diSereneelshaUhereaftertryto~e~ A section of the Persians is of that tho.e past whieh we have mentioned are to opinion be counted from the 3,00~. creation of Gayomarth; because, before that, already 6,000 years f) elapsed-a -K:=ix-.iT~5~s,. created beings) did not interehange, the elemente did not which there was no growth, and no mis-during P. 15. decay, and the earth was not cultivated. Thereupon, when the ccaleetial globe was set a.-go1lg,the first man came into existence on the equator, so that part of him in longitudinal direction was on the north, and part south of the line. The animais 2

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were produccd, and mankind commenced to reproducc their own apecies and to multiply the atoma of the elements mixed, M M to give rise to the earth was cultivated, and the world was growth and decay arranged in conformity with fiaed norme. The Jews and Chnatiana differ widely on thia subject; for, according to the doctrine of the Jews, the time between Adam and Alexander ia 3,448 yeara, whilst, according to the Christian doctrine, it is 5,180 yeara. The Christians reproach the Jews with having diminished the number of years with the view of making the appearance of Jesus fall into the fourth millennium in the middle of the aeven millenuia, which are, 10 according to their view, the time of the duration of the world, sr as not to coincide with that time at whioh, aa the prophets after Moses had prophesied, the birth of Jeans from a pure virgin at the end of time, waa to take place. Both parties depend, in their bringing forward of argumente, upon certain modes of interpretation derived from the ~M~-o~'ttBtBM!. So the Jews expect the coming of the Messiah who was promised to them at the end of 1,335 years after Alexander, ex. pecting it like aomething whieh they know for certain. In eonsequenee of which many of the pseudo-prophets of their sects, as e.g. Al-r& *AbA-s&AI-isfah&n, and others, claimed to be bis messengers to them. 20 Thia expectation was based on the assumption that tne beginning of this era (~!ra Alexandri) coincided with th time when the sacrimcea were abolished, when no more divine revelation was received, and no more prqphets were sent. Then they referred to the Hebrew word of God in the 5th book of the Thora (Dent. xxxi. 18), ~flOMIDDH ~K Minn C1~ B!1Q '*JB, which means I, God, shall conceal my And they counted the letters of the worda 6Mms' till that day." 1''MCt< *mCn, the word for which gives the anm of 1,335. conceaHng," Thia they declared to be the time dnring which no inspiration from heaven waa received and the sacrifices were abolished, which is meant 30 is hre by God'a com<:M!t!~f m<e!~ The word being" (~~=~3) M In order to synonymous with "a&air" (or "order, command"). support what they maintain, they quote two pasaagea in the Book of Daniel (xii. 11) o' oa0 Yip~ruTn T~nn ~oin jiya Since the time when the aurifie O''y<n O~MNI. which means: WM aboliahed until impurity comes to destruction it is 1,290." and the next following passage (Dan. xii. 12): y~ -t~DOn ''1~ m~O'n 0''<t~7!th f)1MQ <th7<th t)7K 0'7 which means: '"Therefore happy he who hopes to reach to 1,385." Some people explain the difference of forty-five years in these two passages so as to refer 40 p. 16. the former date (1,290) to the beginning of the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the latter (1,836) to the time when the rebuilding would be finished. According to others, the drst number is the date of the birth of Messiah, whiist the latter is the date of hL public appearamee. Further, the Jews M.y,when Jacob bestowed bis blessing upon Judah (Ckn. xtix. 10), he

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informed him that the rule should always remain with Ms sons till the time of the coming of him to whom the nile belongs. So in these words he told him that the rule should remain with his descendants until the of the expected Messiah. And now the Jews add appearance that this is really the case that the rule bas not been taken from them. For the Mn~ <t~ t.e. "th head of th exiles" who had been banished from their homes in Jerusalem, is th master of every Jew in the world the rater whom they obey in ail countries, whose order is carried out under most ciroumatances. The Christians use certain 10 Syriae words, viz.. ~0;a j,Q~ t0t, which mean Jsus, th Messiah, the grea.test redeemer." Computing the value of the letters of these words, they get the sum of 1,335. Now, they think that it was these words which Daniel meant to indicate by those numbers, not the above-mentioned yeam because in the text ofhis words they are nothing but numbers, without indication whether they mean years, or days, or something else. It any a is prophecy indicative of the name of the Messiah, not of the time of Ma coming. Further, they relate that Daniel once dreamt in Babylonia, some yeare after the accession of Cyma to the throne, on the 24th of the firat 20 month, when hehad prayed to God, and when the Israelites were the prisonera of the Persians. Then God revealed to him the following (Dan. ix. 24-26) = 'rishMm, Jerusalem, witi be rebuilt 70 and will remain in the possession of thy people. Then the Messiah will come, but he will be killed. And in of his coming Unshhm will undergo its last destruction, consequence and it will remain a ruin till the end of time." The word (Hebrew ~~) means a Now, of the wholetime (indicated in this passager ~ven Septennia. refer to the rebuilding of Jerusalem, wMch time is also mentioned in th Book of Zekhary ben Berekhy ben ~dd' (Zechariah iv. 2) 1 have 30 beheld a candlestick with seven lamps thereon, and with seven pipes to each lamp." And before this he says (iv. 9) Th hands of Zerubbabel have laid th foundation of thia bou~his handsabo shall naishit" The tuue from th beginning of his rebuilding of the house (~. Jerusalem) till its end is 49 years, or 7 Septennia. Then, after 62 Septennia, they think, Jesus th son of Mary came and in the last Septennium th sacrifices and offerings were abolished, and Jerusalem underwent its above-mentioned destruction, insomuch that no more divine revelation nor prophets were sent, as the Isralites were scattered ail over the world, utterly neglected, not practising their sacrifices, nor having a p. 17. sa-r 40 place where to practise them. In respect of aU we have mentioned, e&ch of th two parties makes assertions which they cannot support by anything but interpretations derived from the ~Ma6-m< and fallacious subtilties. If the student would try to establish something eise bythesame means, and Mfu~whatthey (each of the two parties) maintain, by similar argumente, 2

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it would not be difficult for him to search for them. As to what the Jews think of the continuance of the rule in the family of Juda, and which they transfer to the leadership of the exiles, we must remark that, if it waa correct to extend the word "<~t!e" to a similar leadership by way of analogy, the Magians, the Sa.biams, and othera would partake of this, and neither the other Isralites nor any other nation would be exempt therefrom. Bec&use no clase of men, not even the lowest, are without a sort of rule and k~ership with relation to others who are still inferior to them. If we referred the numerical value of the word "coticeaMtM" in the 10 Thora, to that period from the earliest date whichthe Israelites assign to their exodus from Egypt till Jesua the son of Mary, thia interpretation would rest on a better foundation. For the time from their exodus from Egypt till th accession of Alexander is 1,000 years according to their own view; and Jesus the son of Mary waa born Anno Alexandri 304, and God raised him to himself Anno Alexandri 336. So the sum of the years of this complete period is 1,8M as th time during which the law of Moses ben 'Imran existed, till it wa~ carried to perfection by Jesus the son of Mary. As to that which they derive from the two passages of Daniel, we can 20 only say that it would be possible to refer them to something different, and to explain them in a different way and more than that-that neither of their modes of interpretation is correct, except we suppose that the beginning of that number Ft-ece(!ee the time when they were pronounced (by Daniel). For if it is to be understood that the begin. ning of both numbers (1,290 and 1,335) is one and th same time, bo tt past, present, or future, you cannot rea~onably explain why ~he !.wo passages should have been pronounced at different times. Aj.d, not. to speak of the di&rence between the two numbers (1,290 and 1,385) the matt~r cam in no way be correct; beca.use the second passage ("Happy 30 ha who hopes to rea.:h 1,335 ") admits, Brst, that the beginning of the number precedes the time when the passage WM pronounced; so th~t it (the number) may reach its end one yea.r, or more or less, after the supposed time; secondiy, that th beginning of that number may be the very identical time when the passage was pronounced or, that it may be after this moment by an indefinite time, which thirdly, may be smaller or greater. Now, if a chronological statement ma.y be referred to all three spheres of time (past, present, a.nd future), it cannot be referred to any one of them except on the basis of a.clear text or an indisputable argument. The nrst passage ("Sinee the time when the sacrinco wa~ abolished, until impurity comes to destruction, it is 1,290 ") admits !ikewise of being referred, first, to th nrst destruction of Jrusalem; and, secondly, to ita second destruction, which happened, however, only 386 p. 18. yeare after the accession of Alexander.

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Therefore the Jew. have not the slightost reason to eomm.nce (in ~t~ the coming of the Messiah) with that date with wluch they have commenced (viz., the epoch of th These are doubts and difficulties which beset th Alexandri). assertions of the Jews. Those, however, which attach to the schemes of the Christians conspicuou.. For even if the Jew. granted to them that tho coming of Messiah was take place 70 after that the .Ppe~ceof Jesus the son of Mary did n.t take place at that time. The reason is this:-The 10 Jews have agreed to &. the interval between the exodus of the from Egypt and the Alexandri at 1,000 complete years. sages in the books of the Prophets they have inferred that the interval between the exodus of the Ismelites from Egypt and the building of ~?~ between the building and the destruction by Nobucadnezar 410 years; and that it remained in a ~d~y~ exodus from Egypt) as the date ~?h: the for vision of Daniel, and as a =~ millennium (from the exodus till Era Alexandri) 40 Further, Jews and Chriatians u~nhnou.Iy suppose S~ Mary place Anno Alexandri 304. Therefore, if we use their own chronology, the birth of Jesus the s.n~ Mary took place 344 yeara after the vision of Daniel and the rebuilding ~S he began preaching in public are 4,- Septennia more. Henee it ia evident ~TS.~ ~.T~ ~umed (sa the time of the birth of the Messiah). For the Jews there follow no such consequences from their chronological system and if lies regarding the length of the ~==period between the 30 Jerusalem and the rebuilding of ~A~ them with eimilar accusations, and more than that. If we leave aside the argtunente of the two table of the Chaldwan kings, whieh we shall partiea and considcr the hereafter explain, we find the interval between the beginning of the reign of Cyrus and that of the reiA'IIof Alexander to be 222 yeara, and from the latter date till the birth of Jesus 804 years so that the sum total is 526 years. If wu ~X~ meneed in the third year of the (of Jerusalem) com. reign of Cyrus, and if we reduce the remainder to Septennia, we 75 Septennia for the interval get nearly -E~SS~ of Messia.h is later than the birth date which they (the have assumed. Christians) Ifhe compute the SyriM w~. t Christians (~o~ L~~c ~=~ the number with (1,835, mentioned by Daniel), these worde were meant

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(by Daniel) and not a certain number of yeafs, we can only say that we oannot aocept such an opinion except it be conNrm-~ by an argument as indubitable as ocular inspection. For if you computed the numerical value of the following words: J~<.e~jt< jJL&H ("~ t~M'ef. ttceof ?< creation from Mt/MeMy by ~f~ttHm~f!"), you would get the sum of 1,835. Or if you computed the words (~*e (~ .yt* (" ?<! yyop~ec~ q/' Jtfo~es ben '7<tn-~ ~<t!-f!t~ Mup. 19. '~< pi~*t ~mm<t< <te~op&ecy of the ~feasM~ regarding '~MNK!"), you would get the same sum, ie. 1,336. Likewise, if you counted these worda: t~ ~.< ~U ("T~ ~Mm o/' J'HfMme&tmea <M&~e tKt<em<e10 ~M JK!~<n)H)Mtd! you would again get the same sum (1,385). If, now, a "), man asserts that these numbers are meant to indicate a prophecy on account of the identity of the numerical values of these phrases with that of the Syriac words (~Q; ~00~ ~M~~O ~Qm~), th value of his argument would be exactly th same as that of the Chnstiam regarding those passages (in Daniel), th one case dosely resembling the other, even if he should produce as a testimony for jMuhammad and the truth of the prophecy regarding him a passage of the prophet Isaiah, of which the following is the meaning, or like it (Isaiah xxi. 6-9) Godordered him to set a <Mt<c~M<M the '!Mt<cMotce)', Xe might declare what he ahould 20 on that <ee. Mett mttf~ <ee a man tiding on an <MO, a man riding on a and e<M)te!.~im<~he one o~~ettt c<tt)M/brM;~)'<! t ct~M~ and <pt<ti!!MM B<t6s!o~M a fallen, and iM graven ttM~M M6 broken." This is a prophecy regarding the Messiah, the man riding on an etM,"and regarding Muhammad, <i~ man )T<K~ on a came! because in consequence of his appearance Babylon bas fallen, its idols have been broken, ita castles have been shattered, and its empire hasperished, There are many passages in the book of the prophet Isaiah, predicting Muhammad, being rather hinta (than clearly out-spoken words), but easily admitting of a clear interpretation. And with all this, their obstinacy in clinging to their error 30 induces them to devise and to maintain things which are not acknowledged by mon in gnerai, viz.: that &<!man riding on ~e Mme! M Moses, not Muhammad. But what connection have Moses and his people with Babel? And did that happen to Moses and to his people after him, whioh happened to Muhammad and his companions in Babel P By no meana 1 If they (the Jews) had one after the other escaped from the Babylonians, they would have considured it a sumcient prizeto carry off to return (to their country), even though jn a desperate condition. Thia testimony (Isaiah xxi 6-9) is connrmed by tho word of God to Moaos in the fifth book of the Thora, called ~~Mt&m<!(Deuteronomy 40 xviii. 18,19) "JMtH raise them <(p a prophet from <MM~ their 6)-e<&MM ? !t&eunto <&ee, and <MM ward into /tt< oMMt&. ,~s ~es~ !<?<</te~ aU tluct J s/MtK cotMMMmt! Mm. And wlwooeverwtH not &etM-tett MM<o word of MM<f~ ~pea~ in my name, l <M~ take Mfe~ on At~ <&6 Now 1 should like to know whether there are other bvethren of the MM

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of Isaac, exoept the s.ms of Ishmael. If they sa.y, that the brcthMn of the aons of Israel are the children of Esau, we ask only HM there then risen among them a man like Mosesin the times after Moses-of the aMM description and resembling him Does not also the following passage of the same book, of which this is the translation (Deut. xxxiii. TheLord came from Mount Sinai, 2), bat testimony for Muhammad and 9-OM <f)t<0 M < from Sotf, and &e eMtte~ ~)!-& from Mount Paran, ttp at i' accompanied by ten <&MM<tmd M6tm<e &Mright &<Mt<! Th terms of of '.his passage are hints for the establishing of the proof, that the 10 (anthropomorphic) descriptions, which are inhrent in them, cannot be referred to the essence of the Creator, nor to his quaUties, he being high above such things. Hia coming from Mount SinM meana his secret conversation with Moses there; his rising up from Seir mea.ns the appearance of Messiab, and his shining forth from Parau, where Ishmae] grew up and married, meana the coming of Muhammad from thence as th last of aU the foundera of religions, accompanied by legions of aainta, who were sent down from heaven to help, being marked with certain badges. He who refuses to aecept this interpretation, for which p. 20. ail evidence has borne testimony, is required to provo what kinds of 20 mistakes there are in it. &t< Mto<ecotKpamto~M Satan, woo to him for such a coMp<Mnom/ (Sra iv. 42.) Now, if the Christians do not allow us to use the numerica1 values of Arabie words, we cannot allow them to do the same with the Svriao words whioh they quote, because the Thora. and the books of those prophets were revealed in the Hebrow JaJtgnage. AUthey have brought forward, and aU we are going to propound, is a dcisive proof, and a clear argument, showing that the words in the holy books have been altered from their proper meanings, and that the text has undergone modifications contrary to its original condition. Having recourse to this sort of 30 computing, and of using false witnesses, shows and provea to evidence, that their authors purposely deviate from the path of truth and righteouaness. If we oould open them a door in heaven, and they ascended Our e~eo are only drunken. Nay, we o:'e thereby, they would say ~<MCttM<et!j)eop!e."Sra xv. 15.) But such is not the case. The fs.~ ( is that they are blind to the truth. We pray to God, that he may hein amd strengthen 'ts, that he may guard us against sin, and lead us by th right path. As to the doctrine of abrogation (of one holy book by another), and as to their fanciful pretension of having passages of the Thora which order 40 him who olaims to be a prophet after Muses to be put to death, we must atate, that the groundiesaneaa of these opinions is rendered evident by other passages of the Thora. However, there are more auitaNe places to opw.h of thMp fpiRioM than this, and so we retum to our subject as we have already become lengthy in our exposition, one matter drawing us to another.

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Now 1 proceed to stRte that both Jews and Christians hve a copy of the Thora, th contenta of which agree with the doctrines of either sect. Of the Jewish copy people think that it is comparatively free from confusion. The Christian copy is caUed the TAo)-<t the &MH/ for of the following reason: After Nebukadnezar had conquered and destroyed Jerusalem, part of the Israelites emigrated from their country, took refuge with the king of Egypt, and lived there under his protection till the time when Ptolemeeua Philadelphus ~scended the throne. This king heard of the Thora, and of its divine origin. Therefore he gave orders to search for this eommunity, and found them at last in a. place numbering 10 ahont 30,000 men. He fdorded them protection, and took them into his &.vonr, he treated them with kindness, and allowed them to retum to Jerusalem, which in the meanwhile had been rebuilt by Cyrus, BaJiman's govemor of Babel, who had also revived the culture of Syria. They teft Egypt, McompMiiedby a body of his (Ptolomus Philadelphus') servants for thcir protection. The king said to them 1 want to ask you for something. If you grant me the favour, you acquit yourselvea of all obligations towards me. Let me have a. copy of your book, the Thora." This the Jews promised, and onfirmed their promise by an oa.th. arrived a.t Jerusalem, they fulfilled their promise by sending him Having 20 a. copy of it, but in Hebrew. He.howeTer.didDotbiowHebrew. Therefore he addressed himself again to them asking for people who knew both Hebrew amd Greek, who might translate the b~-ok for him, promising them gifta and presents in reward. Now the Jews selected seventy-two p. 21. men out of their twelvetribes, six men of each tribe from among the Rabbis and priests. Their names are known among th Christians. These men translated the Thora into Greek, after they had been housed separa.tely, and each couple had got a servant to take caje of them. This went on tiU they had finished the translation of th whole book. Now th king had in bis hands thirty-six translations. These he corn- 30 pared with each other, and did not find any diffrences in them, except those which always occur in the rendering of the same ideaa. Then the king gave them what he had promised, and provided them with everything of the best. The Jews asked him to make them a present of one of those copies, of which they wished to make a.boast before their own people. And the king complied with their wish. Now this is the copy of the Christians, and people think, that in it no altration or transposition haa ta.ken piMe. The Jews, however, give quite a. different account, viz. that they made the translation under compulaion, and that they yielded to the king's demand only from fear of violence and maJtreat- 40 ment, and not before having agreed upon inverting and confounding the text of the book. There is nothing in the report of the Christians which; even if we should take it for granted-removea our doubts (as to the of their Bible) on the contrary, there ia something in it authenticity which atrengthens them greatly.

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Besides these two copies of the Thora, there is a. third one that exista among the Samaritans, also known by the name of ~<-M)):(M&t~tt. To them, M the substitutes for the Jews, Nebucadnezar had given the country of Syria, when he M the Jews into captivity, and cleared the country of them. The Samaritans had helped him (in the war against the Jews), and had pointed out to him the weak points of the Israelites. Therefore, he did not disturb them, nor kill them, nor make them prisoners, but he made them inhabit Palestine under Ma protection. Their doctrines are a syncretism of Judaism and Zoroastrianiam. The 10 bulk of their community is living in a town of Palestine, caUed where they have their churches. They have never entered the Nbulus, precincts of Jerusalem since the days of David the mainprophet, because tain that he committed wrong and injustice, and transferredthey the holy temple from Nbulus to ~e<M, !.e. Jerusalem. do not touch other people but if they happen to be touched They by anyone, they wash themselves. They do not acknowledge any of the prophets of the Israelites after Moses. Now as to the copy wMch the Jews hve, and on which they rely, we 20 find that according to its account of the lives of the immediate descendants of Adam, the interval between the expulsion of Adam from Paradise till the deluge in the time of Noah, is 1,656 to the years; Christian copy the same interval is 2,242 years, and according to th according Samantan copy it is 1,307 years. According to one of the historia.ns, Anianus, th interval between the creation of Adam and the of the Friday when the deluge commenced, M 2,226 years 23 nightand days 4 hours. This statement of Anianus ia reported by Ibn-AJb~yr in bis mM6-M< (Book of the Conjunctions) it comes very near that p 22 of the Christians. However, it makes me think that it is based upon 30 the methods of the astrologers, because it betrays evidently an arbitrary and too subtle mode of research. Now, if such is the diversity of opinions, as we have described, and if there is no possibility of distinguishing-by means of analogybetween truth and fiction, where is the student to search for exact information)' P Not only does the Thora exist in several and different copies, but something sni~r is the case with the Gospel too. For the Christians have four copies of the Gospel, being collected into one code, the firstby Matthew, the second by Mark, the third by Luke, and the fourth by 40 John ea~h of these four disciples having composed the Gospel in confomuty with what he (Christ) had preached in bis country. The reports contained in these four copie, auch as the descriptions of relions of him at the time when be preached andwhen he Messiah, the was crueified, as they maintain, differ veiy widely the one from the other. To begin with his genealogy, wMch is the genealogy of Joseph, the bridegroom of Mary

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of Jesus. For Mcordmgto Matthew (i. 2-16), Ma pedig~e Zorobabel. Salathiel. JechoniM. j. XV.Amon. MajtMsea. Bzekiae. Ah~. Joatham. XX.OziM. Joram. Josaphat. A~. Abia. XXV.BoboMn. Solomon. David. Jeese. Obed. XXX.Booz. S~tmon Naaason. Aminadab. Aram. XXXV.Earom. Pharea. Judas Jacob. 10 Isa~. XL.Abraham

jmtttmew m stating this genealogy commences with Abraham, tmcing it downward (as far Joseph). According to Luke (iii. 23-31) th of Joseph is this pedigree I. Joseph. EsM. Salathiel Matthat. Nagge. Neri. Levi. Matthat. Maath. Melchi. Simeon. Ma.tt~thiM. Addi. Juda. V.Melcht. XV.Semei. XXV.Cosam. XXXV. Joseph. 20 Janna Joseph. EhnodMn. Jonam. Joseph Judas. Er. Elyakim. m.tt&thM. Joanna. Joseph. Melea. Amos. Rhesa. Elieser. Menam. X.mmn. XX-ZoTohabeI. XXX.Jorim. XL.Ma.tath. Nathan. XLn.D&vid. This d~erence the Chnstians ttyto excuse, and to account for it, saying, that there was one of the iaws proscribed in the Thora which ordered that, if a man died, leaving behind a wife but no male children, 30 th brother of the deceased was to marry her instead, in order to RJse up a. ptogeny to the deoeMed brother; that, in consquence, his children referred to the deceased brother, whilst as to ~ea: were~~s~ M they were the children of the living brother; that, therefore, p. 23. Joseph was referred to two different &.thers,thatHeIiwas his&ther whilst Yakob was his father y~bj~y, reality. Further, they say, that when Matthew had atated th reaJ pedigree of Joseph, the Jews blamed Mm for it, saying = Hispedigree is not correct, because it bas been made without regard to hie relation." In order to meet thMreprc~h, Luke stated his genealogical pedigree in conformity with the 40 genealogical ordinances of their code. Both pedigrees go back to David, and that waa th object (in beeause it had been predicted stating of the Messiah, that he would be them), of the son David." FinaNy, the fact that only the pedigree of Joseph bas been adduced

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for Mesaiah, and not that of Mary, is to be explained in thia way, that aooording to the law of the Israelites, nobody was allowed to marry any but a wife of hia own tribe and clan, whereby they wanted to prevent confubion of the pedigrees, and that it was the cuatom to mention only the pedigrees of the men, not those of th women. Now Joseph and Mary being both of the same tribe, their descent must of necessity go back to the same origin. And this was the object in their statement and account of the pedigree. Everyone of the sects of Marcion, and of Bardesanes, has a 10 Gospel, which in some parts differs from the Gospels we havespcial men. tioned. Aiso the Manicheeans have a Gospel of their own, the contents of which from the first to the last are opposed to th doctrines of the Christians but the Manicheeans consider them as their religions law, and believe that it is the correct Gospel, that itNcontents are really that which Messiah thought and taught, that every other Gospel ie false, and ita followers are liara against Messiah. Of this Gospel there is a copy, called, "Th Gospel of the Seventy," which is attributed to one.BaMmM, and in the beginning of which it ia stated, that SaIIam ben 'AbdaUhben Sallm wrote it down as he heard it from Salman AlfMs!. He, how20 ever, who looks into it, will see at once that it is a forgery it M not acknowledged by Christians and others. Therefore, we come to the conclusion, that among the Gospels there are no books of the Prophets to be found, on which you may witl good faith rely. Era. of the DlugeTh next following era. M th era. of the great deluge, in which everything perished at the time of Noah. Here, too, there is auch a difference of opinions, and auch a confusion, that you have no chance of deciding as to the correctness of the matter, and do not even feel inclined to investigate thoroughly ita historical truth. The reason is, in the first instance, the diffrence regarding the between 30 the ~ra. Adami and the Deluge, whieh we hve mentioned period aiready and secondly, that difference, whieh we shall have to mention, regarding the period between the Deluge and the ~m. Alexandri. For the Jewa derive from the Thora, and th following books, for this latter period 1,792 years, whilat the Christians derive from their Thora for the same period 2,938 yeara. The PersiMM, amd the great ma.M of th Magians, deny th Deluge altogether; they believe that the rule (of the world) hM remained with them without any interruption ever since Ga.yomarth Gilshh, who was, p. 24. according to them, the Brat mML In denying the Deluge, the Indians, 40 Chinese, and the various nations of th east, concur with them. Some, however, of the PershM admit the fact of the Deluge, but they deacribe it in a different way from what it is described in the books of the prophets. They say, a partial deluge occun~d in Spria and thc wcst at the time of Tahmurath, but it did not extend over the whole of the then civilized world, and only few nationa were drowned in it; it did not

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extend beyond the peak of Hulw&n, and did not reach the of the east. Further, they relate, that the inhabitants of the empires west, when they were warned by their sages, constructed buildings of the kind of the two pyramids which have been built in Egypt, saying: "If the disaster comes from heaven, we shaU go into them if it comes from the earth, we shall ascend above them." People are of opinion, that the traces of the water of the Deluge, and the effects of the waves are still visible on these two pyramids half-way up, above which the water did not rise Another report -N.ys, that Joseph had made them a m&gMin., where he deposited the bread and victuals for the yeare of drought. 10 It is related, that TahmAtath on receiving the warning of the Deluge 331 years before the Delt~eordered his people to select a place of good air and soil in hisreahn. Now they did not nd a place that answered better to this description than Thereupon, he ordered aJl seientnio books to bo preserved for Ispahan. and to be buried in a posterity, part of that place, least exposed to obnoxious influences. In &vour of this report we may state that in our time in Jay, the city of IspaMn there have been discovered Mils, which, on being excavated, disclosed houses, nHed with many loads of that tree-bark, with which arrows and Bhieids are covered, and which is caUed T&, bearing inscriptions, of 20 which no one was able to say what they are, and what they mean. These discrepaneies in their reports, inspire doubla in the student, and make him inclined to believe what is related in some books, viz. that Gaymarth was not the nrst man, but that he was Gomer ben Yaphet ben Noah, that he was a prince to whom a long life waa that he settled on the Mount Dunbwand, where he fomded angiven, empire, and that finally his power became very great, whilst mankind was stil' living in (elementary) conditions, similar to those at the time of the creation, and of the nrst stage of the development of the world. Then he, and some of his children, took possession of the of the world. 30 K~T. Tcwards the end of hie life, he became tyrannical, and called himself Adam, saying: "If anybody calls me by another name than this, I shall eut off his h~ad." Othen are of opinion that Gayornarth was Emim (Q''p''M ?) ben LAd ben 'Arm ben Sem ben Noah. The astrologers have tried to correct these years, beginning from the nrat of the conjunctions of Satum and Jupiter, for which th sages among the inhabitants of Babel, and the Chaldeeans have construeted astronomical tables, the Deluge having originated in their country. For people say, that Noah built the ark in Kfa, and that it was there that "<&e<oeK~oMt~! ~M~ t<< waters" (Sura xi. 42 xxiii. 27) that the ark 40 rested upon the mountain of Alj&d, which is not very far from those rgions. Now this conjunetion occurred 229 ycars 108 days bcforc the Deluge. This date they studied carefuUy, and tried by that to correct p. 26. the subsquent times. So they found as the interval between the Deluge amd the beginning of the reign of the first Nebukadnezar (No6o<t<MM<-),

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2,604 years, and M th interval between Nebvkadnezar and Alexander 436 years, a result which comes pretty near to that one, whieh is derived from the Thora of the Christians. This was the era which 'Abu-Ma'sha)- AlbalkM wanted, upon whieh to base his statements regarding the mean places of the stars in his Canon. Now he supposed that the Deluge had taken place at the conjunction of the stars in the last part of Pisces, and the first part of Aries, and he tried to compute their places for that time. Then he found, that theyall of themstood in conjunetion in th apace between the twpnty-aeventh degree of Pisces, and the end of the firat dcgree of Aries. Further, he supposed that between that time and the epoch of th Era Alexandri. there M an interva.1 of 2,790 intercalated years 7 months and 26 days. This computation cornes near to that of the Christia.na, being 249 yoars and 3 montha less than the estimate of the astronomers. Now, when he thought that he had well estaMished the computation of this sum according to the method, which he bas explained, and when he had arrived at the result, that the dura.tion of those periods, which astronomers call "~)-.cyc~ waa 360,000 yeara, the beginning of which was to precede the time of the Deluge .by 180,000 years. he drew the inconsiderate conclusion, that the Deluge had occurred once in every 190,000 years, and that it would again occur in future at similar intervals. This man, who is so prend of his ingenuity, had computed these starcycles only from th motions of the stars, as they had been fixed by the observations of the Persians but they (the cycles) differ from the cycles, which have been based ~pan th observations of the Indians, known as the cyc!M :)/'St)t(~ttn! and likewise they differ from the <~< and <7te <a&t<M, If anybody would eonstruct such <~ o/at! cycles on the basis of the observations of Ptolemy, or of the modern astronomers, he might do so by the help of th well known methods of such a calculation, as in fact many people have donc, eg. Muhammad ben 'Ishak ben 'UstAdh Bunddh Alsarakhs, 'Abu.al.wafa Muhammad ben Muhammad AIbzaj&n!, and I myself in numy of my books, particularly in the .K[<a&.<tMo<MM<H Mi~<tM/'~'<t<-sa(!.Il In each of these cycles the stars come iSto conjunction with each other in the Srst part of Aries once, viz. when they start upon and return from their rotation, however, at different times. If he ('Ab-Ma'ahar) now would maintain, that the stars were created standing at that time in th nrst part of Aries, or that tho conjunction of the stars in that place ia identical with the beginning of the world, or with the end of the world, such an assertion would be utterly void of proof, although th matter be within the lirnits of possibility. But such conclusions can never be admitted, except they rest on an evident argument, or on the report of some one who relates the ~t~ of the world, whose word Is relied npon, and regarding whom in the mind (of the reader or hearer)

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~H~n i. e~H.hed.ih.t he had re~d divine inspiration and help. For it is quite possible that these (celestial) bodies were scattered, not united at the timo when the Creator deaigned and created them, they having thcso motions, by which_s calculation shows-they must rneat in such mentioned). It would be the ~e, as if we, supposed a eirele, in different separate places 1~~ of whom some them, however, being carried on in equal motiona-of ite peculiar sort of motion-in equal times; further, suppose that we knew their 10 ~~5~whieh -each of them over travels in one Nychthemeron. If you then ask length of after whieh they would meet ea.oh otber in a certain point, or that identieal point, no bla.me beforewhieh they had met each other in attaches to him, if he spea.ks of billions of years. Nor does it follow from bis B.Ct.,mntthat those beinga eziBtedat that (past) time (when they met each other), or that they would atild exiat at that (future) time (when are to moet again) but this follows from bis aceount, if it is they only Y properly explained, that, iftheae beinga really exi" (in the past), or would still exist (in future) in that saine 20 condition, the result (a.s to their that one at which he had arrived conjunetions) could be no other but tion of this subject is the ta.sk of by calculation. But then the verifica. a science whieh was not the science of AM-sha.r. If, now, the :man who uses the cycles (the star.cycles), would conclude of ~~t~ would again and Aries, again paSIl through the same cycles, becanse, ~St~f~~ deeay, and that the the i~ the past was exactly the same, bis conclusion would be a mere assumption 80 by whieh he quiets his mind, and which is not supported by any argument. For a proof does not equally apply to the two sides of a contradiction; it applies only Y tothe one, and excludes the other. Basides it in well known among Philosophera and others, that ~~s ~t~~ evolution of power ~~) into action (~~), ~S. periods of the the past were eomputed whilst they in reality exi.sted same time inereasing in number; therefore, they are not infcnzte. This exposition will be su1licient for a vemeiouo and fair.minded 40 ~~=~ bearing people, more oaplanations will be wanted, which exceed the compass of this book, in order to remove these ideaa rom bis mind, to hea.l what is feeble in bis thoughts, and to plant the truth in his soul How~r, thore are other chapter, of thia book where it will ba more

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amtable M spcaT: of thia subject than here. Th diserepamey of th cyoles, net the dMcrepanoy of the observations, is a suSdent argument forMMt a powerful help towardsrepudifttmg the foUiea committed by 'Ab-Ma'abar, and relied upon by fooMsh people, who abuse all religiona, who make the oycles of Sindhind, and others, the means by which to revile those who warn them that the hour of judgment is coming, and who tell them, that on the day of resurrfetion there will be reward and punishment in yonder world. It if the same set of people who excite and mathesuspicioM agMnstand bring discrdit upon-astronomers 10 maticians, by counting themselves among their ranks, and by representin~ themselves as professors of their art, although they cannot even impose p. 27. upon anybody who haa only the slightest degree of scientinc training. Era of NabonasSM'The next following era is the Era of the nrst Nebukadnezar (Nabonassar). The Persian form of this word (BukhM <cnMt?s<tf) &fM<M!fM, and people say that it meana one who weepa and lamenta much"; in Hebrew, "Nebukadnezar," which is said to meaN Mercttry speaking," this being combined with the notion that he oheriahed science and favoured scho~aM. Then when the word waa Ara.bized, and its form waa simplified, people aa~d "J~MatMM~ft! 20 This is not the same king who deva.sta.ted JernsaJem, for between thse two there is an interval of about 143 years, as the following chronological tables will indicate. The era of this king ia based upon the Egyptian years. It is employed in th Almagest for the computation of the places of th planets, because this era to others, and fiaed thereby the mem places Ptolemy preferred of the ataM. Besides he uses the cycles of Ccllippus, the beginning of which is in the year 418 after BuMitanassaj, and each o which consista of seventy-aix solar yeare. Those who do not know them (thse cycles), try to prove by what they find mentioned in Almagest, that they are of 30 Bgyptiamorigin; for Hippajohas and Ptolemy fa the times of their observations by Egyptian days and months, and then refer them to the correspondmg cycles of Catlippus. Such, however, is not th case. The firet cycle, employed by those who compute the months the revolution of the moon amd the years by the revolution of the sun, by the was cycle of eight years, and the second that of nineteen years. CaUippus was of th number of the matheni-tticiaM, and one who himselfor whose peopleconsidered the use of this latter cycle as part of their laws. Thereupon, he computed this cycle (of seventy-aix years), uniting for that purpose four cycles of nineteen yeara. Some people think that in these cycles the 40 beginning of the months was nxed by th appearance of now moon, not by calculation, as people at that (remote) age did not yet know the calculation of the clipses, by which alone the length of thelunar month is to be determined, and these calculations are rendered perfect and that th nrst who knew the theory of the clipsas waa Thales of Miletus. For after having frequently

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~tended the lectures of the and having learned from them the s.ien.e of form and mathematiciana, motion, (~tronomy), he proceeded t. dis. ~erthe~t..n of the eclipses. Then he happened to come to Egypt, where he warned people of an impending eclipse. When,~ bis prediction had been fulfilled, people honoured him highly. The matter, as thus reported, does n.t belong to the back to certain original sources, and the impossible. For nearer it is toi~ origin, it till you at last arrive at the very origin itself. ~t~~o~t, that eclipses were not known before Thales, mu.t not b. understood in this but with certain local 10 restrictions. For some people refer this generality, scholar (Thales) to the time of 28 Bbak, others to tha.t of Now, if he lived at P 28. ~e~'n" p. preoeded and these two among the astronomers of by Ptolemy and Hipparchus that age knew the subject quite ~h~ ~e~~ he stands near to Zoroaster, who belouged to the sect of the ijalTnians, ~~E~EES~ it to such a had carried height as that they could not be ignorant of the theory of the eolipses. If, therefore, their report the dis. covery of the theory of the eclipaea by Thales) be (regarding true, it is not to be 20 underatood in this gonerality, but with certain restrictions. Era of PhdippiM ArideeM.The era of Philip, the father of ~T'tr: dated from the death of Alexander, the ~t~e~ MM~oni~, the Founder In both cases the natter is the ~me, and there is only 0. difference in the expression. Because therefore, it is the same, whether yon date from the suceeeded by Philip, death of the former, or the accession of the latter, the epoch being a connecting link common to both of ~em. T~oBe who employ this era are ~Ued~t~ Ont~~TheonAlex~drlnush.edMsso.~led..C.n~ 30 Era OfAlexMder-Then follows the era of Alexander the Greek to whom some people give tne surname On the difference of opinions This ohapter. 'T~ era is based upon Greek yeara. It is in use among most ~r~ yeara, prepared to fight with D~iu., the king of the ~r~~d marching upon his capital, he went down to Jerusa.lem, which was inhabited by the Jewa then he ordered the Jews to,give up the tiu of Moaes and Da.vid, and to me & adopt that X~ aeventh of his life, as the and to of epoch this era. The Jews obeyed bis 40 command, and a.epted what he ordered; for the Rabbis allowed them =~~d~ Moses. And at that time ju~nuUenmum had become complete, and their M~rmceBhad ceased to be pra~ed, as they relate. So offerings and era, and used it for &dng the <~currence. of their t!My ad.~dTmonths and days,

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as they had already doue in the twenty-sixth year of his life, when ho nrst started from home, with tho view of finishing thf millennium (i.e. so as not to enter upon a new one). Whem, then, tho firat thousand years of the ~!ra. Alexandri had passed, the end of whieh did not coincide with any striking event which people ajo Meustomed to make the epoch of an era, they kept th ~!ra. Alexandri, and continued to use it. The Greeks also use it. But according to the report of a book, whioh I;Iabb ben Bihrz, the metropolitam of Mosul, hM tranelated, the Greeks used to date-before they adopted the ~Era.Alexajidrifrom the migra.tion 10 of Tunn ben Paris from Babel towards the west. follows the era of the king Augustus, the P. 29. Era of Augnstus.Next frat of th Roman emperors (CtBsen-~). The word C<Bs<t! meama m Frankish (!.e. La.tm) "he haa been drawn forth, after a cutting has been made." The explanation is this, that his mothe-r died in labour-pains, whilst she wa~ pregnant with him then her womb was opened by the Cassajeam operation," and he was drawn forth, and got the surname C<Bs<t! He used to boast before the kings, that he had not corne out of the ~K<<!e)t~!tm oMtHe&)'e a woman, as also 'Ahmad ben Sahl ben of Hshim ben Alwa.nd ben Hamia. ben Eamkr ben Yazdajird ben 20 Shahryr used to boast, that the same had happened to him. And he (Augnstus) used to revile people calling them ~omof the ~m<~t~m muliebre.11 The hiatorians relate, that Jesus, the son of Mary, was born in the forty-third,year of his reign. This, however, does not agree with the order of the yeara. The chronological tables, in which we shall give a corrected sequence of events, necessitate that his birth should have taken place in the seventeenth year of his reign. It was Augustus who ca,used the people of Alexandria to give up their system of reckoning by non-intercala.ted Egyptian yeam, and to adopt 30 the system of th Chaldaeana, which in our time is used in Egypt. This he did in the sixth year of his reign therefore, they took this year as the epoch of this era. Era of Antonmus.Th era of Antoninus, one of the Roman kings, was based upon Greek years. Ptolemy corrected the places of the fixed stars, dating from the beginning of his reign, amd noted them in the Ahnagest, directing that their positions should be advanced one degree every'yea.)'. Era Of DiooIetianM.Then follows the era of Diocletia.n, the last of the Bornas kings who worshipped the idols. After the sovere~n power 40 had been transferred to him, it remained among his descendants. After him reigned Constantine, who was the first Roman king who became a Christian. The yeajs of this era are Greek. Sev<.m.Iauthors of Canons have used this era, and have fixed thereby the necessary paradigms of the prognostics, the 2~0~ natalicia, and the conjunctions. Era of the FMghtThen follows the era of the Flight of the

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Prophet Muhammad from Makka to Madma. It is based upon Lunar yeam, in which the commencements of the months are determined by the whole appearance of New Moon, not by calculation. It ia used by th Muhammadan world. The circumstances under which this very point was adopted M an epoch, and mot the timo when the Prophet was either born or entrusted with hie divine mission or died, were the following Maimn ben Mihr&n testes, that Omar bon Atkha~&b, when people one BMd: day handed over to him a cheque payable in the month jS&o'Mtt, Which Sha'Mm M meant f that one in whieh we are or the next Sha.*bAn?" Thereupon he asaembled the Companions of the Prophet, and asked their t~dviceregarding the matter of chronology, which troubled his mind. They a.nswered It ia necessary to mform o'tmelves of the Hurmuz&n, pra.ctice of the PersiaM in this respect." Then they fete computation and asked him for information. He aMd: "We have which we call JtM&MZ,t.e. the computa.tionofmonths and days." People and atabizod this word, and pronomicod (.Mt<*<MT<tM), ooined as ite infinitive the word l~'t-tH." Hormuzm explained to them how p. 30. they used this Mh-rz, and what the Greeks used of a sinul&r kind. Ei)ta.hlish a mode Then Omar spoke to the Companions of the Prophet of dating for the intercourse of people." Now some 6tud: "Da.teaccording to the era of the Greeks, for they date according to the era. of Alexander." Others objected that thia mode of dating was too lengthy, and said Date according to the era. of the Peraiana." But then it was ohas eoon as a new king arises among the reralana he abolishett jected,that the era of his predecessor. So they could not come to an agreement. AIsha'M relates, that 'Ab-M6& Al'ash'ar! wrote to Omar ben Tou send us letters without a date." Omar had ah-eady Alkhatt&b organized the registers, had established th taxes and regulationa, and was in want of an era, not liking the old ones. On this occasion he aasembled the Companions, and took their advice. Now th most authentic date, which involves no obscurities nor possible misha.ps, seemed to be the date of th night of th Prophet, and of hia arrivai at Madna on Monday the 8th of the month Ea.M' I., whiist the beginning of the yea.r was a Thuraday. Now he adopted this epoeh, and fixed thereby the dates in ail his aSairs. This happened A.H. 17. The reaaon why Omar selected this event as an epoch, and mot the time of the birth of the Prophet, or the time when he waa entrusted with bis divine mission, is this, that regarding those two dates there exiated auch a divergenoy of opinion, as did not allow it to be made th bMia of something which must be agreed upon universally. Further he (AIsha'M) says: People say that He was born in the night of Monday the 2nd, or the 8th, or th 13th of Ba.M' I. others say that he was born in the forty-sixth year cf the reign of B3sr AnsMrwan. In consequence there is aiso a diSerence of opinions regarding the length of bis ife, corresponding to the different statements regarding hie birth.

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Besidea, the single years wero of different length, some having bft'n intercalated, others not, about the time when intercatation wM prohibited. Considering further that after th Flight, the affaira of lalam were thoroughly established, while heathenism decreased, tha.t thc Prophet was saved from the calamities prepared for him by th infidels M~kka., and that after th Flight his conquesta followed each otherof m !ra.pid succession, we coma to the conclusion that the Flight was to the Prophet, what to the kings is their accession, and their taking possession of the whole 80Yeieign power. As regards the weU known date of his death, people do not like to 10 date from the death of a prophet or a king, except the prophet be a liar, or the king an enemy, whose death people enjoy, and wish to make a festival of or he be one of thoso with whom a dynasty ia extinguished, so that his followers among themselves make this date a memorial of Mm, !md a mourning feaat. But this latter case has oniy happened very eeldom. Eg. the era of Alexander th Founder is reckoned from the time of his death, he having been considered as one of those from whom the era of the kings of the Chatdeeans and the western kings was transferred to the era. of the Ptolemeea.n kings, of whom each is caUed r<o!et)ty, 20 which means warlike. Therefore, those to whom tho empire was transferred, dated from the time of his death, considering it as a joyful event. It is precisely the sainp in the case of the era. of Tazdajird ben Shahryr. For the Magians da.t.<from the time of his dm).th, because when he perished, the dynasty was extinguished. Therefore they dated from hie death, mourning over him, and lamenting for the downfal of their p. 31. religion. A.t th time of th Prophet, people had given to each of the years between th Flight and his death a spcial name, derived from some event, which had happened to him in that identical year. 30 The lot year after the Flight is "the year ofthe permisaion." The 2nd year the year of th order for fighting." The 3rd year the yeM of th trial." The 4th year "the year of tho congratulation on the occasion of marria~e." The 5th yeM the year of the earthquake." The 6th year "theyeMofinquirmg." The 7th year th yeM of gaining victory The 8th year the year of equality." The 9th yeM the yeM of exemption." 40ThelOthyear "theycMof&jeweU." By these nomes it WMrendered superfluoua to denote the yeMa by the numheM, th lat, the 2nd, etc., after the Flight. Er& of TttiddajM.Next follows the era of the reign of Yazdajird ben Shahry&r ben KiBi'A Parwz, which ia ha,fK.d u~u Persian non3

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intercalated years. It has been employed in the Canons, because it M easy and simple to use. The reason why precisely the era, of this king among aJl the kings of Persia, bas become so generally known, is this tha.t he Mcended the throne, when the empire had been shattered, when the women had got hold of it, and usurpers had seized aJl power. Besides, he was the last of their kings, and it was he with whom Omaj ben AJkha.ttb fought most of those famous wMs and battles. FinaDy, the empire succumbed, and he was put to fiight and was killed in the house of a miller a.t Marw-i-Shhijn. BefOnn of the Calendar by th Khalif AImn't~itLLMtly, 10 the era. of 'Ahmad ben Talha Ahnut&did-bUMh the EhaJif was based upon Greek years and Persian monthB however, with this difference, that in every fourth year one day wa.s intercalated. The Mlowing is the origin of thia era, as reported by 'Ab-Bakr A~ul! in his .Et<<t&-<t!'<M(f~, and by Hajnza. ben AIhaaa.T)AHs&hn! m his book on famous poems, relating to Na.arz and Mihrjn. Ahnutawakkil, w~ile wandering about over one of his hunting-groands, observed corn that had not yet ripened, and not yet attained its proper time for being rea.ped. So ho aajd Ubaid-ullAh ben Ta~yA has asked my permission for levying the taxes, whiist 1 observe that the corn is atill green. From what then are people 20 to pay their taxes Thereupon he was informed, that this, in fftct, had done a. great deaJ of harm to the people, so that they were compelled to borrow and to incur debts, and even to emigrate from their homes that they had many complaints and wrongs to recount. Then the Khtdif said Haa this arisen lately during my reign, or bas it aJwa.ysbeen so P" And people amswered "No. This is going on according to the regniations established by the Persian kings for the levying of the taxes et the time of Na.ttrz. In this their example bas been foilowed by the kings of the Arabs." Then the BMif ordered the Ma.ubadh to be brought before him, and said to him This ha.s been the subject of much re- go search on my part, and 1 cannot find tha.t 1 violate the regulations of the Persiams. How, then, did they levy the taxes from their subjects considering the ben&cence amd good will whieh they observed towarda them And why did they allow the taxes to be levied et a time like p. 88. this, when the fruit amd corn are not yet ripe ? To this the Ma.ubadh replied "Although they always levied the taxes et Na.urz, this never The EhaJif happened except a.t the time when the corn was ripe." asked Andhow waa that P Now the Ma.ubadh explained to him the nature of their years, their diffrent lengths, amd their need of intercalation. Then he proceeded to relate, that the Persiana used to intercata.te 40 the yeaM! but when M&m had been established, intercaJa.~on waa a.bolishedj amd tha,t did much hatrn to the people. The landholders assembled et the time of Hisham ben 'Abdalmalik amd caJIed on Khlid AH.aar!, they explained to him the subjeot, and a.pked him to postpone Na.urz by a month. KhMid deelined to do ao, but reported on the

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aubject to Hisham, v. hosaid: "I Mn afraid, that to this subject may be ~M<e)-cc[h<M?t is only <tm applied the word of (tod McrMse q/'Ae~Ae~Mm (SM.ix. 37). Afterwarde at the time of AIrMhM the landholders assemMed again and called on YahyA ben EMUd ben Barmak, askmg him to postpone Naurz by about two months. Now, Yahy& had tho intention to do so, but then bis enemies began to speak of the subjcct, and SMd: "He M pM-tM to Zoroastrianism." Therefore he dropped the subject, amd the matter remained as it WM before. Now Almutawakkil ordered'Ibrhm ben Al'a.bMs AJ~ul to be brought 10 before him, and told him, that in accordajice with what the Ma.ubadhhad related of Naurz, he should compute the da.ys, and compose a fixed Canon (Calendar) tha.t he should compose a paper on the postponement of NaurAz, which waa to be sent by order of the Ehalif to aU the provinces of the empire. It waa determined to postpone Naurz till the l?tJi of HMrn. AIsM did ;M he was ordered, and the letters a.rrived in the provinces in Muham-am A.H. 243. The poet, Albuhtur bas composed a ~tda. on the subject in praise of Ahnuta.w~Jdl, where he sa.ys The day of Na.uruz has retumed to that time, on whieh it wa~ fixed by 20 Ardashtr. Thou hast tradisferred Naurz to its original condition, whilst before thee it was wandering about, circula.ting. Now thou hast levied the taxes at Naurz, and tha.t was a memorable benefit to the people. They bring thee praise and thanks, and thou brimgest them justice and a present, well deserving of thamks." However, Almutawakkil was killed, and his plan wa~ not carried until Almu'ta~d ascended the throne of the Khalifate, delivered out, the provinces of the empire from their usurpers, and gained sufficient leisure 30 to study the anairs of his subjects. He attributed the greatest importance to intercalation and to the carrying out of this measure He followed the method of Almutawakkil regarding the postponement of Na.uruzj however he treated the subject differently, inaamuch as Almu. tawakkil had made the basis of his computation the interval between AM year (i.e. tha.t year, in which he then happened to live), andthe of th reign of Yazdajird, whilst Almu'ta~id took the intervalbeginning betwuen hie year and tha.t year in whieh the Persiam empire perished by the death of Yazdajird, because he-or those who did the work for him-held this opinion, that M~ce <&t<time intercalation had been negleetfd This 40 interval he found to be 243 years and 60 da.ys+a, fraction, arising from the day-quarters (exceeding th 866 days of the Solar year). These 60 D 83 days he added at Naurz of his year, and put Naurz at th end of th.,n which fell upon a Wcdneaday, the lat Ehurd&dh-Mnh of that year, oomcidmg with the llth of Haz:rn. Thereupon he fixed Naurz in the

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Ctreek months for this purpose, that th months of Ax year should be intercalated at the same time whon the Ctreetd intercabte their years. The mm who was entrusted with carrying out his orders, was his Wazr 'Abu-al~asim 'Ubaid-aU&h ben SuMman ben Wahb. To this aubjeot th following verses of the astronomer 'Au ben YahyA refer "0 thou restorer of the untarnished glory, renovator of the shattered empire! Who hast again established among us the piUa.r of religion, after it had been tottering Thou hast surpassed aJl the kings like the foremost horse in a race. 10 How blessed ia tha.t Nimrz, whon thon has: eMned thanks beaides the reward (due to thee for it in heaven) By postponing NMr&z thou hast justly made prcde, what they bad postponed." On the same subject 'Ait ben TahyA says:Th day of thy NMrz is one and the same day, not liable to mo~M bMkward, AIwaya coinciding with the Ilth of ~Mrn." Now, although in bringing about thia measure much has been displayed, Naurz bas not thereby returned to that ingenuity place which it 20 occupied at the time when intercalation was still practised in the Persian empire. Fortheremianshadali-eadybeguntonegIecttheirinterMJation nearly seventy years before the death of Yazdajird. Because at th time of Yazdajird ben Shpr they had intercalated into their year two montha, one of them as the necessary compensation for that apace of time, by which the year had moved backward (it too short) The five Epagomene they put as a mark at the end of being this intercalary month, and the turn had just come to Ab~.Mah, as we shall explain hereafter. The second month they intercalated with regard to the future, that no other intercalation might be needed for a long period. 30 Now, if you subtract &Mn the sum of the years between Yazdajird ben SMpur and Yazdajird ben Shahryr 120 years, you get a remainder of not exaotly70 years, there is much nearly-but uncertainty and confusion in the Persian chronology. The Mt<< of these 70 years would amount to nearly 17 days. Therefore it would have been neceseary, if we calculate without mathematical accuracy, to postMne Naurz not 60, but 77 days, in order that it might coincide with the 28th of pMirm. The man who worked out this reform, was of opinion, that the Persian method of intercadation wassimilar to the Greek method. th. days since the extinction of their Therefore he computed empire. 40 Whdst in reality the matter is a different one. as we have aheadyexplained, and shall more fully expiain hereafter. This is the last of those eras that have become celebrated. But

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perhaps some other nations, whose countries are far distant from ours, hve eras of their own, whieh have not been handed down to 34. or suoh eras as are now obsolete. For instance, the Persians inposterity, p. the time of Zoroastrianism used to date successively by the years of the reign of each of their kings. When a king died, they dropped his era, and adopted that of his successor. The duration of the reigns of their kings we have stated in the tables wtnch will follow het-eafter. a second instance we mention EpOChs of the Anciemt Arabs.As the lahmaelite Araba. For they used to date from the construction of the Ea'ba by Abraham and IshmapI tiU the time when they were dispersed and left Tihma. Those who went away dated from the time of their exodua, whilat thoso who remained in the country dated from the time when the last party of the emigrants had left. But afterwards, after a long course of time, they dated from the year when the chieftain. ship devolved upon 'A.mr ben BaM'a, known by the name of 'Amr ben Yahya, who is said to have changed the religion of Abraham, to ha.ve brought from the city of Balka the idol Hubal, and to have himself made the idols'Isf amd Na'Na. This is said to have happened at the time of Shapur Dh-at'akt&f. This synchronism, however, is not borne out by the comparison of the chronological theories of both sides (Arabs and Persiams). Afterwajdsthey dated from the death of Ka'b ben the Year T<-M!~M, which the BanA-YMbA' stote certain Lu'ayy-till which m garments some of the kings of Himyar sent to the Xa'ba, and when a general fighting among the people occurred at the time of the holy pilgrimage. Thereupon they dated fron' the Year of Treason till the Year of the Nephante, in which the Lord, when the Ethiopians were coming on with the intention of destroying the Ka'ba, brought down the consequences of their cunning enterprise upon their own necks, and annihilated them. Thereupon they dated from the era of the Hijra. Some Arabe uaed to date from famous accidents, and from celebrated days of battle, whieh they fought among themselves. As such epochs the Bann-~umish, eg. had the following ones 1. The day of A!mjar in the sacred month. 2. The day of the ConfederMy of AlfudM, in which th contracting parties bound themselves to assist aU those to whom wrong was done. Because the Banu-~uraish committed wrong and violence against eaeh other within the holy precinct of Makka. 3. The year of the death of Hisham ben Almughra AhnaHizm!, for the celebration of his memory. (4) The year of the reconstruction of the Ea'ba, by order of the Prophet Mu~mmDM~ The tnhes 'Aus and EhM~j uaed th foUowing da.y&M epochs 1. The day of Alf4A.

40 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

ALBRN. The day of Aha,M*. Tht) duy uf Alru!.mb)).. The day of Alaaj&ra. The day of Dhis and Gha.bra. The day of Bughath. The day of Ha{ib. The day of Mt~m and Mu'a.bbia.

Among the tribes Bakr and Taghlib, the two sons of W&'il, the foUowing cpochs were used 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The day of 'Unaiza. Theda.yofAlhmw. The day of TahM~-aJIimam. The day of AUmsMb&t. The day of AJfa?M. 10

These and other "tocu-ys" were used as epocha among the different tribes and chns of the Arabs. Their naanes refer to the places where they were fought, and to their causes. If, now, these eras were kept in the proper order in which chronological subjects are to be treated, we should do with them the Mme that we intend to do with all the other subjects connected with eras. However, 20 people say that between the year of the death of Ka'b bpn .Lu'a.yy and the year of Treason there is an interval of 520 years, and between the year of Treason and tne year of the Elephants an interval of 110 yea~a. The Prophet wM born 50 years a~er th invasion of the Ethiopians, and between his birth and the yea.r of Alfijr there were 20 years. At 1 wM p. 35. this battle the Prophet waa present, M he has said himself present on the day of Ainjr. Then 1 shot a.t my uncles." Between the day of Alfijr and the reconstruction of the Ea.'ha. there are 15 years, and 5 years between the reconstruction of the Ka'ba and the time 30 when MuhMnmad was entrusted with bis divine mission. Likewise the Himyarites and the Ban Kaht&n used to date by the reigna of their Tubb&'s, as the Persiana by the reigns of their Eisras, and the Greeks by the reigns of their Caesajs. However, the rule of the Himyarites did not always proceed in complete order, and in their chronology there is much confusion. Notwithstanding, we ha.ve stated th duration of the reigns of their Mngs in our tables, as also those of the kings of the Ban-Lakhm, who inhabited Hra,, and were aettled there, and had made it their home. a similar way the people of KhwaChorasmian Antiqnities.In rizm proceeded. For thev dated from the beginning of the coloniza.tion 40 of their country, A. 980 before Alexander. Afterwards they adopted as the epoch of an era. the event of the coming of Siywush ben EMk&'s down to Khwarizm, and the rule of Eaikhusr, and of his

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descendants over the country, dating from the time whcn he immigra.ted and extendt'd his away over the empire of the Turks. This happened 92 years after the colonization of the country. At a later time they imitated the example of the Persians in dating by the years of the reign of each king of the line of Kajkhusr, who ruled over the country, and who was called by th title of NtaM~s. ThM went on down to the reign of frtgh, one of the kings of that family. Hia name was considered a bad omen like that of Yazdajird th Wicked, with the Persiana. His son succeeded him in the rule of 10 the country. He (Afrgh) built his castle behind Alfr, A. Alexandri 616. Now people began to date from him and his children (i.e. by the years of his reign and that of his descendants). This Alr waa a fortresa on the outsMrta of the city of Khwanzm, built of clay and tiles, consisting of three forts, one built within the other, and at: three being of equal height andbeing rising above the whole of it were tue royal palaces, very much like Ghumdan in Yaman at the time when it was the residence of the Tubba's. For this Ghumdn wae a castle in SMi'a, opposite the great mosque, founded upon a rock, of which people say that it was built by Sem ben Noah after the 20 Dluge. In the castle there is a. cistern, which he (Sem) had digged. Others think tha.t it wa.s a temple built by Al~ahhak for Venus. This Alfir was to be seen from the distance of 10 miles and more. It waa broken and ahatte'ed by tbo Oxus, and was swcpt away piece by pice every year, tiU th last remains of it had disappeared A. Alexandri 1305. Of this dynasty was reigning at th time wheu the Prophet was entrusted with his divine mission10. Arthamkh ben 9. Bzkr ben 30 8. Khamgr ben 7. Sbwuah ben 6. Sakhr ben 5. Azkjawr ben f 4. Aakajamk ben 8. Sa,khMM.): en b 2. Baghra ben 1. Mgh. When Kntaiba. ben Muslim had conquered XhwMm the second time a&er th inhabitants had rebelled, he constituted as their king14. Asbqamuk ben 40 13. AzkAja.wAr en b 12.Sa.brben ll.Sa.Hu-ben 10. Artha.mAkh,

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p. 36. and appointed him as their <SM&. t'he descendants of th Kisr&s lost the oNtM of the WaH" (the govetnorship), but they retained the office of the Shdh, it being hereditary among them. And they acoommo. dated thomselves to dating from the Hija Moordmg to the use of the Muslims. ~utaiba ben Mus!im had extinguished and ruined in every possible way all those who tmew how to write and to read the Khw&nzn~ writing, who knew the history of the country and who studied their sciences. In consequence thse things are involved in so much obscurity, that it is impossible to obtain an acourate knowledge of the hiatory of the 10 country since the time of MAm (not to speak of pM-MuhanmMdMt times). The WMy<t(governorship) remained afterwards alternately in the hands of this family and 9f others, till the time when they lost both ~Mytt (governorship) and Shahiyya (SMhdom), after the death of the martyr 28. 'Abu 'Abdallh Mnha.mmad ben 21. 'Ahmad ben 20. Muhammad ben 20 19. 'Ir~ ben 18. Ma~Ar ban 17. 'AbtMMh ben 16. Turkasbtha ben 16. Sh&wusMN'ben 14. Aekajamk ben 13. AzMja.w&r ben 12.Sa.br!ben ? 11. Sakhr ben 10. Arthamkh, in whose time, M 1 have attid, the Prophet was 80 entrusted with hie divine mission. Thia is ail 1 could McertMn regajdmg the celebrated er&s, to know them &U is imposedble for a hmnam being. Ctod helps to the nght nisicht.

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TBB DFFEMNT MNMN8 OF VAIUOUS NATIONS BEGABDINa THE KNO CAM.BDDBO-ALKABNAINI BICOBNUTUS. OB WB must expkin in a separate chapter what think of th beMer of thia name, of DhA-~amMni, for the people subject interrupts, in this part of the course of our exposition, the order in which our chronology would have to proceed. New it hM been said, that the atory about Mm as contained in th Koran MweD-Jmown and intelligible to everybody who re~da th veMea 10 spee~Uy devoted to his hiatory. The pith and marrow of it is this, that he was a good ~d powerful man, whom God ha.d gifted with extht. and power, and whose plans he had crowned with ordiMryauthonty both in eMt md west he conquered cities, subdued countries, reduced his subjeets to submission, and united the whole empire under his single away. He is gener~Iy assumed to have entred the darkness in the north, to have seen the remoteat frontieM of th mha.bitaMe world, to have fought both against mon and demona, to have passed between Qog Nid Magog, ao M to eut off their eommunl~tion, to have marched ont towarda the countries adjoining their territory in th eMt 20 and north, t<, have re~med and repelled their mischievoua mroads by me~M of a wall, construeted in a mountain-pasa, whence they u~d to It waa built of iron-Mocb joined pour forth. by molten bMM, M is atill now the prMtice of MtMams. When Alexander, the son of Philip, Ionian, meanmg the Greek) had united under his sw~y th Greek empire (? the empire of the Romans), which had P~o~y consisted of single prin. i..a? againat th princea of th west, overpo~ng~d subduing them, going as f~ as the C.~ S~. TheT.up.n he retumed to Egypt, where he founded Alesandria, giving it hia own name. Then 30 he marched towards Syria ~d th L~Ute. of the country, went down

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to Jrusalem, sacrinced in ita temple and made o&ringa. Thenee he turned to Armemia. and B&b-at'abw&b, and passed even beyond it. The Copte, BerbeM, and HebMwa obeyed him. Then ha marohed against Dd, the son of D&r&,m order to take revenge for atl th wronge whieh Syria had auSered at the bande of Buthtamassar (Nebuhtdmezzar) and the Babylonians. He fought with him and put him to night several times, and in one of those hattles D&r& was killed by the chief of hie body-guM-d, called NaujuahanM ben dhM'baUit, whereupoD Alexander took possession of the Persian empire. Then he went to India amd China, making war upon the most distant nations, and snbdnmg a.Uthe tract <of country through which he passed. Thenee he returned to Khnr.u, conquered it, and built several tomis. On retnming to 'Ira~ he became ill in ShahrazAr, and died. In aJl his enterprises he acted under the gnidance of philosophical principles, and in aJl hie plans he took the ttdvice of his teaoher, Aristotle. Now, on Mcount of an thia he has been thought to be Dh-aJtfH'naini, or Bicornutue. As to the interpretation of thia surname, people say ho was called so because he reaehed the two "Ao~M" of the aun, ~e. hie rising and setting places, just as Ardaahr Bammamwas called Longimamus, beca.use hia command was omnipotent, wherever he liked, as if he had only to stretch out his hamd in order to set things right. According to others he was called ao because he descended from two different generations (M. borne) t.e. the Greeke amd Pemiams. And on thia <ubject they hs.Te adopted the vagoe opiniona whieh th 1'eraiama have devised in a hostile spirit, OM.tha.t DarA the Grea.t had married hia mother, a daughter of Ning Philip, but ahe had an o&naive odour, which he could not endure, and so he sent her back to her father, ahe being pregnamt that he waa caNed a son of Philip, simply because the latter had educated him. Thia story of theire they try to prove by th tact, tha.t Alexander, when he reached Dr, who was expiring, put hia head on his lap and spoke to him 0 my brother.teU me, who did thia to you, tha.t 1 may take revenge for you ? But Alexander ao addressed him only because he wanted to be kind towatda him, and to represent him (Dara) amd himself as brethren, it being impossible to address him as king, or to call him by Ma name, both of which would have betrayed a high degree of rudenesa unbeoomimg a king. On Real and Forged Pedigrees.However, enemies are always ea.ger to revile the parentage of people, to detract from their reputa~on, and to attack their deeda and merite, in the same way as friende amd partisamsaMeagertoembeUiahthatwhMtiaugly.toeoveruptheweat parts, to proelaim publicly tha.t which ia noble, and to refer everything to great virtues, as the poet describea them in these worda The eye of benevolence ia blind to every &mlt, But the eye of hatred diacovera every vice."

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Obstmacy in this direction frequently leada people to invent laudatory stories, and to forge gene&togies which go back to glorious ancestors, as p. 38. hM been dme, eg. for Ibr 'AMalrazz~ AJts!, wheD he got made for MmsoK a genealogy ont of the SMhBama., whieh makes him descend from Mmshethr, amd alao for the house of Buwaihi. For 'Ah-'Isha~ 'IbrMm ben HiMl Alsabt, in hia book called Altdj (the crown), makes Buwaihi descend from Ba,hram Gr by the foUowing !ine of a.ncestora I. BuwMhi. Fam&Htuar&. 10 Thamn. KM. V. SMrzaJDmor. Shtrk&dha. ShtrzM senior. ShMnaMh. Shirfa.na.. X. SMMtamsMh. Sas&n~hm*ra. SMza.

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XTV. Bahrm Ct&rthe king. 'Ab-Muhammad AIhMfm ben 'AK ben Nn in his epitome of the hiatory of the Buwaihides, says thatI. Buwaihi was the son of FamHinsra, th son of Thamn. Then some people continueThamAn, the son of X&M, the son of 30 V. Shtrzl junior; whilat others drop Kh. Then they continneShtzN seaior, the son of Shtrnshh, th son of SMr&uiit, the son of SMannsh&h, th son of X. SaaamHmntb, the son of Shz! the son of SMam&dhM,the son of 40 XIIL Bahrm. Further, people disagree regarding this Bahram. Those who give the Buwaihidea a Persia.n engin, contend that he was Bahrm Ctr, amd continue the ennmet&tion of hie ancestors (down to the origin of the

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whilst others who give them an Arabie origin, say that family S&s&n), hewas Bahr&mben Al~&~&h ben Al'&bya<)bon Mu'&wiya ben AId~jMn ben B&mlben Dabba ben 'IJdd.

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Others, again, mention among the series of ancestorsLahA ben Aldailom ben Bsil, and maintain that from this BMne his son L&y&hajderived bis name. He, however, who coMtdeM what 1 have laid down at the beginning of this book, as the conditio <Mtegt<~ ?<)? for the knowledge of the Jproper mean between dispamgement and exaggeration, and the necessity of the greatest carefnlneas for everybody who wa,nta to give a fair jndpnent, will be aware of the fact, that the &f,t member of this family 20 who became celebrated was Buwaihi ben Fankhusra. And it is not at all known that those tribes were particularly cMefol in presprving and contjnning their genealogicaJ traditions, nor that they knew anything lib this of the family Buwaihi, before they came mto power. It very ra.rely happens tha.t genealogies are preserved without any interruption during a long period of time. In such cases the only possible way of dietinguishing a just claim to some noble descent from a false one is the agreement of ail, and the assent of the whole generation in question regarding tha.t subject. An inatance of this is the lord of mankind, 30 I. Mnhfunmttd, for he is the son of 'AM-an&h ben 'Abd-ahnuttaJib ben Hshun ben V.'AM-Ma.nMben j~usa.yyben EI&bben Mm'a.ben :BM)ben X.im'Mryben 40 GhMb ben Fihr ben jMM&bm AIna~rben

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XV. Emana ben Khuzaima ben Mudrika ben 'Dys ben Mn~arben XX.Niz&rben Ma,'add ben XXU. 'Adn&n. Nobody in the world doubts this lineage of ancestore, M they do not 10 doubt either, that he descends from Ishmael, the son of Abraham. The p. 39. ancestry beyond Abraham ia to be found in the Thora~ However, regarding thc link of parentage hetween 'Adnan and Ishmael there is a conaideratle divergence o~ opinions, inasmuch sa some people consider as the father the person whom others take for the son, and vice ce!-M, and as they add considerably in some places, and leave ont in others. Further as to our master, the commander, the prince, tbe gloriousand victorious, the henefactor, Shams-a.hna'aM, may God give him a long Hie, not one of hie frienda, whom may God help, nor any of hia opponents, whom may God desert, denies his noble and ancient descent, 20 well establiabed on both aides, although his pedigree back to the origin of Ide princely family bas not been preserved without any interruption. On the one side he descends from Ward&nahh, whose nobility is weU.htown throughout OhNn; and this prince had a son, besides the prince, the martyr Mardawj. People say, that th son of Wardanshh obeyed the orders of 'Asfar ben Shrawaihi, and that it was he, who snggested to him (his brother Mardwj) the idea of delivering the people from the tyranny and oppression of 'Asfr. On the other Bide he descends from the kings of Mdia, called the lapahbads of Khurasan and the Farbhw&rjarshaMs. And it bas never been denied /~&~ 80 that those among them, who belonged to the royal house of Persia, claimed to have a pedigree which unites them and the Esrs into one family. For Ma uncle is the Ispahbad I. Rustam ben (~j~ben Bnstamben ~arim ben V. Shahryrben C)t})*ben Bart~&b ben 40 ~ben Shprben X. Haysben XI. ~nMdh, who was the father of Anshrwan. May God give to our master the empire from east and west over aU

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the parts of the world, as he has assignedhim a noble origin on both sides. God's is the power to do it, and ail good cornefrom him. The same applies to the kings of Xhur&san. For nobody contesta th fact, that the first of this dynaatyI. 'Ism&'il was the son of 'Ahmad ben 'Asad ben Smn-khudh ben V. ~*e-'<- ben 10 ~~<~ ben ben j~ BahrSm Sh&bn ben IX. Bahr&m Jnsh&na.a, the commander of the marches of Adharbaij&n. The same applies further to the origine Shhs of Khwrizm, who belonged to the royal house (of Persia.), and to the Sh&hs of Shirwn, because it ia believed by common consent, that they are descendants of the Eisrs, although their pedigree bas not been preserved uninterruptedly. The fact that claims to some noble lineage, and aiso to other matters, are just and well founded, always becomes known somehow or other, 20 even if people try to conceal it, being like musk, whieh apreads its odour, if people although it be hidden. Under such circumstamces, therefore, want to settle their genealogy, it is not necessary to spend money and to make prsents, as 'Ubidd-aJIh ben Alhasan ben 'Ahmad ben 'Abdallh ben Maimn A~addh oid to'the gneatogists among the party of the a p. 40. Alides, when they declared his claim of descent from them to be lie, at the time when he came forward in Maghrib naUy he succeeded in contenting them and in maldng them silent. Notwjthsta.nding thetruth is well known to the atudent, although the fabricated tale has been far to suppress 30 spread, and although his descendants are powerful enough is 'Abany contradiction. That one of them, who reigns in our time, 'AM ben Nizr ben Ma'add ben 'Ism'll ben Muhammad ben 'Ubaidallh the usurper. 1 have enlarged on this subject only in order to show how partial people are to those whom they like, and how hostile towards those whom they hate, so that frequently their exaggeration in eithe" direction leads to the discovery cf their infamous designs. That Alexander was th son of Philip is a fact, too vident to be concealed. Hia pedigree is stated by the most celebra.ted genealogists in this way I. ~~t Philip, t~ Herms,

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X. tu~~*}) Bmiya. Byzantium. bjt Jet~ TheopMI. Rome. ,}) XV. ~.S~ Al'a~fa.r. EIi&tz. ,~<)< Esau. Isa&k. Ct<t~< XIX. )<e~)<~ Abraham.

According to another tradition Dh-a.lkamaini was a mam, called u-~H, who ma.rehed against Samu-us, one of the kings of Babel, fought with him, made him a prisoner and killed him; then he stripped off the skin of his head together with his hair and his two curls, got it 20 tanned, and used it as a crown. Therefore, he was called Dhu-a~kajna.im (Bicomutus). According to another version he is identical with Almundhir ben Ma-aJsa.m&,ie. Almundhir ben Iinru'ulkais. Altogether the moat curious opinions are afloat regarding the bearer ot thN ttajtie, that, e. his mother WM a. ~mon~ whieh is likewtse believed of Bil)ts, for people say tha.t her mother waa a dmon, amd of If 1 'AbdalMh ben Hill the juggler, for he was thought to be the devil's son-in-law, being married to his daughter. Such and simiLu- ridiculous stories people produce, and they a.re far known. It is related, that 'Umar ben Alkha.tfitb, when he heard one 30 enteringinto a profound discussion on Dhn-&I~aj'naini, M.id, day people W~sit not enough for you, to plunge into the stories on human beings, tha.t you muet paas into another field and draw the ajtgels into the discussion Some say, as Ibn Duraid mentions in hia &'M&m'))MA, that Dha~a.maini was AIsa.'b ben Alha.mmai Alhimya~, whiist others take him for 'Ab.kajib Shammar Yur'ish ben 'IMMs Alhimyaj:, and believe tha.t he was called so en account of two curts which hung down his ehoulders, tha.t he reacched tho ea~t and west of the earth, upon and tN.versed its north and south, that he subdued the countries, and reduced the people to complete aubjection. It is this prince about whom 40 one of the princes of Yaman, 'As'ad ben 'Ami- ben Ba.bt'a. bep MMik ben ~ubajh ben 'AbdaJIah ben Zaid ben Yusu' ben Yun'Im All.lnyar boasts in hie poems, in which he sa.va DM.aJka.maJm was before me, a true believer, an exalted king on p. 41. th earth, never subject to anybody. 4

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He went to th countries of the eMt and wcst, always seeking imprial power from a libral and bountiful (Lord). Then he saw the setting-place of the sun, at the time when hesets in th woll of fovor-water and of badly smelling mud. Before him there was Bilk!a, my aunt, until her empire came to an end by the hoopoo." Now it seema to me that of aU these versions the last is th true one, becanse the princes, whose names begin with the word Dh, occur only in the history of Yaman and nowhere eise Their names are always a compound, the first part of which is the wom Dh, e.g., Dh&.alman&r, Dh-aJ'adh'r, Ph-alahan&tir, DhA-Nuws, Dh-Jadaji, Dh-Tazan, and others. Besides, the traditions regardimg this Yaman prince, Dh&al~.a.nM.ini, resemble very much that which is related of him in the Koran. As to the rampart which he constmcted between the two watls, it must be stated that the wording of th Ecran does not indicate its We learn, however, from the geographical geographical situation. ttworks, as Jt~-<~y<t and the .ZitMe!-<M-Mt books called JM<M~t& (the i.e. ttMMn~tit:, Itinera et regna), that this nation, CM.Yjj and M&jj are a triba of the eastern Turks, who live in the most southern parts of the 5th and 6th )cA~aT<t. Besides, Muhammad ben Jarr Altabari relates in his chronicle, that th prince of dharbaijan, at the time when the country was conquered, had sent a man to nnd the rampart, from the direction of the country of the Khazars, that this man saw th rampart, and described it as a. very lofty Ybuilding of dark colour, situat&d behind a moat of solid strueturc a&d impregnable. 'AbdaUsh ben 'Abdallh ben Ehurd&dhbih relates, on theauthori~ of the dragoman at the court of the Xhalif, that Almu'tasim dreamt one night, that this rampart had been opened (rendered accessible). Therefore he sent out fifty men to inspect it. They set out from the road which leads to B&b-al'abwab, and to the countries of the Ln and Khazar nnally they arrived at the rampart, and found that it was constructed of iron tiles, joined together by molten brass, and with a bolted gate. Its garrison consisted of people of the neighbouring countries. Then they returned, and the guide led them out into the district opposite Samarkand. From these two reports, it is evident that the rampart must be situated in the north-west quarter of th inhabitable earth. However, especially in this latter report, there ia something whieh renders ita authenticity doubtful, oM!.the description of the inhabitants of that country, that they are Muslims and speak Arabie, although they are without the slightest connection with the civilized world, from which th-v are separated by a black, badly smelling country of the extent of many days' travelling further, that they were totally ignorant as to both Ehalif and the Ehalifate. Whilet we know of no other Musiim nation which is separated from the territory of Islam, except th

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Bulghr and the SawAr, who live towards the end of the civilized world, in the most northern part of the 7th tA~tft. And these people do not make the lea~t mention of auch a rampart, and they are well aequainted with the Ehali&te and the Khalifs, in whose name they read even the p. 42. Ji'7<!t~<t;they do not spea.& Arabie, but a language of their own, a mixture of Tur)ash and Xha.zar. If, therefore, this report rests on testimonies of this sort, we do not wish to investigate thereby the truth of th subject. This is what I wished to propound regarding Dh&-&~aTnMni. AU&h 10 knows best!1

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CHAPTER V.
ON THE NATUREOF THE MONTtM WHICHARE USBBIN THE PRECEDING EBA8. HBBETOMM!1 have mentioned atrea~y that every nation uaes a. special era of ita own. And in the same degree M they differ in the use of th eraa, they differ regarding the beginning of th monthe, regarding th number of days of each of them, amd the rea~ona assigned therefor. Of this subject, 1 mention what I have learnt, and do not a.ttempttoand eut what 1 do mot know for certain, a.md regarding which I have no information from a trustworthy peraon. And amt we give the montha 10 of the PeMiama. Months Of the PersmMThe number of the months of one year is twelve, M God has said in his book (Stra. ix. 36) With Qod th number of the montha waa twelve montha, in the book of od, on the day when &od created the heaveNB amd the earth." On thia subject there ia no diSerenee of opinion between the nations, except in the leapyears. So the Peraiama have twelve months of the foUowing namea F~wardin Mh. Mihr Mh. AjdtbahiahtM&h. bn Mh. Bmrddh Mah. dhaj Mh. 20 T!rM&h. DaiM&h. MtB-dMh Mah. Bahmm Mh. Shalu~waj Mh. Is&md&mtadh Mh. 1 have heard the geometrician 'Ab& Sa.'id 'Ahma.d ben Muhammad ben 'Abd-a.tjaMt Ataijz rela.ting of the ancient inha.bitamta of tha.t they called these months by other namea and commenced Sijiat&n, likewise with Faj-wardn Mh. The names are these-

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xn. ~L. Every one ot the Persian monthe has 30 days, and to ea.ch day of a p. 43. month they give a spcial name in their language. Thom are th namesI. Hurmuz. Bahman. ArdibaMsht. Shahrwar. Isfandrmadh. VI. Khurddh. Murddh. Dai-ba-dhar. dhaj. bn. XI. Ehr. Mh. Tir. (Mah. DM-ba-mihr. XVI. Mihr. Srsh. Rashn. FMwajdn. Bahrm. XXI. Bm. Bdh. DM-bft-dm. Din. Ard. XXVI. Ashtdh. Asman. Zamydh. M&rM&nd. An!]'&n.

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There ia no difference among the Persians M to the names of thse days; they are the Mme for every month, and they foUow in the samo 20 order. Only the days Hurmuz and Antrn are c~Ued by some, the former Farrukh, the latter JBttThe sum total of the days ia 360, whilst, aa we have already observed heretofore, the real year (t.e. the mean Miaj or tropical year) hM 365i days. Those additional five days they called ~nt): (P<~t) and ~<t<&n-~ambizedAt&[~~ they are ajso called ~M<Mf~<t amd~MtM<a~<t (t.e. ~Mt K<M-t~at<M), account of their not on reckoned as part of any one of th months. They added them being between bn Mh and Adhar Mh, and gave them names, which are different from those of the days of each month. These names 1 never read in two books, 30 nor heard them from two men, in the same way they are theseI. <~M&~ Il. 6~~ in. IV. e~.M~ y.t. Jn another book 1 found them in the foUowing form I. J~ Il. j~t m jy y M-<<& Th author of the ~c!6.<~&~a, Aln'ib Al&muH givea them thse namesni.i.t iv. j~~ n.~ v.p.~ ZMawMhi ben ShahawMhi in his book on the causes of the festivab of the Persiama, menions them in thia fonn L~ LM~t~t IV.O't~~ n.e~~ m. V.(j,U).~4~t <~t 1

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1 myself heard 'Ab-alfaraj ben 'Ahmad bon Khalaf AIzamjnn! say that the Mobad in SMra!! had dictated them to him in this formI. tM~ n. t~M.< ni. t~itJ~~ IV. )~~ V. t~t~ And lastly, 1 have heard them from the geometrioiam 'Ab-aJhasam AdharHmra, the son of Tazdanl:hass, in this formI. II. J~ IH. (~ IV. ~M~ (Ahunavaiti.) (Ustavaiti.) (Spent&mainyu.) (Vohukhshathra.) V. ~A, (Vahist6isti.) fi The aum total of their days, therefore, was 365. The quarter of a 10 day (beyond the 365 days) they neglected in their computation, till thse quarters of a day had summed up to the days of one complte month, which happened in 120 years. Then they added this month to the other months of the year, ao that the number of ita montha became thirteen. Thia month they called ~MMC: (intercaJary month). And the daya of thia additional month they called by the same names as those of the other months. In this mode th Persiana proceeded tiU the time when both their empire and their religion periahed. Afterwarda the day-quarters were neglected, and the years were no longer intercalated with them, and, 20 therefore, they did not return to their original condition, and remained The considerably behind the fixed points of time (!e. real time). reason was this that intercalation was an affair settted under the special patronage of their kings at a meeting of the mathematiciams, literary celebrities, historiographers, and chroniclers, priests, and judgea,on the baaia of an agreement of fUI those regarding the correctnesa of the calculation, after aU the persons I have mentioned had been aummoned to the royal court from a.U parts of the empire, and after they had held conncilB in order to come to an agreement. On this occasion money was spent profusely to such ajt extent, that a man who made a low estima.te 30 said, the cost had sometimes amounted to one million of denajs. This same day waa observed as the most important and the most glorious of ail festivals; it was called the ~M< of 7tt<erc<t!<M?t, on that day the and king used to remit the taxes to his subjeets. The reason why they did not add th quarter of a day every fourth year as one complete day to one of the months or to the Epagomenea, was this, that according to their views, not the days, but only the months are liable to beingimtcrcaJa.tcd,boca.u8cthoy had an a.veraiontoinoreasing the number of the days; this was impossible by reason of the prescription of th law regarding the days on which atm~ntM (whispering 40 prayer) must be said, if it is to be valid. If the number of days be increased by an additional day (the order of the days of <KNtM<tma according to the law, is distorbed). < It was a rule that on eaeh day aTpecial sort of odoriferous plants and p. 45.

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nowers was put before the .E~t-M, and ljkewise a spcial drinit, in a well regulated order, regarding which there was no difference of opinion. The reason why they put the Bpagomen at the end of b&n Mh, between thia month and dhar Mh pa<Ma). The Persiana believe that the beginning of their year was fixed by the creation of the first man, and that thia took place on the day Hunuuz of Farwardtn Mh, whiist the sun stood in th point of the vernal equinox in the middle of heaven. This occurred at the beginning of the seventh nuUenium, according to their view of the millennia of the worid. The astrologers hold similar opinions, ci'i!. that Cancer M the horoscope of the world. For in the first cycle of Sindhind the sun stands in the beginning of Ariea above th middle between the two ends of the inhabitable world. In that case, Cancer is the horoscope, which sign according to their tenets, as we have mentioned, signifies the commencement of rotation and growth. Others say, that Cancer was caHed th horoscope ofthe world, because of all thc zodiacal signs, it stands nearest to the zenith of the inhabitable world, and because in the same sign is the ~')/t of Jupiter, which is a star of mpd<')'<tfe N<t<Mfeand as no growth is possible, except when ))t0(!e)'<t<e acts upon moist substances, it (i.e. Cancer) is fit to heat be the horoscope of the growth of the world. According to a third view, Cancer was called so,becausebyits creation the creation of the four elements became complete, and by their becoming complete aJl growth became complete. And other comparisons besides of a similar kind are brought forward by the astrologers. Further, people relate When Zoroaster arose and intercalated the years with the months, which up to that time had summed up from the day-quarters, time returned to its original condition. Then he ordered people in ail future times to do with the day-quarters the aame as he had done, and they obeyed hia conunaud. They did not call the intercalary month by a spcial name, nor did they repeat the name of another month, but they kept it simply in memory from one turn to another. Being, however, afraid that there might arise uncertainty a8 to the place, where the intercalary month would have again to be inserted, they transferred th five Epagomence and put them at the end of that month, to which the turn of intercalation had proceeded on the last occasion of intercalating. And as this subject was of great importance and of gnral use to high and low, to the king and to the subjects, and as it is required to be treated with knowledge, and to be carried out in <'onformity with nature (i.e. with real timc), they Tscd to postponc intorcalatiom, when its time happened to occur at a period when th condition of the empire was disturbed by calamities; then they neglected

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mt~c~tiou ao long, until th day-quarters sununed up t.o two months. Or, on th other hand, they antioipated intercalating tha year at once by two montha, when theyexpectedth~t .t the time of the next comme MtercatatMn arcumstMices would distKM-t their itttentMm thorefrom, as it hM been done in the time of Yazdajird ben S&bur, for no other motive but that of precaution. That was the last intercalation which they carried out, under the superintendence of DMt&r, Alhizi. HizAr waa an estate in the district of I~hhr caUedYMd~jird in F&M,frum which ho received hM name. In that intercahtion the turn had come to Aban Mah; therefore, the EpagomeM were added at its end, and 10 there they have remained ever since on account of their neglecting intercalation. Months f th SogdiaMNow 1 shall mention th months of the Ma.gmM of Transoxiana, the people of Khwrizm and of Their months have the same nimber, and the same number Sughd of days as those of the Persians. Onty between the beginning of the Persian and the Tranaoxanian montha there M a difference, becMM theTmnsoYaniMM p. 46. append the five Ep~gomeme to the end of their year, and commence the the 6th day of the PeMian month yeM~fh So the beginning of th months ia different until Farwardn, Khurd&dhroz dhar Mh a&erw~da 20 they have the same beginnings. Thse are the namos of the months of the Sughdians. L J~ of 30 daya. VIL j~ of 30 daya. < ~~< <~ .~L~.
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Some people add a Jim (e) at the end of (~ and and p~noirnoe and s~ they add a Nm and a J{m (~) at the end of 30 and U~ and pronomioe ~-< and They call each day by a. ae ia the enatom with the PersiMM. TheM Me the Dames apecial name, of the thirty daysl. 2.j~. 8.M4..j,jAM. 5. A~tt
6.~ 7. J~* &M~J 9.

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Some people give the dayj!j<. the name j~. The names of the five Epagomen are the fotlowing n. QA~ ni. (~~ IV. Q.M) V. (~-e<~ I. M!A~. p. 4?. Regarding theae nMnes the same difference exists among th Sugh. difms as among the Persians. They are &t6ocalled by th foUowing NMNeS: I. n. m. iv. ~e~* v- '})~ These five days they add at the end of the last month The SugMjam system of interc~ia.tioN agrted with the pmetice of the 10 Persians, M aJso did their neglecting interealittion. The reason why there arose a difference between the beginnings of the Sughdian and the Persian years 1 shall describe hereafter. Months of th ChorMmians.The Khwanzmians, although ii, branch of th grea.t tree of the Persian nation, imitated the Sughdians M to the beginning of the year and the place where they add the Epagomena). These are the namea of thcir months-

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the end of the month lapandarmaj, with the Mme name by which they begin the daya of the month; the second day they call Azmtn, th third Ardawasht, and ao on till the nfth day Ispandarmaj!. Then they retnrm and commence anew with the first day ~*t~, the lat of the month Nwas&rj. They do not use or even know spcial names for the Epagomenm, but 1 bolieve that this fact simply arises from the same confusion, regarding thse namea, which prevails among the Peraiana and Sughdians. For after ~utaiba ben Muslim Albhil! had killed their learned mon and priests, amd had bumed their books and writinga, they became entirely illiterate (forgot writing and reading), and relied in every knowledge or science which they required solely upon memory. Ymth long coum of time they forgot tha.t on which there had been a divergence of opinion, and kept by memory only that which had been generally agreed upon. But Allah knows best As to the three identjcal namea of daya (the 8ih, 15th, and 33rd, D<ttin Persian, D<M< Sughdian, ~)s< in Khwarizmian), the Peraians in refer them to the following, amd compound them with these, saying and and J)at-6<t-/f<!<M, J)<[t-&<t-JMH)', J)<tt-6<t-Dm. Of the Sughdians and EhwarizmiaM some do the same, and others connect the words in their language for "th first, the second, the third," with each of them. In the early times of their empire the Peraiana did not use the week. For, first, it was in use among the nations of the west, and more particularly among the people of Syria and the neighbouring countries, because there the prophets appeared and made people acquainted with th fmt week, and that in it tho world had been croated, in conformity with the beginning of the Thora. From these the use of the week spread to the other nations. The pure Arabians adopted the week in consequence of p. 49. the vicinity of their country to that of the Syriana. We have mot heard that anybody bas imitated the example of the Persians, Sughdiana, and EhwrizmiMM, and bas adopted their usage (of giving spcial names to the thirty days of the month, instead of dividing them into weeks), except the Copta, t.e. the ancient inhabitants of Egypt. For they, as we have mentioned, used the names of the thirty days till the time when Augustus, the son of Qajus, ruled over them. He wanted to induce them to intercalate the years, that they might always agree with the Greeks and th people of Alexandia. Into this subject, however, it would be mecessary k inquire more cloaely. Atthat time precisely five years were wanting till tht end of the grt intercalation period. Therefore, he wai ~d till five yeara of hie rule had elapsed, a.nd then he ordered people to intercalate one day in the montha in every fourth year, in the same way as the Greeks do. Thereupon they dropped th use of the namea of the single daya, because, as people say, thoae who used and knew them would have required to invent a name for the intercalary day. They (the names of the daya of the month) have not been handed down to posterity.

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Months of the EgyptianS.The tnoBtha

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20 people agree; in some books, however, these names a.re found in forma somewha.t different from those we have mentioned. which means "Se The five additional days they call, 'E~ntyo~eMM, MMoN ttMM:<&they are appended at the end of MeMn, and at the m,me place the imtercaJary day is added, in which case the Epa.gomen are six days. The lea.p-yeM they call ~~<, which meams the s~ P- 60. AlamuM relates Nonths of the People of the West.Ah-al'a.bMa in his JHMt-<Mm'~<t!At6!<t,hat the Weatet~ people (of Spaam?) use t months, the beginnings of which agree with those of the Coptic months. They call them by the foUowing Tm.mes 30 1. May Jme My Augnft September October 30da,ys. 80 M 30 30 M 30 30 VU. November December January February March April 30 da.ys. 30 30 30 80 M M

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The aum of the days of their yea,Tis 365, amd aa in &Ufour yeara the four quarters of a day are summed up, they append it as one complete day to the month February, so that this month hM in every fourth year 29 days. He who first induced people to intercalate the yeara waa Julius, called Dictator, who ruled over them in bygone times, long before Moses. He gave them the montha with auch a distribution (of He induced the days), and with aueh names as we have mentioned. them to intercalate the da.y-quMtera into them (th months) in every 1461st year, when the day-quarters had summed np to one complete year. So that (this intercalation) preserved these (the months, keeping them in agreement with real time). This interoaiation they called the a "great (MM," fter they had called the intercalation, which takea place one." This sma,ll intercalation, however, every four years, the <m<tB they did not introdnce until a long period had elapaed after the dea.th of the king (Julius Ceesar). A ehajacteristic of their system is the division of the days of the montha into weeka, for reMona which we have mentioned before. The author of the X!<at-m<t')iA<!JA-<t!m<twa~ (method for th dducp. 51. tion of certain times and dates) thinks tha.t the Greeks and other nations, who are in the habit of interc&la.ting the (&ty-KtWef, had fixed the sun's entering Aries upon the beginning of April, which corresponds to the Syriam Ntsn, M the beginning of their era. And we confess tha.t in his account he comes pretty near the truth. For astronomical observation bas taught that the fraction which follows the (365) days of the solar year, is less than one complte qnarter of a day, and we onrselves have observed that the sun's entering the &rst part of Aries precedes the beginning of Nsn. Therefore that which he mentions is possible, and even likely. Further on he says, speaking of the Greeks, that "they, on perceiving that the beginning of their year had changed its place, had recourse to tho yeara of the Indians that they then intercalated into their year the difference between the two years (viz., the Greek year and the solar year), and that in consequence the sun's entering the nrat part of Aries again took place at the beginning of Nsan. If we on our side do the same, N!a&n returns to its original place." He bas tried to give an example, but bas not mnished it, being incapable of doing so. On this occasion ho has shown his ignorance, as he, in his account of the Greeks, bas aiso rendered it evident that he is inimical to the Greeks, and partial to others. The tact is, that according to the Indian fystem he has converted the difference betwccn thc Grcok year and the solar year into fractions, putting it down as 729 seconds. Then he changes aiso the day

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into seconds, and divides them by that difference. So he gets 118 years 6 months and 6~ days. This would be the space of time in which the calendar would necessitate the intercalation of one complete day, on account of this pins-diffrence. Further, he says, Now, if we intercalate the past years of the Greek era," which were at his time 1,225 years, th sun's entering the nrst part of Aries again takes place at the beginning of Nsan." But he bas dropped his example, and has not intercalated th yeai-s. If ho had done su, his conclusions would have led to the contrary of what he saya aad maintains, and the beginning of would come near the sun's entering the first part of Taurus. For 10 NS&H that date, which he wanted to treat as an example, would necessitate the intercalation of 10~ days. Now the Greek year being too short (according to him), the beginning of N!sn precedes the snn's entering the first part of Aries, and the time which it would he necessary to intercalate (po~K) !'<t<e)'c<~<t)t<&t), have to be added to the Mt of would Nisn, so as to proceed as far as to the lOth of it. Now 1 should like to know which equinox this man, who ia so partial to the Indians, meant. For the vernal equinox took place according to their System at that time six or seven days before the firat of Nsn. 1 20 should further like to know at what time the Gres did what he relates of them. For they are so deeply imbued with, and so clever in geometry and astronomy, and they adhere so strictly to logical arguments, that they are far from having recourse to the theories of those who derive the bases of their knowledgefrom divine inspiration, when their artifices desert them and they are required to corne forward with an argument not to mention the sciences of philosophy and theology, physies and p. 52 arts, cultivated among the Greeks. However, everybody acts according to his own mode, and each cuuununity enjoys what they have got of their own." (Sura xvii. 86.) That man had not read the Ahnagest, and 30 had not compared it with the most famous book of the Indians, called the Ci~MOtt SMM&M. The difference between them must be evident to anybody in whom the slightest spark of sagacity is left. To something similar Hamza ben At~asan Alisfahn! has applied himself in his treatise on the Naurz, at th time when he was partial to the Persian mode of treating the solar year, because they reckoned it as 365 days and 6~~ hours, while the Gtreeks neglected in their intercala.tion the fraction following the six hours. As a proof he adduced that Muhanunad ben Ms ben Shakir, the astronomer, had explained this subject, and had enlarged on it m one of his books on the solar vea.r, 40 and that he had produced the arguments for it, and pointed out the errors of the ancients, who had held erroneous views in this respect. Now, we have examined the astronomical observations of Mohammad ben M&s, and of his brother 'Ahmad, and we have found that they prove only that these fractions are less than six hours. The booh. to which Alisfah&ni refers, is attributed to Thitbit ben Kurra., because lie

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was a~t'o/~e of those people, entirely mixed up with them, and because it was he who polished for them their scientinc work. He had collected the materials of this book with the object of explaining the fact of the solar years not being always equal to each other, on account of the motion of the apoge. With aU this he was compelled to assume equal circles, and equal motions along with theu* times, in order to derive thereby the mean motion of the sun. But he did not find equal circles, except those which moveinan excentric plane, described (w'z. the circles) round a point within it, which point is a~sumed exclusively for these cireles. And this circle, which waa sought for, extends the six hours by 10 additional fHMitions (t.e. its time of revolution is 365 days 6 hours+a as ~'<tc<tOM), t!a.mza. bas related. However, such a circle is not called a solar year, for the solar year is, as we have defined already, that one, in which ail natoral occurrences which are liable to growth and to decay return te their original condition. Hebrews and aD the Jews, who claim to be Jewish Nonths.Th related to Moses, ha.ve the following twelve months I. Nsan Jyr Swan Tammz bh Ell p. 53. of of of of of of 30 days. 29 30 29 30 29 VI. Tishr! Marheshw&n Eisiew Tbeth Shefat (Shebha.t) Adhr of of of of of of 30 days. 29 30 29 30 29

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The sum total of their days is 3S4, being identicaj with the number of days of the lunar year. If they simply used the lunar year as it is, the sum of the days of their year and the number of their months would be identieaJ. However, after having left Egypt for th desert AI-~h, after having ceased to be the slaves of the Egyptians, having been delivered from their oppression, and altogether separated from them, the Israelites reeeived the ordinances and the Ia.ws of God, 30 described in the second book of the Thora. And this event took place in the night of the 16th Ntsan e[<full moon and spf-Mt~time. They were ordered to observe this day, as it is said in the second book of the Thora (Exodus xii. 17,18) Te shall observe this day as an ordinance to your generations for ever on the fourteenth of the first month." By the "?<< m<w<~ th Lord does not mean Tishr, but N!san because in the same book he commands Moses and Aaron, that the month of passover should be the first of their months, and the beginning of the yeaj (Exodus xii. 2). Bemember the day when ye 40 Further, Moses spake unto the peopk came out from bondage. Therefore ye shall not eat leavened bread on this day ic that month when the trees blossom." In consequence, they were compelled to use the solar year and th lunar months the solar year in order that the 14th Nsn should fall in th beginning of spring,

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when the leaves of the trees and the blossoms of the fruit trees come forth'; the lunar months in order that, on the same day, the body of the moon should be lit up completely, standing in the sign of Libra.. And as the time in question would naturally advanee for a certain number of days (the aum of th days of twelve lunar months not being a complte yeaf), it waa necessary for the same reason to append to the other months those days, as soon as they made up one complete month. They added these days as a complete month, which thpy cn.))ed thf First ~<&<!r, whilst they called the original month of this name the 10 &co?t~ .~<!M)',because of its following immediately behind its namesake. The leap-year they called *J'Mf!t' (*1*)3~), which is to be derived from Jtfe'~6<'r< in Hobrew, !coBMH." For ce ~)-e~M)i< (JT13Mp), meajiing they compared the insertion of the supernumerary month into the yea.r, to a woman's bearing in her womb a foreign organism. According to another opinion, the First Adhr ia the original month, the name of which without any addition was used in the common year, and the Second Adhar is to be th leap-month, in order that it should have its place a.t the end of the year, for this reason, that according to the command of the Thora, Nsan was to bo the first of their months. 20 This, however, is not the case. That the Second Adhr is the original month, is evident from the fact, that its place and length, the number of its days, the fea.st- and fast.da.ys which occur in it, are not liable to any changes. And of ail these days nothing wha-tscever occurs in the First Adhr of a leap-year. Further, they make it a rule that, during the Second Adhr, the fnm should always stand in the aign of Pisces, whiist in the First Adh&r of a leap-year he must be in the sign of Amphora. Five Cycles.Now for the leap-years they wanted a certain principle p. 54. of arrangement as a help to facilitate their practical use. Therefore they looked out for cycles which were based upon solar years, consisting 30 of lunar months. Of those cycles they found the following Ye: I. The cycle of 8 years consiating of 99 months, of which there are 3 leap-months. n. The cycle of 19 years, called the ~fuM)' Cycle, consisting of 235 months, of which there are 7 leap-months. III. The cycle of 76 years, consisting of 940 months, of which there are 28 leap-months. IV. The cycle of 95 years, called the Middle Cycle, consisting of 1,176 months, of which there are 35 leap-months. V. The cycle of 532 yea.rs, called the Major Cycle, consisting of 6,580 months, of which there are 196 leap-months. Of these cycles they choose that one, the observation of which would be the easiest and simplest. Thia quality IN peculiar to the cycles of 8 and of 19 years, with this difference, however, that the Ja.tt.-r .me agn'es 1

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more elosdy with solar years. For this cycle contains, according to them, d,989 days 16y~~ hours. Those smaU particles of an hour they caU ~<t!a~ (t3''p?p), of which 1,080 make one hour. If, therefore, you have got minutes, t.e. the 60th parts of an hour, and you want to change them into ~alaka, you multiply them by 18, and you get the corresponding number of I~alaks. And if you want the converse operation, you multiply the number of I~ataks by 200, and you got a sum of thirds of an hour (t.e. the 60th parts of a second) thse fractions you can then raiae to wholea. Now, if we reduce thia cycle (of 19 yeara) to fractions and change it 10 into ~aJa~a, we got the following aum of HaJa~s 179,876,755, oxprossod in Indian ciphers. The aolar year is, according to them, 365 days 6~~ latter fraction is nearly identical with 990 Hala~s. reduce the solar year into ~aJa.ks, we get the sum ofhours long; this If we now aJso

9,467,190 tIaJata. If you finally divide by this number the number of the EMftks of the cycle of 19 yeara, you get as the quotient, 19aolar years, with a remainder p. 55. of 145 HaJa~B, which is nearly the 7th part of an hour and a fraction. If we perform the same operation with the cycle of 8 yeara containing 20 2,923 days 12 hours and 747 Hataks, we get as the sum of ittt Hala.ks the number76,777,867 If we divide this sum by the sum of the Halaks of the solar year, we get 8 solar yeajs, and a remainder of 1 day 13 hours and 387 HaJaks, which is nearly ~+~ (i.e. ~) hour. Hence it is evident that the cycle of 19 years cornes nearest to real time, and is the best of aU cycles which ha.ve been used. The other cycles are simply composed cf duplications of the cycle of 19 years. Therefore the Jews preferred this cycle, and regulated thereby inter- 80 calation. Th three Ordines Intercalatiomis.Now, although they agreed on the quality of the year as to the order of intercalation in the J~~of (1WR3 cycle), when it bas to take place, and when not, they differed among each other regarding the nature of the beginning of the Mahzors. And this bas a.!so produced a difference regarding the order of intercalation in the Mahzur. For some take the current year of the ~!ra Adami, of which you want to know whether it is a common year or a I~.p.year, a.nd reduce tho numbor of yeait) to Mtthzrs by dividing them by 19; then you get complete Mahzors, and as a remainder, th years of 40 the Mahzor not yet finished, including the current yeax. And then th order of the lea.p.yca.rs is nxed aceording to the formula, i.e. ~y~~ the 2nd, 6th, 7th, lOth, 18th, 16th, and 18th years.

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Others take the years of the same ~!m. Adami, subtract one year, and fia the order of the lca.p-yea.rs in the remainder of the yeara of the incomplete Mahzr according to the formula. ~3NnM' the 6th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 17th years. Theae two cycles are attributed to the Jews of Syria,. Others again subtract from th sum of years two years, and compute the order of the leap-years by the formula t.e. the 3rd, 5th (8=3+8), 8th, llth, lth (5+3+3+3), Mth (16=14+2), and 19th (19=16+3) years. 10 This latter mode of arrangement is th most extensively diffused among the Jevs, they prefer it to others, because they attribute its invention M the Babylonians. AU three modes of computation are to be traced back to one and th same principle, on which there cannot be any diSerenee of opinion, as is illustrated by th following circular figure

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The Arat (outer) cirole indieatea th quality of the year, whether it M a common year or a leap-year. The three other cirdea contain the three /or!H<f&B, indicating th order of the leap-yeara in the Majora the the third oircle, the formula. p. 66. second cirole, the formula. tT)~!13: t!T3N1*!M and tha "~sr circle, the formula The cycles which we hve mentioned hitherto, are derived from the moon, though mot exoluaively. The aolar cycle conaiata of 28 yeara, and serves to indicate on what days of the week the aohr yeaja com. mence. For if the Jewiah year had simply 865 daya without the quarter. day, the beginning of the year would in every aeYen yeara return to the 10 aame week-day. Since, however, they are intercalated once in four years, the beginning doea not return to the same day, except in 28 yeara, t.e. 4 x yeaja. Likewise the other cycles, heretofore mentioned, do not, on being completed, rett)m to the same week-day, except the largeat cycle, onaccount of ita arieing from a. duplication of the cycle of 19 yeara with the solar cycle. The three kinda ofthe Jewish Year. say futther If the Jewiah yeara had simply the &-at two qualities, t.e. were either common yeara or leap-yeara, it would be easy to learn their beginnings, and to dis. tinguish between the two qualities whioh are prcper to them, provided 20 the above-mentioned formula of computation for the yeara of the Mahzor bo known. The Jewiah year, however, is a threefold one. For they have made an arrangement among themaelves, that New Year ahall not fall on a Sanday, Wedmeaday, or Friday, t.e. on the days of the aan and hia two atar, (Mercury and Venua) and that Paaaover, by which the beginning of Na&n ia regulated, ahall mot&.U on the daya of the inferior atara, i.e. on Monday, Wedneaday, and Friday, for reaaona on which we ahall hereafter enlarge as much aa possible. Thereby they were compelled either to poatpone orto advamce New Year and PaaaoTer, when they happened to fall on one of the daya mentioned. 80 For thia reaaon thoir yoar comsista of the following three apeciea I. The year called ~ti.e. the imperfect one (m9n), in which the montha Marhaahw&n and Eaiew hve only 29 daya. II. The year called ~At.e. the intermediate lit. oeMMt. ~ttM ordinem Mtttm, in which Marheahwan (~O~t),29 days, and haa EiaMw 80 days. III. The year caUed ~.&< t.e. the perfect one in which (~Q~), both Marheahwan and EiaMw Save 30 daya. Each of theae three species of yeara mav be either a common year or a leap-year. So we get a combination of six apeciea of years, aa we 4D have here illuatrated in the form of a genealogical diagram, and dia* tributed in the following reprsentation.

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THEYEAB. EAR. m-,"lE1 Y Common yeN- of 18 months. P9Tfect,of355d&ya. MM~eshw.n,30 daya. Ktaiew, 30 days. of 3. i4 days. Intermde days, ~29 &sMw, 30 days. t0 Leap-year of 13 monthe.

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Perfect, of 385 days. M~eshw~. 30 days. mdew, 30 days. Intenaediate, of 3 4 daya. mr~eshw. 29 days. Eislw, 30 days. Imperfect, of 383 days. jGdew, 29 days. 1 1

'~y~?~ M~eshw~29d~r~shw&n,29d~. mdew, 29 days.

For the dduction of these differences they have manv modes of com. putation as weU as tables, which we shall not fail to explain hereafter. Dtermination of New NoonBegarding their knowledge of the beginning of the month, and the mode in whieh it ia computed and used, the Jews are divided into two sects, one of which are the Rabbanites. They derive the beginning of the month by means of calculation from the mean motioM of the two luminanea (sun and moon), no regard being had as to whether new moon is visible tdreildv or not. For it ~M their object to have a conventional time, that was to begin from th conjunction of aun and moon. By the foUowing accident they ~dTp, M they relate themselves, induced to adopt this system: at the time when they returned to Jrusalem, they posted guards upon tho tops of the mountains to observe new moon, and they ordered them to light a Bre and to make a smoke, which was to bo a. signal for them that new moon in fact had been seen. Now, on account of the enmity which existed between them and th Samaritans, thse latter went and sent the smoke from the mountain one day before new moon was seen. up This pracheo they continued during several months, at the beginnings of 80 which heaven always happened to be clou.ied. FinaUy, people in Jerusalem found out this, that new moon, on the 3rd and 4th of the month, rose above observing the horizon from the east. Hence it waa evident that the Samaritans had deceived them. Therefore they had recourse to the scholars of their time, in order to be protected by a System of calculation against the deceitful practices of their enemies, to which they were exposed by their present method. In order to prove that it was legally permitted to nx th bcginning of tne month by catculation instead of observation, referred to the duration of the dluge. For they assert that Noahthey computed and fixed 40 the beginnings of the months by calculation, becanse heaven was covered p. 68. 6

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and clouded for M long as six months, during which time neither new moon nor any other phase of the moon couJd be observed. Thp mathematicians, therefore, computed for them the cycles, and taught thpm how to find, by ealcuhtion, the conjanctiona and the of new moon, viz. that between new moon and the con. appearance junction th time of 24 hours mut elapse. And this comes neM-the truth. For if it was the corrected conjunction, not the mean one, the moon would in these hours move forward about 13 degrees, and her elongation from the sun would be about 12 degrees. This reform was brought about nearly 200 yeara after Alexander. Before that time they used to observe the Te~~ (n~BtpJt), !e. the year-quarters, on the computation of whieh we shall enlarge hereafter, and to compare them with the conjunction of that month, to which the Te)tM&in question was to be referred. If they found that the con. junetion preceded the Te~&f. by about 30 days, they intercalated a month in this year, e.y. if they found that the conjunction of Tammuz preceded the Te~ufa of T~unmz, i.e. the summer.solstice by about 80 days, they intercalated in that year a month Tammz, so that i' had one Tammz and a second Tammz (t~n-) Mapt). In the same way they actod with the other Te~&fth. Some Rabbanites, however, deny that such guarda were posted, and that they made a smoke as a signt. According to their opinion, the cause of the deduction of this system of calculation was the following. the Mholars and the priests of the Israelitea, feeling convinced that their people would be seattered and dispersed in consequence of the last destructif of Jrusalem, as they thought, were afraid that their eompa.tnots, being seattered aU over the world, and solely relying upon the MpeN-a.nce of new moon, whieh of course in different countries would be different for them, might, on account of this, fall into dissensions, and aschism in their doctrine might take place. Therefore they invented these caleubtions.-a work which was particularly attended to by EheMr ben P&rah, and ordered people to adhere to them, to use them, to return to them, wherever and under whatever circumatancea they lived, so that a sehism among them might be avoided. The second ~et are the .MM~, who derive the beginning of the month from conjtmction, they are alao called ~Mit~ and ~M~. NM't~a, b~a.. they demaud that people shall only follow the wording of the text, uo regard being had to considrations and analogies, etc even if it m&y be illogical and impracticable. One party of them is called the '.f~~teo, who derived their name from 'An&n, the he~ of the emigration (Mm'X) ~Mt), who lived between 100 and 110 yeare ago. A head of th emigration must of necessity be one of the descendants of David; an offspring of another family would not be fit for this omcc. Theh ~~uon people relate, that only he is quahfied who, standing upright, can reach his knee. with th tops of his

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fingers; just as people relate sxch things of the prmee of the tme benevera, 'Al: ).en 'AM T"Mb, and of those uf his descendants who are qualified for the Imma and the ru)e of thr community (the Muham. madan world). The genealogy of this 'nan is the Mlowing tn

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.xu !:EC<irr' .XLVI T~~ He opposed a community of Rabbanites in many of their observances. He &:ed the beginning of the month bv the appearance of the new moon in a similar way, as is presciibed in Mm. not earing on what day of the week the beginning of the month happened to fall. He gave up 20 the system of computation of the Rabbanites, and ma.de the intercalation of a month depend upon the observation of barley-seed in 'Irak and Syria between the Ist and the 14th Nsn. If he found a Bj-st-fruit fit for friction and reaping, he left the year M a common year; if he did not find that, he intercalated the year. The mode of prognosticating the state of the corn was practically this, that one of his foUowers went out on the 23rd Shebt, to examinein Syria and the countries of a similar climate-the state of th harley-st~d. If he found that th Saf, !.e.the prickles of the beard of the <w of corn, had already come out, he counted from that day till Fassover 50 days; if he found that it had 80 not yet corne ont, he in~rca.Ia.ted a montL into the year. And some added the interc~Iary month to Shefat, so that there was a SAe/a~and an whilut others added it to AdMr, so that there was an ~d7Mr t~e~, and a t~Mr. The nnites mostly use Shefat, not Adhr, whiist th Babbanites use exelusively Adhr. This System of prognosticating the stat. of the corn is a different one according to t'ie difference of the air and the climate of the countries. Therefore it w~uld be necessary to make a special rule for every place, and not to rety upon the rule made for one certain place, because this would not be applicable eisewhere. 40 Christians in Svria. 'Irak. and Khora~n have Syria.m Nonths.The combined Greek and Jewish months. For they use the months of the Qreebi, but have adopted the lat uf tlu. GreA Octobt-r as < t.t~ii.tnn" o~m h npM

3 '7~-)th -rns 3 ~iry~ h -xxxi pyl-r' 'a '7M''n'7M<c oii:T'3 ~tnn h nh ~n~n-''2 o'-p~D-' .xxxvi
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of their year, that it might be nearer to the Jewish new.year, because Tishrt of the Jews atw&ysprecedes that date a Mttle. Amd they call their months by SyriaB names, some of which agree with the Jewish namea, whiist others differ. People have derived these BNnea from the Syriane, i'.e. the Nahateaans, th inhabitante of SawM the SawM of 'Ir&k being called S&nstAn. But 1 do not see why they derive these months from them, because in Islm they use the months ofthe Arabs, and at the time of heathenism they used the months of the Persians. Others say that Sunstan means Syria. If that he the case, the inhabi. ta~ts of this country were Christians before the time of Islam, and held 1C a middle position between Jewish and Greek theories. The names of their months are these p. 60. I. Tishrtn ~e<Mm of Tishrtn ~rM of Kann kedm of Xamttn ~M of SheMt of Adhr of 31 days. 30 31 31 28 31 VI. Ns&n of 30 days. of31 Iyr ~Mtr&nof30 M Ta.mm&z of 31 bh of 81 l~l oiSO

In the month SheMt they intercahte one day every four yeara, ao that it then bas 29 da.ys. Regarding the quality of the~ year they agree 20 with the Greeks. These montha ha.ve become widely known, so that even the Musiims adopted them, and xed thereby the d&tes of practical life. The worde ~e<!tm (primus) and ~!m (postremus) ha.ve been ttMtala.ted into Arabic, and in the word they have added an Elif, so as to make it j~, because a single y (without y<MM~ ia diMgreea.Ne to th organ of th Arabs, if this Elit is not added. Months of the Arabs.-The Arabs have the foUowing twelve months: L Almuharram. $&&u-. BaM'1. R~bi'11. Jmnad I. JumadII. Vit. Rajab. Sha'bn. Ihmactn. S~ ~w&l. Dh-alka.'cb. Dh&-aJ~ijja,. 80

Regarding the etymology of thse names varions opinions have been advanced, ~(HT~, e.y. was called so, becanse it was one of the ~ttt~tm, t.e. the four ifacred months. Safar WM called so, because in it people used to procure their pro. visions, going out in compamy of men which was called 40 &t~M~<t. The two months .BftM'were called so on account of the coming forth of the flowers and blossome and of the contint fall of dew and min.

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AU of which refera to th nature of that season which we call Ilautumn," but whieh th Ar&ba ealled Il apring" (Jtate'). The two mouths jMma< were called ao, becMtse in them the water A~ C~). was called so, because in it people fm-med the intention of travelling, there being no fear of the e~ila of w&r. For M<)'6c[ means M<en<<M<<M)tt (a thing by means of which a tree ia propped up), and hence people say, a propped up ())tMt~'a6~ yahH-~MeMMeAbears a heavy load of fruit." 10 jMa'M)t was called so, because in it tho tribes were disper8ed. AtBMt~M waa called so, because of the atones being t-oa~ff! by the intense heat. waa cailed so, becanse of the increasing and the decreasing StfucM~H ot the heat. DM-ft~a'At w&scalled so, because in it people stayed in their homea. J)At~ft~tt WMcaUed so, because in it people performed the ~a~, :.e. the pilgrimage. We found, however, aiso other names of the monthe of the Araba, which were given to them by thei.' aneestors. They are the folSO lowing:I. AIttm'tMMT. mjit. Kha.ww&n. nw&n. ~amtMn. Z&bM. VU. Al'a~amm. 'dil. NM~. W&gMl. Hw~ Butak.

The forma M well as the order of thse names sometimes diSer from what we bave given. One of the poets, e.y. has comprised them in tbe following versea 80 We have ctanmenced with J)f!t'<<t!)w,N<t/tt-<t,and XAftw~M, to which foUowa ~Mcftm. And with Zabb comes ~a'M~, its next follower. Then comes the turn of '~so<)H)t,in which hatred ~a~ deaf. And W~tti!<t, JM~, and '~d~, &Uthree are noble and beautiful. Them comes Banna, a.nd a&er it Burak. Now are complete the months of the year, as you ma.y count with your fingers." In the following we ahall expMn the menninga of thse namea Mcordmg to the statementa of the dictionaries ~btUt'~Mtf meMM that it 40 the year M going to bring. o~" &n the decrees of fortune, whieh

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intense heat," as it ia uaed

.Ni!):)' is derived from tt<~f, which means in the foUowing verse

A stinHng water, on account of whioh a man tums his face aside, Even he who ia tortured by thirst, if he tasted it in a boiling hot' month." JCK~TfMx!~ the form J~ of the verb ia <o<!ec~tw,"and SttM~mis the form J~t of the verb <opreserve, <otake care." And these significations agreed with the natures of the montha at the time when they were nrat employed a< names for them. ~otM means a ~ea< and frequmtly ucMtt-rt~ co~tM! The month 10 was called ao, because in it there was much and frquent nghting. JM'<'< too, received its name from the fighting in it, for many people used to "~MfM& in it. This circumatance is expressed in the following ~H that M j)Of<Mt<MM<t~etM between Jt(m(!<Mand Bajab." ptoverb: & For in this month people were in great haste and cagernesa to carry out whatever blood revenge or warlike expeditions they were npon, before the month Rajab came in. 'cMtMn was called so, because in it people abstained from fighting, so that the daah of weapons was not heard. WS~M means ornewho NUMsto a drinking-party te~to~i having been 20 tmM<e< This n~-nth was called so, because it suddenly comes in after Ramadan, and Lboause in Eama~&n there was much wine-drinking, on account of th next following months being the months of pilgrimage. JMft: means a tMtMtM-e, pot of <cttte." The month was called so, beea.use in it people indulged in drinking debauches, and frequently used that pot. '~a is derived from *<t<B (whioh means either Il to be just or to turn aside "). The month was called so, because it was one of the months of pilgrimage, when they used to abstain from the use of the ~&til, ie. th wine.pot. 80 B<nnMwas ca!led so, because the sheep were et e~t~ on account of the drawing near of the time when they were to be killed. Burak was caUed s<<, ecause of the kneeling down of the camels on b being led to th slaughtering-place. A better versification of these names than the above-mentioned one is that by the Wazr 'Iam&l ben 'Abb&d Ton wanted to know the months of the pagan Arabs. Take them acoording to the order of MuhMram (afar, etc.), of which they partake. ~t comes Mu'tamir, then j~t! and .E'X<KMo&t 6'<Me<!<t 40 and are connected by one tie. ~r<Mt!tt, ~<tt6< '~<MttM, ~t!, y~ with W~M, and B<ntN<t ith w Bm~A."

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If the etymologiea of tbese two classes of namea of th montha are such as we hve related, we must suppose that between tho two periods of giving the names there WM a great interval of time. Or eise our explanations and etymologiea would not be correct. For in one clasa of the montha the highest pitch of the heat is Safar, whilst in the other it is Ramadan and this (that the greatest heat ahould be either in Safar or in Ramadan) ia not possible at one and the same period, or at two perioda whieh are not very far distant from each other. the time of paganism of th AacieNt Arabs.At Interoalation 10 th Araba uaed their montha in a similar way to the Muslims; their pilgrimage went wandering around through the four seasons of the year. But then they dosired to perform the pilgrimage at such time as their mercbandiae (hides, akins, fruit, etc.) was ready for the market, and to fix it according to an invariable rule, so that it ahould occur in the most agreeable and abundant season of the vear. Therefore they learned the aystem of intercalation from the Jewa of their neighbourhood, abont 200 yeam before the Hijra. And they used intercalation in a similar way to the Jews, adding the difference between their year and the solar year, when it had aummed up to one complete month, to the months of 20 their year. Then their intercalators themselves, the so-called ~oMMM of the tribe Einna, rose, after pilgnma.ge had been finished, delivered a speech to the people at the fair, and interca.la.ted the month, calling th next following month by the name of that month in which they were. The Arabs consented to this arrangement and adopted the decision of the ~MM!Mtt<K. This proceeding they called A'M?' t.e. ~ostpOMOtMmt, because in every second or third year they postponed the beginning of th year for a month, as it was required by the progression of the vear. Orneof their poeta has said We have an intercalator, under whose banner we march He dclares the months profane or sacrcd, as he likes." 80 The first intercalation applied to Muha.rra.rn; in consequence afar was c~led Muharram, BaM* I. was called Safar, and so on and in this wayail the names of aU th months were changed. The second intercalation applied t~ Sa.fa.r; in consequence the next following month (BaM I.) was called S~far. And this went on till intercalation had passed through ail twelve montha of the year and retumed to Muharram. Then they commenced anew what they had done the first time. The Arabs counted the cycles of intercalation and fixed thereby their dates. They said for instance From the time .<!ill the time y th t 40 yeMs have turned round one cycle." But now, if notwithstanding intercalation it became evident that a month progresaed beyond ita proper place in the four seasons of the year, in consequence of the accumulation of the fractions of the solar year, and of the remainder of the p!<M-t!emfe between the solar year

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and the lunar year, to which latter they had added this plas-digerence, they made a second intercalation. Such a progression they were able to recognize from the rising and setting of the Lunar Mansions. This went on till the time when the Prophet &ed from Makka to Madna, when the turn of intercalation, as we have mentioned, had come to Sha.'bam. Now, thia month was c&Ued MuhM-mm, and Ba.m~an wM called p. 68. ?a&r. Then the Prophet waited till the "~tt~tceByt~n'M~e," on which occasion he addressed the people, and said The ae&son, the time bas gone round M it was on the day of od's creating the heavens and the earth." (S&N. ix. 38.) By which he meant that the months had returned 10 to their original places, and that they had been freed from what the Arabs used to do with them. Therefore, the "<M-e!ceK was alao ~~tm~e," called the correct j):m<e." Thoreupon intercalation was prohibited and altogether neglected. Months of the Themadeni.Ab&.BabMuhanunad ben Duraid Al'azdi relates in hia ~tM&~icMM~, that the people Thamd called the monthe by the foUowing names I. Mjib i.e. Mahan-am. VII. Haubal. M&JM'. MauM. Mid. Daimur. 20 Muizim. Dbir. Mu~dB-. EMM. Haubar. Musbil. He aays that they '-ommenced their with the month Daimur, t.e. year Bammdtn. The following is a versification of these names by 'Ahn-SaM 'a& ben Tahy AImMih: ."Th months of Thamd are JtM;'t6, .M~t)-, J)f)M< then follow .itMMtt and JM~<!M-. Then come Haubar and Haubal, followed by JK<MtM and 2)atMtt< Then come .MM< and and Mmbil, till it is finished, the most 80 celebrated among them." Arabie Names of Days.Tho Alaba did not, like the Persians, give spcial names to the single days of the month, but they had spcial names for each three nights of every month, which were derived from the state of the moon and her light during them. Beginning with the Nrst of the month, they calledThe nrst three nights (Ist-Srd) ghurar, which ia the plural of ~t-e, and means the ~< of everything, According to othe?s they were caUed so, because during them the new moon appeared like a Utee on &e~fe&e<K!of (t t<M-ae. 40 The second three nights (4th-6th) nufal, from ~<M~<t~, which means, to make a pre8ent without any mecMttty." Others caU t~tfttt~ them <&?, t.e. the white nights.

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The third three nighta (7th-9th) htM', bec&use the ninth night is the because in them the dartness bat of them. Others call them &!<&)', of the night M particularly thick. The fourth three nights (10th-12th) 'ns~a! because the tenth night is the first of them. The fifth three nights (13th-15th) 6M, because they are <"7<t<e the by shining of th moon from the beginning of the night till the end. The sixth three nights (16th-18th) (hu-a*, beea.use they a~e black at th beginning like the sheep w!<&a Hac~ head and a MA~e body. p. 84. Origina~ly the ecmpa.nson was taken from a coat of mail in whieh people are clad, because the eolour of the head of him who la dressed in it, differs from the colour of the rest of his body. The seventh three nighta (19th-21at) zulam, beca.use in most cases they were dark. The eighth three nights (22nd-24th) ~(!Ka<~M (from AM:<?)'s=extremeIy da.rk). Others call them duhm, on account of their being dark. The ninth three nights (25th-27th) <&t'nA",because they are remainders (or last parts). Others derive it from the mode of walking of the camels, M! 8tretching /M'f& the one foot, <o wAtc~ the other M quickly /oH<KMNy. The tenth three nights (28th-30th) m~o~, on account of the waning ot the moon and the month.

Beaidea, they diatinguished certain nights of the month by spcial names, e g. the last night of the month was called M'yaf',because m it the on moon &M&Mer<e~ it was aiso called /<tA<MtM account of there being & no light in it, and bar', because the sun has nothing to do with it. Likewise the last day of the month waa callfd }M~t)',because it is in the <MAf(throat) of th month. The 13th night is caUed Mtcf! the 14th th night of badr," beeause in it the moon is ~<H, and hcr light complete. 80 For of everything that has become complete ycu say badara; e.g. 10,000 dirhams are called one badra, because that is supposed to be the most complete and the laat number, although it is not so in reality. The Arabs used in their munths aiso the seven days of the week, the ancient names of whieh are the followin 1. 'Awwal, t.e. Sunday. 2. 'Ahwan. 3. Jubar. 4. Dub&r. 5. Mu'nis. 40 6. 'Ar&ba. 7. Shiyr. They are mentioned by one of their poets in the following verse: 1 strongly hope that 1 shaU reraain alive, amd that my day (of death) will be either 'AttMt!, or '~ATesm,or Jubr,

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The Arabs fixed the beginning of the month by the appearance of new moon, and th saine bas been established as a law in Islm, as the Lord bas said (Sra ii. 185) They will ask thee regarding the new moons. SpeaJ: they are certain moments of time for the use of mankind (in general) and for pilgrimage." Determimation of the length of Ramadan, the Nonth of Fastmg.Some yeara ago, however, a pagan seet started into existence somehow or other. They considered how best to employ the imterpretation (of the Koran), amd to attach themselves to the System of the exoteric school of interpreters who, as they maintain, are the Jews and 20 Christians. For these latter have astronomical tables and calculations, by means of which they compute their month., and derive the knowledge of their fast days, whilst Muslims ar compeUed to observe new moon, and to inquire into the different phases of the light of the moon, and into that which is common to both her visible and invisible halves. But then they found that Jews and Christians have no certainty on this subject, that they differ, and that one of them blindly foUows the other, although they had donc their ntmost in the study of the places of the moon, and in the researches regarding her motions (lit. expeditions) and stations. g0 Thereupon they had recourse to the astronomers, and eomposed their CfUMMM books, beginning them with dissertations on th lments of and th Imowledge of the Arabiaa months, adding various Hnds bf compu. p. 65. ta.tipna and chronological tables. Now, people, thinking that thse calculations were based upon the observation of the new.moons, adopted some of them, attributed their authorships to Ja'far Al-sdi):, and believed that they were one of the mysteries of propheuy. However. these calcujations are based not upon the apparent, but upon the mean, i.c. the corrected, motions of sun and moon, upon a lunar year of 354A days, and npon the supposition that six months of the year are complete, six 40 incomplete, and that each complete month is followed by an incomplete one. 8.. we jndge from the nature of their Ca-nom, and from the books whieh are intended to establish the bases on which the C<t?MM rest.

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But, when they tried to Sx thereby th beginning and end of fasting, their calculation, in most cases, preceded the legitimate time by one day. Whereupon they set about eliciting curious things from the following word of the Prophet: Fast, when she (new.mnnn) appfars, and cease when she re-appears." For they asserted, that the words fast, fasting mean the fasting of that day, in th~ when she a,ppeaM (&~ ~~). afternoon of which new-moon becomes visible, as people say, prpare of preparing yom-M~es<omeet him (d~~ic- ~), in which case the Mt that of meeting. precedes 10 Besides. they assert that the month of Ramadan has neYer tesa than thirty days. However, astronomers and ail those who consider the sub. lect attentively, are well aware that the appearance of new-moon does not proceed regularly according to one and th same rule for several reasons: the motion of the moon varies, being sometimes slower, sometimesfaster; she is sometimes near the earth, sometimes far distant; she ascends in north and south, and descends in them and each single one of thse occurrences may ta.ke place on every point of the ecliptic. And besides, some sections of the eeliptic sink faster, others slower. Ail this varies according to the different latitudes of the countries, and 20 according to the difference of the atmosphere. This refers either to different places where the air is either naturally clear or dark, being always mixed up with vapeurs, and mostly dusty, or it refers to different times, the air being dense at one time, and clear at another. Besides, the power of the sight of the observera varies, some being sha,rp-sighted, And ail these circumstances, however different others dim-sighted. they are, are liable to various Hnds of coincidences, which may happen at each beginning of the two months of Ea.madftn and Shawwl under innumera.ble forms and varieties. For these reasons the month Ramadan is sometimes incomplete, sometimes complete, and ail this varies accord80 ing to the greater or less latitude of th countries, so that, e.g. in northem countries the month may bc complete, whilst the same mcnth is incomplete in southern countries, and ctee vers. Furthcr, aiso, these differences in the various countries do not follow one and the same rule; on the contrary, one identical circumatance may happen to one month several conscutive times or with interruptions. But even supposing that the use which they make of those tables and ca.leuta.tioM were correct, and their computation agreed with the appear. ance of new-moon, or preceded it by one day, which they ha.ve made a fundamental principle, they would require special computations for each 40 degree of longitude, beca.use the variation in the a.ppeara.nce of newmoon does not depend alone upon the latitudes, but to a great extent p. 6 aiso upon the longitudes of the countries. For, frequently, new-moon is not seen in some place, whilst she t's seen in another place not far to the west and frequently she is seen in both places at once. This is one of the reasons for whieh it would be necessary to have special calculations

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and tables for every single degree of longitude. Therefore, now, their theory is quite utopian, via. that the month of Ramadan should always be complete, and that both its beginning and end should be identical in the whole of the inhabited world, M would follow from that table which they use. If they contend that from th (above-mentioned) tradition, whieh M traced back to Muhammad himself, the obligation of making the beginning and end of fasting precede the appearance of new.moon, follows, we mut say tha.t such an interpretation M unfounded. For the particle Lm (M~e~ ~) relates to future time, as they have mentioned, 10 and relates to past time, as you sa.y, e.)~J) j~* ~A. ~J~! ~j~ (" dMe~~w &M oy ~Mt< of the MOM&"),t.e. from that moment when day zdaya of the month were past already, in which case the writing does not precede the past part of the month. And this, not the first mentioned, is the meaning of that tradition. Compare with this the We are illiterate people, we do not following saying of the Prophet write nor do we reckon th month thus and thus and thus," each time showing his ten nnger~, meaning a complete month or thirty days. Then he repeated hia words, saying, and thus and thus and thus," and at the third time he held back one thumb, meaning an incomplete month 20 or twenty-nine days. By this generally known sentence, the Prophet ordained that the month should be one time complte, and incomplte another time, and that this is to be regulated by the appearance of newmoon, not by calculation, as he says, wedo not mite, nor do we reckon (ca!ett&t<e)." But ii they say that the Prophet meant that each complete month should be followed by an incomplete one, as the ehronologists reckon, they are refuted by the plain mets, if they will not diaregard them, and their trickery in both smaU and great things, in aU they have committed, is exposed. For th conclusion of the first-mentioned tradition proves 80 the impossibility of their assertion, via. "jr~ when she (new-moon) and cease fasting when ct~tpeoM, be re-appeare, but if Ae<teem clouded M <M prevent your o~erMt<M&,reckon the month NA<t'Mm <o <M <&~ ~e." And in another tradition, the Prophet says, a cloud or 6~ dua <AottM~M-ecem< from o5ae~~ the new moon, make the number thirty you CMMpMe." For if the appearance of new-moon ba Tmowf either from their tables and calculations, or from the statements of the authors of the canons, and if th beginning and end of fasting is to precede th appearance of new-moon, it would not be neceaaary to give full thirty days to the month Sha'b&n, or to count the month Ramadan as full 40 thirty days, in case the horizon should be covered by a cloud or by dust And this (t.e. to give full thirty days to Ramadan) is not possible, except by performing th fasting of the day in the evening of which th new. moon is firat seen.

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If, further, the month Bamadan wpro aiwaya complete, and ita beginning were known, people might do without the observation of new-moon for th month Shaww&l. In the samo way, the word of the Prophet "and ce<Me~<M<M!~ she (~etp-Moom))~-t!~pM~ is to be <cAe!t interpreted. However, party spirit makes clear-seeing eyes blind, and makes sharphearing ems deaf, amd instigates people to engage in things which no mind is inclined to adopt. But for this reason, such ideas would not p. 67. have entered their heads, if you consider the traditions which occur in God preserve their community 10 the books of the ~*At'c[ ~<tMKyy<t,ma.y and whieh have been correeted by their a.nthoritieS)ma.y God bless them!-as for instance, th following In the time of the Prince of the Believers ('AU) people had been fasting twenty-eight days in the month of Ramadan. Then he ordered them still to perform the fasting of o;M day, which they did. The &<Awas that both consecutive months, Sha'bn and Bama.dn, were imperfect, and there had been some obstacle which had prevented them from observing new-moon at the beginning of Ramadan they gave the month the full number of thirty days, and at the end of the month th reality of the case became evident. Then 20 there is the foUowing saying, related to have been prononnced by 'Abu 'Abd-Allah Alsadi~ <othe tBte tnc)-e<Me T~ mo<:<& M o/'BentM[f!a)t !Mt&~ and deerease as the other mo~< Aiso the following is reported of th same: "If you observe the mona jS~'Mm without being able <oMe <7te?te!omoon, count thirty and <&em_/M< The same 'Ab-'Abd-Allah Alsadi~, on being asked regarding the new-moon, said jy you see the Ketc<?<)<)?, fast, and if you ~~eher again, ceiMe~M<tmy." AU thse traditions in the code of the Sh'a refer only to the fasting. It is astonishing that our masters, the family of the Prophet, listened to such doctrines, and that they adopted them as a uniting link for the SO minds of the community of the boliovers who profess to foUow them, instead of imitating the example of their ancestor, the Prince of the Believers ('AI!), in his aversion to conciliating the obstinate sumera, when he spoke "1 did not &oM out <Mt n~ to t/tose wlw ~e<M! a astray" (i.o. 1 did not lend support to them). As regards the foUowing saying, ascribed by tradition to AIsdiJi: When you observe the new-moon of Rajab, count fifty-nine days, and then begin &.stmg a~id the following saying ascribed to the same "If you seo the new-moon of the month of Ramadan at the time when she 1 appears, count 354 days, and then begin fasting in the next following 40 year. For th Lord has created the year as consisting of 360 daya. But from these he bas excopted aix da.ys, in whieh he created the heavens and the earth therefore they (these six days) are not comprehended in the number (of the days of the year) "-regarding these traditionb we say, that, if they vere correct. his (Alsi~di~'s) att.tempnt on this subject would rest on the supposition, that it (the month Bama.dn) was really

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greater in one place, and did not follow the same ruie everywhere, as whave heretofore mentioned. Such a method of accounting for the six days is something so subtte, that it proves the tradition to be.false, and renders it void of authenticity. In a chronicle 1 have read the foUowing 'AbA-Ja'far Muhammad ben Sulaim&n, Governor of KAfa, under th EhaMf Manaur, had imprisoned 'Abd-atkarm ben 'Abi-al'auj, who was the uncle of Ma'n ben Za'idtt, one of the Manichteans. This mau, however, had many protectors in Baghdd, and these urged Mam~r in his faveur, till at last he wrote to Muhammad ordering him not to put'Abd-alkarm to death. Meanwhile, 10 'Ahd.alkarun was expecting the arrivt of the letter in his cause. He said to 'Ah-atjahh&r con&dentiaUy If the 'Amr gives me respite for three days, 1 shall give him 100,000 dirhams." 'AM-aIjahbar told thia Tou have reminded me of him, whilst 1 to Muhanunad, who replied p. 68. had forgotten him. Remind me of him when 1 return from the mosque." Then, when he returned, 'Ab-aljabbr reminded him of the prisoner, whereupon he (Muhammad) ordered him to be brought and to be beheaded. And now, knowing for certain that ho waa to be killed, he said, By God, now that you are going to kill me, 1 teU you that 1 have put down 4,000 traditions (in my books), in which 1 forbid 80 that whieh is allowed, and ailow that which is forbidden. And verily, 1 have made you break your fast when you ought to have fasted, and 1 have made you fast when you ought not to have fasted." Thereupon he was beheaded, and afterwards the letter in his cause arrived. How thoroughly did this heretic deserve to be the author of this Tubtk interpretation which they have adopted, and of its original (t.e. the text to which the interpretation refers) 1 myself have had a discussion with the originator of this sect, regarding th Musnad-tmdition (i.e. such a tradition as is carried back by 80 an uninterrupted chain of witnesses to Muhammad himself). On which occasion 1 compelled him to admit that consequences, similar to those here mentioned, follow from his theories. But then in the end he declEjed, that the subject was one that of necessity resnited from the and that the language (t.e. from the interpretation of the ~Bt-<t!<<M~t<), language has nothing whatever to do with the law and its corollarics. Have not Thereupon, 1 answered: May God have mercy upon you God and his Prophet addressed us in the language generally known among the Arabs ? But the thing is this, that you hve nothing whatever to do with the Arabie language and aiso in the science of the law you are utterly 40 Leave th law aside and address yourself to the astronomers. ignorant. None of them would agree with you regarding your theory of the perpetual completeness of the month of Ban"tc)Mi none of them thinks that the celestial globe and NUNaud moon distinguish the moon of Bamad&n from among the others, so as to move faster or slower just in

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However, arguing with people who are obsunate oi. purpose, and per. severe in their obstinacy on account of their ignorance, is not productive of any good, either for the student or for th object of his researehea. God spea~a (Sra Iii. 44) If they saw a pice of heaven falling down, eloud. And further they would say, It is only a congtomerated If we sent down to you a book (written) on paper, and (S&ra. vi. 7) 10 they touched it with their hands, Teriiy the unbelieving would say, This is nothing but evident witchcraft.' God grant that we may always belong to those who follow and further the truth, who crush and expose that which is false and wrong montha Months of the Reformed Calendar of AImu'ta.did.The are th Persian months, with thc same names and the of Atmu'tadid same order. But the Persian da) are not used in these months, because to the Epagomenee in every fourth year one day is added by way of and so for that reason which we have mentioned, when intercalation; the (Pcrsian) names of the 6pea!dng of the months of the Egyptians, 20 single da.ys have been dropped. The order of intercalation used in these months agrees with that of the Greeks and Syriacs. As to the months of the other nations, Hindus, Chinese, Tibetans, and Negroes, we do not intend, although Turks, Khazars, Ethiopians, we have managed to learn th names of some of them, to mention them it till a time when we shall know them ail, as it does here, postponing not agree with the method which we have followed hitherto, to connect that which is doubtful and unknown with that which is certain and known. We have collected in the following table the names of the months 30 which have been mentioned in thf preceding part of this book, in order to facilita.te the study of the various kinda of them. God leada to the truth!

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THE EBAS RELATING REIONS OF PNOM TO THE

VI.
EACH THE KINGS, OTHER, AND ON THE AND TO THE COMMENCEMENTS ACCORDING

DATBS, OF THE

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IT is the special object at which 1 aim in this book, to fix the dura.tions (of the reigns of the kings) by the most correct and perspicuous method. But, now, wishing to explain the derivation of the eras from each other in conformity with the usual mode of the caHOMs,which specify the various Hnda of calculation and of derivation (e.g'. stating one era in [0 the terms of another), and which contain rules and paradigms, 1 find this subject to be a very wide one, and the wish to embrace this wLole science compels me to cause trouble both to myself and to the reader. Agreeably to the method which 1 have adhered to from the beginning of this book, 1 shall explain the intervals between the epochs of th usual era.s by a, meaaure which is counted in the same way by all nations, i.e. by days for, as we have already mentioned, both years and months are differently measured. Everything else is generally mentioned in years, but for the knowledge of the intervals between the epochs of the eras the etatement in daytis quite sunicient, since it ha,s been impossible 20 to obtain a knowledge of the real quality of the years of the various eras, and there ha.s been but little need for the use of them. Now, if we in some places wander about through various branches of science, and plunge into subjects which are not very ctosely connected with the order of our discussion, we must say that we do not do this because we seek to be lengthy and verbose, but as guided by the desire of preventing the reader from getting tired. For if the mind is continua.Uy occupied with th study of one single science, it gets easily tired Mid impatient; but if the mind wa.nders from one science to another, it is as if it were wandering about in gardens, where, when it 30 is roving over one, another one already presentt) ittif If; incunsfquence of which, the mind ha.3 a longing for them, and enjoys the sight of them; as people say, "Everything that is new offers enjoyment."

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of those to whom a divine book Now let us begin with the traditions was sent (Jews and Christians) regarding Adam, his children and their descendants. AH this wp shaU fix in tables, in order to facilitate the of their ))a.mes, aud th studv of the different tr~ditiona pronunciation of th Jewa On this suhjpct we Ct'mbine the traditions regarding them. and Christians, placing them opposite to each other (in th same table). We commence by the help of God, under his guidance, &~d with Ma gracious support.
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I.Adam the fathorotmanHndti)t the birth of his son Seth.. 230 Seth ben Adam-till the birth of 205 hi3f!ouEno8 Enos ben SethtiU th birth of hissonCainan. 190 Cainan ben Enos-till the birth of 170 MssouMahatatef-] V.MahaMee] ben Cainan-till the birthofhissonJared 165 Jared ben Mahalalcpitil the 162 birthothisMnEnoeh Enoch bpnjaredtiti the birth of his son M<.ttmM.Mt .165 Methuselah ben Enoch-till the birth of his son L~mcch 167 Laniech bon Methnsehthtil] tho birthothisMnNoah 188 X.Noah b~n Lameeh-till the birth cHussonShem 600 Shem ben KoahtiU the Dluge. MO From the Deluge till the birth of 2 ArphaxadbenShem the birth Arphaxad ben ShemtiU 135 of his son Salah Salah ben ArphaxadtiU the birth of his son Eber 130 XV.Eber ben Salah-till the birth of 134 hiasonPeteg the birth of Peleg ben Ebertul hia sor. Ren 130 Rem ben PetegtOl the birth of hissonSerug the .J132 of birth Serug ben Ren-till hissonNahor. Nahor ben SerugtOl the birth of MaemTA. XX.Tcrah bcn Nahor till tho birth of his son Abraham 130 79 75

230 435 625 795 960 1122 1287 M54, 1612 2142 2242 2244 MM 2509 2643 2773 2905 3035 3114 MM

130 105 90 70 65 162 65 187 182 500 100 2 35 M M

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MO 912 905

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MO; MO ?0' 800!.962 300 78Z 695 4M 600 0 4M! 460 396 865 969 ?77 950 6u0 0 4M 490 430 ?5

687 874 MM 1556 1656 1658 1693 1728 1757

30J179 32 80 M 70.135 176 170 119

209.1787 207 200 1819 1849

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Now, he who studios the numbera of years of this table, till the birth of Abraham, will become aware of the diffrence between the two systems (that of the Christians and that of the Jews). The Jewish copy of the Thora, although stating the duration of the livea of Abraham, Isaac, Ja~)b, Levi, Xohath, and Moses, does not apecify how old they were when a son was born to each of them, nor how long they lived after that except in the oMe of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For it is stated that Isaac wa~ born unto Abraham when he waa 100 yeara of age, and that he afterwards lived 75 yeara more tha.t Jacob was born nnto Isaac when he wa.a 60 yeara of age that 10 Jacob entered Egypt together with hia sons, when he waa 130 yeara of a.ge, and that he after tha.t lived 17 yeaja more. Now, the Israelites stayad in Egypt 210 yeara, according to the atate. ment of the Jews, that between the birth of Abraham and that of Moses there waa an interval of 420 yeara, and that Moses was 80 years of age, when he led the Israelites ont of Egypt. From the second book of the we leam that the entire length of the aojonmmg of the Thora, however, Israelitea in Egypt was 430 years. If, now, the Jews are asked to account for this diffrence, they maintain that that apace of time ia to be counted from the day when- Qod made the treaty with Abraham, amd 20 promised him to make him the father of many nations, and to give to hia descendauta th country of Canaan as an inheritance. But we lea.ve the matter to God, who knowa beat what they mean. The chronological differences regarding the la.terperiodaof Biblical history, ariaing out of the three different copiea of the Thora, are of the aa.me kind as we have already explained. How little care the Jews beatow upon their chronology ia shown to evidence, by the fact, that they, all of them, believe in the firat instance, that between their exodus from Egypt and Alexander there i)!an interval of 1,000 years, corrected (ie, made to agree with the aun or real time) 30 by intercaJation, and that they rely on this number in their computation of the qualities of the years (whether they be perfeet or imperfect or But if we gather from their books which follow after intermediate) the Thora, the years of every one of their rulers after Moses, the acn of Anu-am, and add them together, we get a sum which already at the building of Jerusalem goea beyond the millennium by auch a apace of time as ca.nnot be tolerated in chronological computations. If thia sum were too smal1(less thanami]lennium),thedieerence might be accounted for by aaauming that an interval between two persons might have been omitted. But a surplus in this case does not admit of any interpretation 40 whataoever. Being unable to give a satisfactory anawer to auch a question, some of them assert that the a.ccura.to specification of these yeM-s was found in the records of the family of Juda, and that these records are no at their disposal, but have been carried off to the countriea longer of the

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Greeks. For after the death of Solomon, the Isra~litef were split into two parties. The tribes of Juda and Benjamin elected as their king the son of Solomon, whilst the ten tribea elected as their king Jeroboam, the client of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. And thereupon he led them astray (to idolatry), as we shaJl mention hereafter in the chapter on the Jewish festivals. His children reigned after him, and both parties made war upon each other. "~e following is a synopsis of the yeara of their ruicrs, who ruled over them after their exodus from Egypt, when they marched towa.rds M B<~)--<t!-tM!Htm Red Sea) in order to pass it, and to march to ~!< a P. 75. (the desert n Alhijaz, in the direction of Jerusalem; all of which rests on the authority of their chronieles. But they have another book which they call ~~r-'oMm (07)~ *<1D), i.e. the years of the world, which containa a lsa aum of years than that of the books follow after the Thora, whilst in some respects it cornes near to their original system The statements of both these kinds of their hiatorical records we have collected in the following synopsis.

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Th ofho Covemom, 1 TheNameeof the 8alere, Qovernore, Names of the t Bnlere, la ~' and
Prieste, Jndges tm'M]ite9t)NtheFonndationofthe Tempte.wMohiaaapaoect 480yeam. i5~ S'~ ,.u:S j~ M S S c< J

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p. 76.

The Israelites lef*. Egypt and dwelt in the desert till the death of Moses 40 40 Yehahn'a. ben Nn, the auccessor of Mosea 27 67 40 107 'Ottuu'elhen~enaz 'Egln the king of M6'&b and the AmaIfMtesoftheBam-'Anunm 18 135 'Ehd ben Gr, the left-handed, of th 80 205 Ephraunites 20 225 Shamgar ben 'Anth Debra the prophetess and her lieutenamtB&]-&t. 40 265 7 272 TheMidiMutes.theoppressors CHd'nben'Ofr&.ofthetribeofMMiMseh 40 812 'AbmleHi ben CUd'n 3 S15 Tot&*ben P', of the tribe of Ephraim 23 338 Y'r from Gil'd, of the tribe of Ma~ nasseh 22 360 ) The sons of 'Amunn th Philiatine, t.e. 18 878 thepeopleofF&lestme 6 384 YiftatfromGUMd 'Ib~&n, also called Ntthshon, from Bethlehem 7 391 'in 10 401 'AbdnbenHiIlI. 8 409 40 TheFMIistines 449 Shimshn the giant of the tribe of Dan 20 469 The people without a ruler 10 479 40 519 'Euthepnest The ark in the hands of the enemies, until Samuel wa.ssent 10 529 Samuel, till they asked him to give them a. king, whereupon he made Talt theirMng 20 549 20 569 Saul.t.e.Tat he commenced building the David 40 609 Temple in the lith year of his reign Solomon ben David-till he nnished th 3 612 Temple

80 40 7 ).o ) 44 J 18 6 7 10 8 20 40 10

187 227 234 a, 321 339 345 352 362 370 390 430 440 40 30

20

20 40 3

442! 482 485

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p.?7. TheNameaoftheKingsandother Bnleraof the Israeliteafrom the Fonndatonofthe Temple ti))itaarat Deatraction,whiohis a space of 410y<.ar..
.j~ J )p

< -= Mg ~'i ~HJL 3 i~ 37 649 17 6G6 3 j C69 710 41 25 735 8 743 1 744 6 750 40 29 52 16 16 29 55 2 31 3 10 3 6 790 819 1 871 887 903 932 987 989 1020 1023 1033 ~1036 1036 ;1042

~S gg. to~<E

S. S 5 ~a

10

20

30

Solomon ben David-after th Temple was finished Beha-b'&m ben Solomon 'AMyyit ben Eeha.b'&m 'sben'Abiyym YehshM&t ben '8H. YehrambenYchoshMat 'Ahazy ben YeMr&m she was HHpd hv Yo'ash 'Athaly-till Y'sh ben 'Aha,zy&tiU he was killed by his people 'Amfbzv ben Y'&shtUI he was killed 'Uzziy ben 'Amaay--till he died Ythm ben 'Uzzivyatill he died 'hz ben Yth&mtiU he died HizMyya ben 'h&z, the king of all the tribea. Men&shshe ben HizHyya 'Ammon ben Mena.shsh Yshiyya ben 'AmmnttU he was killed by the king of Egypt Yeh'itMz ben Y'sMyyHtill he was made a prisoner by th king of Egypt YehyaMm ben Yeh'ah&z, set up by the king of Egypt Yehykhm ben Yehykm, till he wa.aj Yehy&Hun ben Yehyakm, tiU he was made a. prisoner by Nebucadnezar SidHyy till he rebelled a~unst Nebucadnezar, when he was killed and the Temple destroyed

37 522 17 539 2 541 41 582 23 605 ~611 11 622 6 628 40 29 52 16 16 29 55 2 31 ) 11 t 11 912 982 901 p. 78. 668 697 749 765 773 602 857 859 890

40

The Temple remained in ruina But according to another view between 70 ~1112 j 70 the time when they were led into captivity and Daniel there was a.n interval of i 90 11202 90 From Daniel till th birth of the Messiah 483 1685 483 From the birth of the Messiah till the epoch of the flight of Muhammad '2285 600 600

1052 1052! il535 '2135

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It cannot be thought strange that you should flnd similar dis. crepancies with people who have several times suSered so much from captivity and war M the Jews. It is quite natural that they were distracted by other matters from preserving their hiatorical traditions, more pa-rticularly at times of such distress, when each woman who sucHed a child forgot her child, and each pregnant woman gave birth to the burthen of her womb." (Sra xxii. 2.) Besides, the governorahips and headships were not aJways held by one and the same tribe, but came to be divided (among several tribes) after the dea.th of Solomon the aon of David then one part of them was held by the tribes of Juda and Benjamin, another part by the other tribes of tbe Israelites. Further, their rule was not organized so well nor their empire and government handed )ver from one to the other in such good order as to render it necessary for them both to preserve the dates when each of their rulers ascended the throne, and to record th duration of bis reign, except by a rough method of computation. For some people maintain after the death of Joshua,, Kushn, the King of Mesopotamia, of that, the family of Lot, overpowered them, and held them under his sway during eight years; that then Othniel ros. And some people attribute to his rule more yeafs, others less. Frequently, one author thinks that some ruler reigned over them so. amd-so mamy years, whilat another assigna to his rule a lesa number of yeara, amd maintains that the former number represents the duration of his whole life (not that of his rule) or a third possibility is this, that by adding the two spaces of time, mentioned by the two authors, you get a. common spa~e of time for two rulers, during which they ruled aimultameousty. The chronological system of the Seder-'lam, although coming near to the sum (assumed by the genera~ity of the Jews), differs considem.bly from the sta-tements in detail this applies speciaJIy to the time of the &-st building of the Temple, not to mention the uncertainty which hamgs over those points of their history whieh we have spoken of tefore. The length of the Human H&Some one among theinexperienced and foolith people of the j~<M&<ct~<t and Da&yt~tt sects, have rejected as incredible the long duration of life which has been ascribed to certain tribes in the pa~t, specially to the patriarchs before the time of Abraham. Likewise they consider a~ monstrous what bas been related of the huge size of their bodies. They maintain that all this lies altogether beyond the limit of possibility, drawing their conclusions from objects which they are able to observe in their own age. They have adopted tke doctrine of astrologers, regarding the reateat possible gift (of years of life) which the stars are supposed to bestow upon mankind in the p. ?9. nativities, if the following constellation occurs The sun must be a.t such a nativity both mater familias amd paterfamilias, ie. he muet stand

10

20

30

10

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(3~mjM),in a cardo, and in a con. in Ma domua (o~o;), or in his <tM!'<!<~o cordant masculine qua.rter. In that case he bestows his greatest yeara, i.e. 120 yMJs, to which the Moon Venua Jupiter adds 25 years. 8 12

These are the SHMBM< yeart of each of these three stara, for they are not able to add a greater number of years, if they have a coM~-o)-<!<tK< aspect (in relation to the horoscope). Further, th two unlucky among 10 the stars (Saturn and Mars) must have no aspect to the horoscope, so as not to exercise any diminishing influence. The C(tp!t< J))-oeo)tMmust stand with the sun in the same sign of the ecliptie, but still sufficiently far from him, so as not to stand within the ~ot <Kt!rTtK<K. If this constellation occurs, it increases the gift (of yea.rs of life) of the sun by one fourth, t.e. 30 yeara. So the whole sum of years makes 215 years, which they maintain to be the longest duration of life which mortal man may reach, if it is not eut short by any accident. The natural duration of life is to be 120 years, beca.use the existence of the world depends upon the sun and this number of years represents the 20 greatest year8 of the sun. Those people have settled this question as it best pleases them. And if reality followed their desire, heaven and earth would be greatly the worse for it. They have built their theory on a basis, the contrajy of which is approved of by astronomers, in so far as they ascribe greatest yeara to these planets. They say in their books that these planets of used to bestow their greatest yea.rs in the mtHeMKM the fiery signs of the zodiac, when in them the rule was exercised by the superior planeta (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars), amd when the years of the sun and of Veuus were made to exceed by far the longest duration of life ascribed 80 to any one of the patriarchs. This mon is their master in chronology they trust in his word, and do not oppose his audacity. He actually maintains that man may live during the years of a. mt(H'<coK/MKchoM (of Saturn and Jupiter), of when the nativity coincides with the <)'a!M!'hM the conjunction from one trigon to another, whilst the (MCMM~M one of the two ~o<Me<f is o either Saturn or Jupiter, when the sun is ttMtto'/anMHfM day-time, and in the moon at night, exercises the greatest power; that the same is possible, if thia same constellation occurs at the transitus of th conjunction to Anea and its ~t'yotie. 40 And the argument for the assertion, that the new-born human being may live during th years of the Rrea.test conjunction," i.e. about 960 yeara, until the conjunction returns to its original place, ia of the same description.

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Ho hM explained and propounded this subject in tho beginning of Ma book, 2)e j~M): Thif uow, is their belief in the gifts (of years of life) of the stars. Regarding these years, which the single planets are supposed to bestow upon mankind, we have had a discussion with the astronomers who use them, in the .Et'M& ~et~tA '<tK sM'a< aKaMtcA (i.e. the book in which the swindling profession is cxposed), and we have given a direction how to use the best method in all questions where these yea.rs oecur in th book entitled, ~!M& c~~MM <tMu/!y(tM)t~:o. Now, personal observation alone, and conclusions inferred therefrom, 10 do not prove a long duration of the human life, and the huge size of human bodies, and what else has been related to be beyond the limits of possibility. For similar ma.tters appear in the course of time in manifold shapes. There are certain things which are bound to certain times, within whieh they turn round in a certain order, and which undergo transformations as long a~ there is a possibility of their existing. If they, nuw, are not observed as long as they are in existence, people think them to be improbable, and hasten to reject them as altogether p. 80. impossible. This applies to aJl cyclical occurrences, such as th mutual impreg- 20 nation of animais amd treea, and t-ne forthcoming of the seeds and their fruits. For, if it were possible that men did not know these occurrences, and then were led to a tree, stripped of its leaves, and were told what occurs to the tree of getting green, of producing blossoms and fruits, etc., they wouldcerta.inJy think it improbable, till they saw it with their own eyes. It ia for the same reason that people, who come from northern countrics, are filled with admiration when they see palm-trees, olive-trees, and myrtie-trees, and others standing in full-bloom at winter. time, since they never saw anything like it in their own country. Further, there are other things occurring at times in which no cyclicat 80 order is apparent, and which seem to happen at random. If, then, the time in which the thing occurred bas gone by, nothing remains of it except the report about it. And if you find in such a report aU the conditions of authenticity, and if the thing might have already occurred before that time, you must accept it, though you have no idea of the nature nor of the cause of the matter in question. Formations Irregular of Nature.Thero are still other things which occur in like manner, but which are called "/(KtMs of nature on (!MM)M<Kf<B), account of their tranfgressing that order which is charncteristic of their species. I, however, do not call them of 40 <M<M-< but rather a superfluity of material beyond the due proportions of the measure of everything. To this category belong, e.g. animals with supernumerary limbe, which occur sometimes, when nature, whose tMk it M to preserve the ftpfcies M they are, nnds eonto superfluous subltance, which oh forme into eome shape instead of throwing it away 1

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likewise ammaJs with imperfect limbs, when nature does not find the substance by which to complete the form of that animal in confr uty Y with the atructure of the spepies to which it belongs; in that case she forma the animal in such a sha.pp, as that the defect is made to lose its obnoxious cha.ra.cter, and she gives it vital power as much as possible. This is illustra.ted by an example, which Thabit ben Sinam ben Th&bit ben ~urr& relates in his chronicle, o; that he had seen near Surram:mra'& am Indian chic):en that had corne out of the egg without a defect, and of complete structure j but its head had two heaks aud three eves. 10 The same author reports, that to Tuzn, in tke days of his reign, people brought a dead kid with the round face, the jaws and teeth like those of man; but it had only one eye, and something like a tail on its forehead. Further, he relates that in the district Aituukharrim, of BaghdM, there was born a child, which died instantly; it was hrought Ijefore Ghur&raldaula Babhtiy&r a.t the time when his father Mu'ixz-iUdaula was still aJiYe,and he exa.miued it. It w!).sone compiptc body without a defect, ajld without an addition, pxcupt thitt two protubpra~nn's rose from it, and upon these thcre were two ('oniplete heads, with comptcte lincaments, wit.h eyes, cars, two nostrils, and two mouths bctwpcn the loins were 20 genitals like those of a woman, ont of which the orifice of the penis of a man was apparent. Another report of his says, that onp of the nobles of the Greeks sent to Nasir-alda.ula, in the winter of A.H. 352, two mpn grown together by the stoma~h they were Arama.ns, and twenty-five ypK.rsof ge. He p. 81. says, they were called JYtt~a~y<?< (i.e. two ]jea.rded men). They were accotnpanied by their fathpr. TLcy turned their fwes towards each other, but the skiu, which formed th common connecting link between them, was long, and bpsidt's susceptible of extcnding so far as to permit the one to rise from the side of the other. People describe them as 80 having, each of them, and complte organs of gnration that they did their eating and drinking, and th (.)')))<')-<) (!/?!'at different times tha.t they used to ride on o)Manimal, the one ctuselv behind th other, but so as to turn their faces towards each other; that the one had an inclination for women, the other for boys. L-There is no doubt that th FM ~o~rn/M (the crative power of nature), in all work it is inspired and cummissioned te, ea.rry out, never drops any material unused, if it meets with such and if therc is a.bundarce of material, the Vis ~[<if)-H/~ redoubles its crcating Such a double-creation somctimes procceds in this way, that one word comes being 40 into existence in close proximity to another, being at th sa.me time something separate by itself, M, < in the case of twins somctimes a being cornes into existence tied up to another being, as, e.g. in the case of the two Aramtea.ns, at other tirnes, again, a being cornes into existence inserted into and mixed up with another one, as in that case which we mentioned bpfore speaking of th two AramaN.ns.

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The various Hnds of double-croations of this and other descriptions are also found among the other animais (besides man). There are, e.o. said to be certain species of sea-nshes that are double ones. 1 mean to say, if you open such a fish, you find a similar one inside. Frequently, too, the reduplication of formation may pass into a multiplication. A]! of whieh is aJso found among the plants. Look, for instance, at the double.fruits that are grown together, at the fruits with double kernels, which are inc]uded in one shell. An example of such a double-formation, of which the one thing is inserted into the other, is an orange, in the interior of whieh you find another orange of the same 10 kind. Frequently th Via JWattt~M hM not succeeded in finishing the doublecration, and produeing a complete whole. In which case, she increases the number of limbs, either in their proper places, as e.o. supernumerary fingers-for although they are more than usual and than is necessary, still they are found in that place wMch is appropriated to &ngers,or not in their proper places. And in this case it would be correct to call such a formation an Fmror of Nature. An instance of this is the cow that was in Jurjan at the time of the Sahib, and when the family of Buwaihi held the country under their sway. Everybody, both young and old, 20 had seen it, and they related to me that it had on th bunch dose to the neck a foreleg like its other two forelegs, quite complete, with its shoulder, its joints, and hoof and that she moved it about aa she liked, contmcting and extending it. This case may justly be considered an error (of nature), because that supernumerary limb was quite useless, and because it had neither its proper place nor direction. Now, all these and similar danses (of uncommon creations), on which 1 have composed special books, would not be admitted as possible by anyone who did not witness them, be~use he would not find in them the 30 conditions of authenticity. Lemgth of the Humam Li&The length of hmnan life is taught by exprience to be regulated by a genealogical ratio. For instance, with the Himyarites and others, long life is a peculiarity. Besides long life occurs in one place to th exclusion of others, e.g. in Farghana and Yamma. For well-informed people relate that in those countries some people grow older than anywhere else. And in this respect they are still surpassed by th Arabiana and Indiams. Of this same 'Ab-Ma'shaj- AlbalkM, the following story ia related by 'Ab-Sa'd Shdhn in his jr~a6-~mm<aaihtt-([.6t!'<Mt-a}- the book in 40 (t.e. which he brings mysterious subjects before the mind of the reader) p. 82. The nativity of a son of the King of Serendb (Ceylon) was sent to him. His ~cemdeM was Gemini n, whilst Saturn stood in Cancer sg, and the Sun in Capricom M-. Now, 'Ab-Ma'shar gave his judgment that ho would live during the middle cycle of Satum. Thereupon, 1 sa.id to

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The oho~toTror~ moves backward in the crisis of him, God forbid i retrograde Mo<t'e!t n a (!f)NtMcadens of the ear~t'MM, so as not to give more than its small cycle. You must subtraet Nfty yeara therefrom on account of the retrograde motion." 'Ab.Ma'shar "Those people are the inhabitants of a xAtina, whom of one knows beforehand that they live very long, so that they frequently live on in a. dcrpit state, whilst Saturn is their co))~)a?!)OH.1 havebeen told that, if a man diea before reaching the middie cycle of Saturn, people wonder that he ha.s died so soon. If, therefore, Saturn occupies 10 the dignity of oMoStoTror~! a K<fM his own, he does not, in most in of cases, give lesa than his great and middle cycles, except he be !'? eadeM/e domo." 1 "But, surely he is in ca~eM<<: (~ONM)." 'Ah-Ma.'ahar: "Quito so! He (Saturn) is falling out of the figure of the ~apec<<M, he is not falling out of the Directio." but (Here is a laeuna.) The mysteries of the second are numerous. It is likewise in a well beneath the earth. In this circumstance there is curious matter for aatonishment. Now, in thia place, they ha.ve admitted that in one ft~m 20 people live longer than in another. In another place he ('Ab-Sa.'d Sh&dhan) relates of the same 'AbMa'shar, that he waa in his company when he was asked by 'Ab-'Isma., the Wazr of SaS&r, regarding something in the signs of his nativity, which he ('Ab-'Isma.) was alarmed about. Doyou kuow of what age your father <lie<l ?i 'Ab&'Ma.'shar 'Abu-'Ism~: "Yes." 'Ab-Ma.'shaj Ha.ve you already reached the same age ? 1 have passed it already." 'Abu-'Iama Doyou know at what age your mother died ? 'Ab-Ma'shar 30 That ge, too, 1 hve passed already." 'Abu-'Iama. Yeso 'Ab-Ma.'shar: "Do you know how long your paternaJ grandfather Hved?" Tes. But that 1 have not yet reached." 'Ab.'Isma Then consider whether that difference, which is 'Abu-Ma'ahar indicated by your nativity, a,grees with the life of your gra.ndfa.ther t' 'Ab&Isma Tes, it does agree." 'Ab-Ma'shar "In that case you are right to be alarmed." Then he Nature ia most powerful. For in any mishap that proceeded to explain befals a man when he ia as old as hia father or mother or his paternal 40 grandfather were at the time of their death, he is certain to perish, Thia ia clear, too, m except there be strong evidence (to the contrary). plante and seeds. For there are certain species of them whieh are known to exist very long, whilst others soon meet with mishapa and exist only a ahort time."

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Now, 'Ab-Ma'shar again admits in this place that the duration of life is regulated by a genealogical ratio. Therefore, that astrological theory, to which they cling, is devoid of sense, since they admit such a genealogical ratio as not impossible. On the contrary, it is necessary, as we have already mentioned. If this sect will reject everything that does not oecur in their time or place, so as to fall under their personal observation, if they do not them. selves find this ever~.tsting acepticism of theirs absurd, if will not admit anything that bas happened in their absence, we can they only say that extraordinary occurrences do not happen at all times; and if they, 10 indeed, happen in some one age, they have in the course of time and the passing of generations no other tie which connects them with pos. terity except the uninterrupted chain of tradition. Nay, if they would draw the last conclusions from their theory, they would be mre sophists, and would be compelled to disbelieve anybody who would tell them that there are etill other countries in the world besides those in which they are living; and other absurdities of a similar kind would follow. If you would listen to them on the subjects which they propound, voa p. 83. would find that they refer to th traditions of the .Mans, and rely on varioua sorts of tricks which they attribute to them. of argu. ment they aJways mention an Indian idol, eut out of By way neck of 20 stone, the which is Burrounded by numerous iron collars, which represent the Indian eras of 10,000 years, and, if counted, would amount to an enor. mous sum of years. But if you then tell them what they, t'.e. the Indians, maintain, o~. that the King of Jamlbadhra, that town whence the JM~o6<thM, the f/~h~/MM emblica, and the Myrobalana bellerica are expsrtcd, c"cn s.t thc .ge of 250 years, iode and hunted and married, and behaved altogether like a young man, and that all this was the consequence of a dietetic treatment, they will reject it, and declare that the Indians are vident liars, not reaUy learned men, because they base 30 their sciences upon inspiration, and that therefore their doctrines are not trustworthy. Besides, they will begin to speak of the of aU the teneta of the Indians in all questions of law and subtlety of religion, reward and pumahment (eschatology), and they will dwell on the various sorts of torture which they practise in castigating their own bodies. It is this sect whom God means in the verse of the Koran (Sra. x. 40): "Nay, they have declared to be a lie something, science of which they did not comprehend"; and in the other verse the (Sra xlvi. 10) And as they would not be guided will say: That thereby, verily, is an old lie." They admit only that which suits they them, although it be 40 feeble, and they avoid everything that divers from their dogma, although it be true. 1 hve read a book of 'Ab-'AbdaIlah Albusain ben 'IbrAMm AItabar! AIntd!, a treatise on the duration of natural life, where he maintains thatits greatest length is 140 solar years. beyond which no increaseis

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possible. He. however, who denies this so categorically, is required to produce a proof, which the mind is obliged to accept, and in which it acquiesces. But he ha.s not established the least proof for his assertion, except that in Ma premises he iays down the following theory Three StahM fe)~c<)OM!sare peeuliar to manI. Hia attaining to manhood (or wonmnhood), tho time when he becomes able to propaga.te his own race. That is the beginning of the second ~eMeM~. n. When his thinking power ripena, and his intellect proceeds from 10 to That is the beginning of the sixth ;S'ft'f); SM'mjnt; TroH)<rM. m. When he becomes able to govern himself, if he be unmM-rMd his ffusUy aSadra, if he be married his public affaira, if lie exercise some public authority. The sum of these three fS<at!M is Petyce~'OKM to be 140 years. We do not sco by what proportion 'Ab-'AbdaJIh has calculated thpsp tmmbeM. For there is no proportion nor progresMon apparent amons them. Verily, if we conceded to him that there are three such S/a/Ms Perfectionis, if we then counted them in the way lie bas done, and declared finally, pre-supposing we did not apprehend being required to 20 estaNisn a proof, that the sum of these Na<!ts is 100 or 1,000 or something like it, his method and ours would be quite the sa.me. However, there is this difference, that <eefind, that in our time man attains those phases of development, wMch he represents as the eharacteriatic signs of the Statua J'~e<!<to?M'e, quite other ~S'ece~/ts in and times than those wMch he mentions. God knows best his meaning As regards the (superhuman) size of the bodies (of former generations), we sa.y, if it be not necessary to believe it for thia reason, that we cannot observe it in our time, and that there is an enormous interval between ua and that time, of which such thinga are related, it is there30 fore by no means impossible~ It is the same, the like of which is related in the Thora of the bodies ofthe giants (Nephlm, Reph'm, *Enak!m), p. 84. and the belief in this has not been abandoned since the time when th<' Israelites sa,w them with their own eyes. Therefore everybody may a,ttack amd ridicule this subject, if he likes! If the Thora was read to them, and they read it themselves, though up to that moment they had not declared the readers of the Thora to be Uars, yet even if the giants were something quite different from what they are deseribed to be (i.e. lass extraordinary), they would declare the reader of the Thora to be a liar, in case he related anything that is not borne out by their exprience 40 and observation. If, indeed, there had never been classes of men with bodiea uf <m extraordinary vastness, God having given them an uncommon size (vidc Eoram, ii. 24), no recollection of them would have remained in the uninterrupted chain ofjtumim tradition, and people would not compare with them everybody Who~in size exceeds their genus, as it ia 7 t Wi

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known to us. For instance, the people of 'Ad have become proverbial in this sense. But how can 1 expect them to believe n j regarding the people of 'Ad, since they reject even that which is much nearer to our time and much more apparent? They produce such arguments M donot counterhala.nce the very wea&est of those argumenta which are urged against them. They shun accepting the striking arguments, flying before them like fugitive aasea that fly before a lion (Koran, Ix dv. 5]j. What would they say of the monuments of larger races of men which exist still at the present tirno, such as the houses which were eut intothe solid rocks in tho mountains of Midian, of the graves built in the rocks, and of bones buried in their interior, which are as large as camel-bones and even larger, of the bad emell of those localities, which is so strong that you cannot enter there without covering the nose with something P ? And it is the common consent of all who inhabit those places that they ?<! people of <&<t'bte~a." But, (the authors of those monuments) are when they hear of ?< day of <?<t)'i!:Ke," only laugh in a mocking they way, make grimaces in haughty disdain, turn up their noses in joy over their theories, and in the persuasion that they are infinitely superior to, and altogether distinguished from all common people. But God is aumcient for them; they will get th reward of their doings, and we that of ours ChrOBOlogical TM)lea.In some book 1 have found tables iUuetm.tive of the durations of the reigns of the Mngs of the Assyriens, t.e. the people of Mo~ul, of the kings of the Copts, who reigned in Egypt, and of the Ptoleman princes, each of whom was called Ptolemeeus. For Alexander, when dying, ordered that every long of the Greeks after him should be called Ftolenueus, in order to frighten the enemies, beea.use the word means "the Mt'Hite." In the same book 1 have found the chronology of the later kings of th Greeks. In this book, the interval between the birth of Abraham and Alexander was reckoned as 2,096 yeaj-s, which is more than Jevs, Christians, and aetrologers (those who apply the comjunctiona of Saturn and Jupiter to history) reckon. Now 1 have tramaferred those idemtical tables into this place of my book. Time bas not enabled me to correct the marnes of the Hngs on th baais of their tme pronunciation. 1 hope, therefore, that everyone wiH endeavour to correct and amend them, who like myself wishes to facilitate the subject for the student, and to free him from fatigue of research. And nobody ought to transcribe these tables and the other ones except him who is well acquainted with the RtM'~ft~'Mmm~, and honestly endeaTours to preserve them correct. For they are corrupted by the tradition of the copyists, when they pass from hand to hand among them. Their emendation is a work of many years.

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'.8.the people of M08ul. .thepeopleofMoant. They are S7 h) n-ber, and they reigned during 1305yearw. I. Bloa Ninoa. He builtNinive in Mosul. Abrahajn was born in the [43rd ye&r] of Ma reign Semirajnis the wife of Ninos. She founded the ameient Smarr west of Sw)v<t-<)Mt)t-9'<t'<! ZNmes the son of N'mos. Abraham was tried by him, and Bed therefore to Pa. lestine m the [23rd year] of his reign V. Ateioa Aralios Xerxes Annamithres Blchos X. BalMos AltftdM. Mamythos Mamchateus Sphairos XV. Majnyloa Sparethus As]mtades Amynts Blochos XX. Bal&tors Lamprid~B Saares Lampares PamyM XXV. Sosamoa Mithaios Tautans. In hia time Ilion was taken by the Greeke, who had made war uponit Teutaioa Thmaioa XXX. DeT~yloa EnpaJea. In hia time David reigned OYerIarael Laoathena. In hia time the Israelites were divided into two kingdoms Piritiadea Ophrata.ioa XJL&V. Ophra.tamea. On the 167th day of the 42nd year of his reign Homer W)tn bom, who ia with the Greeks the rst poet, as Imrn'ul-KaM with the Ara,ba Ab'a.ga.nes XXX VU. Thnos Konkoleros

N~MES THEKntea op THEAsarBttNa, or A88Y1UAII8,

aum of Thethe anm of th reigned. years.

p. P. 85.

62 52 42 38 30 40 30 38 35 52 32 30 30 20 30 40 40 45 25 30 32 20 30 45 19 37 31 40 30 40 38 40 30 20

62 114 156 194 224 264 294 332 S67 419 451 481 511 531 561 601 641 686 711 741 773 793 823 868 887 924 955 995 1025 1065 1103 1143 1173 1193

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Western authors relate that, during the reign of this last Mug (Thnos KonMeros. alias Sardamapalus), the prophet Jonah was sent to Niniveh, and that a foreigner, called ~fMjt (Arbaces) in Hebrew, J)at-(Min Persian, and pa~~t in Arabie, came forward against this king, made war upon him, put him to flight, killed him, and took possession of the empire, holding it till the time when the Kay&niana, the kinga of Babylonia, whom western authors are in the habit of calling ChaJdeeans, brought the empire under their sway. Th reign of ArbtMM Jaated seventy-two yeare. Here we must remajt that the Cha~dtetma are not identical with th 10 EaySmams, but were their governors of Babylonia. For the original residence of the Ka.y&niama was Ba~kh, and when they came down to Mesopotfunia, people took to calling them by the same name wMch they had formerly applied to their govemors, t.e. Ch&ldeeams. According to some ohronider, Nimrd ben Ksh ben H&m ben Noah, founded a Hmgdom in Babylonia twenty-three years after th Confusion of Languages. And that was the earliest kingdom established ou earth. The Confusion of Languages happened contemporaneously with the birth of the pa.trifHfch Be'&. The aame chronider mentions other kings that rose after Nimr6d, until the empire passed into th hands of the Assy~iitn 20 kinga, the chronology of whom bas been iUastra.ted by the preceding table. The chronology of the kings that have been recorded, is represented by the following table How long Snm of the they ]cet)pted. yeam. 69 8S 226 10 5 M 154 236 241 M

TnE Kntea opBABmoNu.

Nimrd u~ rae SSm~M 72 TpaIdMhfMth till Babylom~ ~3m<rt\<crM, it wM ocoupied by the Asayriana

p. 88.

For the kings of Babylonia, we have also found another ehronological tradition, beginning with Nebukadnezar the First (t.e. Nabonasear), and ending with th time when m consequence of the dea.th of Alexander o KT&T))!, eople began to date by the reigns of the Ptolemman princes. p This tradition, now, we have tramafetred into thia book, having corrected the numbere for the dnja.tiona 01:their reigns. As to the names, however, I have simply tramacribed them letter by let~ r, since I have not had an opportunity to correct them according to their ~foimncia.tiom. 40 The following table containa thia chronological tradition.

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101

TABMOFTHEK!KES0FTHt OnAM~ANS. TABLE xas Kuaa oa Tas OaAanx.erra. op

How long each otthem reigned.

Theimm of the years.

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With him the eta. in Bukhta.na~aar Primus. the ~!)t!<t~M< begins Nebucadnezar. Nadios Chimzroa Ilulaios Mardokempad Arceanus 'A~t~o: Bilibes ApMtmadios ErigeMos Mesesimordakos 'Aj8o<r&tM~O! Sturfpo: Asandinos SMaduchinos Nabopolassaros and Kiniittdamos Nebucadnezar BnIchtMM~ar, who conquered Jerusalem j*!)~ BdteshM9M. Darius the Median, the First Cyros, who rebuilt JeraaaJem CambyMa Damna Xerxes ArtaxerxeaPnmTM Darius Artaxerxes Seeundua.. (MMM (~ Darius Alexander ben Macedo, -Mm~; Renceforward people commenced to date from the reign of Philippus.

14 2 5 5 12 5 2 3 6 1 4 8 13 20 22 21 43 2 4 17 9 8 36 21 43 19 46 21 2 6 8

14 16 21 26 38 43 45 48 54 55 59 67 80 100 122 143 186 188 192 209 218 226 262 283 326 345 391 412 414 420 428

p. 89

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p. 90. p.90. NAMm -nnsCorne Kmes IN Eafj. or They are 34 in number, beaideathe PetsomB,and they reigneddtmnfr 894years. LDicapolitia Smendis S~ NepheroherB.. V.Amen&phthia.. OsocMr Psinachs Fa&SNma SesomcMm X.0srth8n TakeMthis Osrth&m Psananos ~W~?~ Sa.bakmjBthiopa SebicMa Tajatos~tMopa __Amtmeis~'H.hiops XX.Stephiaa.this.. Nechepaa Nectar Psammtichos NechepB(?)Neehao(?) XXV.P~thi.. Y~ AmMM The PemiMM tiU DMius _Amyrttuoa XXX.Nephent.8 AchnB PsajnmthMMidMntMtos() Nehtamebes Tea. XXXV.Ne]d.a.nebos Henceforward people ceased to date byth reigns of these and the Chaddesm kings and commenced to use the era of Alexander the Greek.
P. adde 68, L..MMa 8, ae th reading of another mMtnBC:pf..

now long them reigned. 178 26 101 4 9 6 9 35 21 15 *13 25 9 10 44 12 12 20 12 7 6 8 44 6 17 25 114 c 6 12 2 13 7 M

The som of the

178 204 305 309 010 324 368 389 "" ~? 442 451 461 505 517 549 561 568 574 582 626 632 6?4 ~e 830 836 854 856 869 876 894

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Here we add the chronological ta.b.'cs of the Pto!en]:r:)ns and the Roman Emperors. Chronology since the time of Philippus (AridiBUs) of .~M! J'/t!7<p!; n. of .~H)n ~M~M~t, consists of three parts:I. m. of .~MMDiocletiani. The firat are the MD-interca.la.ted years of the Alexandrians; the secord are the intercalated yeara of the Greeks and With this of the same kind as the second are the ~MM)DtoeMtat: king a new era commences, heca.use, when the empire had devolved upon him, it remained with his descendants, and because after his death the Christian faith was generally adopted. Another (later) era than the 10 JBrct DiocMKMtthas not been mentioned, although the rtde several timea Hre follow slipped out of the hands of his family. God knows best the tables NAMESr THEKixGs OFMArEDOxtA, o whoare the Gi'eeks(I<mians), called also PtolemeeaM. Philippus Alexajidern-nItusAlexajidri PtoIemaMs filius La~i o oytxot. He conquered Palestine, went up to Jerusalem and led the Isralites intoca.ptivity. Afterwa.rdsheyestoTed! them to liberty and ma~e them a present of the TMeaoftheirTempIe PtolemuB PhiaAelphus. He caused th Thora to be tranalated into Greek Ptolemeus Euergetes Phuskon Primus PtolemeausPhilometor Ptolemmua Epiphanes Phuskon Seejndus Ptolemceua Philopator the Deliverer Ptolemus Euergetes Alexander Secundus Ptolemus Soter the Iron-smith, .~)-<MtMt J''<tM<o)' Ptolemua Dionysius Optimus Cleopatra, till the time when Gajus, in Latin Julius, became Dictator Cleopatra, till the death of Gajus and th succession of his son Augustus. Cleopatra, till the time when he (Augustus) kiUed her How long Snmof the thcy reigned. years. 7 12 7 19 p.93.

20

2C 38 25 17 24 35 29 36 29

39 77 102 119 143 178 8 207 243 272 275

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279 294

Thecalling Cleopatra by the name of J'<o!em<B:is a point of discussion, on account of her being a woman. But as ahe resided in 40 Alesmdria., and waa the queen of it, she wa,s caJIed by that name. Gajus, in Latin Julius, mef.ns king of the world."

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]>.93. p. 93.

NAttES OFTHEBoMAN KtKe. t.a. the Csarswhoresided in home. They are th Ban-at'aafar, t.e. the descendants of SepM ben 'EUphazben Esan bon Isaak bon Abraham. Augustus Csa.r, after he had killed Cleopatra Tibprms filius Auguati Gajus Claudius, who killed the Apostle Paul and Simeon Pctrua Nero, who killed the believers .14 VespMianua. One year after his accession to the throne he con~uered PaJestine, and having besieged the Jews in Jrusalem for three years, he destroyed it, killed many, scattered the rest over the empire, and abolished their religious rites 'J'tus Domitiamua. In the 9th year of his reign Johannes the Evangelist was bajiiahed. Thereupon he hid himself on an island till the emperor's death. Then he left the island and dweit in EphesM Nerya. ~ajamus Hadrianus. It was he who destroyed Jerusalem and forbade anyone entering it in the 18th year of his reign Antoninus. It was he who rebuilt JerusaJem. Galenus says tha.t he composed a book on anatomy in the begiBning of his reign ..23 Commodus .32 Severus and Antoninus Antoninus alone. Towards the end of his reign (Menus died Alexander filius MammeeN. Majnmtea, meajis Maximinue .18 Gordiamus Philippus Decius, who occurs in the story of the Neepers GtaJIus .8 Yaleriamus C]a.udius Aureliamus Probus Cajua and Carinus J j Seven

How long each ot them reigned. 43 22 4 14

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10 3

107 110

15 1 19 21

125 126 145 166 189 221 246 250 26g 266 272 278 279 282 a87 288 294 grn 303

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OF E1XGS.

NUER OFTHE KINGS OFCUUISTEXD01f. NANM Of THE Knms OFCmMTEXMM. NAriBa OFTa& Knros or Camaraxnoa.

105 95. p.95. p. HowbM Anui I

~eh f ~em Ktsned. 21 ~1 Diocle. ~'' 32 24 2 1 14 17 13 42 6 18 17 27 9 37 1~ 14! 8 81 1 10 3 3 2 1 M 77 79 " 94 124 166 188 172 190 207 234 24S 280 298! 318 cw p. 96.

Dioeletianna Ho The nri't Constantinus. Hng who adopted Christianity. In the Ist year of his baitt the waUa of Constantinople. reign his mother, Hp!ene, s-mght for ihe wood of th Cross, In the 19th year the biehops which she finally found. in Nicaea and estabtishcd tho canons of Chrh10 assembled tianity Constantinns (Constantins) Jnlianna Apostata Yatcntinianns Valens. He~vasbnmed.inescaping.mabam Theodomna th Great Arcadius, Ms M)n ln his time Nestorins was cxcommmuTheodoain& Minor. catcd. his wife Palchera. In their time th Jacobites Mareianns and 20 wereexcommnnicated Lo the Great. He bdonged to th moderate party HewasaJacobito. ZenoAlarmtnak:. He bnit Ammorium, and was a Jacobite Anastasins. Jnstinns He bni)t the chnrch in Rnh (Edeesa) Jnstinianno. Tiberins. Mauricius. HehetpedKisrAaKainstBahramShbiu. by ShahrbarAx, Phocas, who waa besieged tu Constantinople the fanerai ofKiMa 80 Heracliuq tbe wiae Couetantinns. He was murdered in the bath Conatantinna Constantinm Jmstmi&Tms. The Greeks eut off his nose Leontins. He was found to be a weak mau, being dcrpit. Sohewasdethi-oned Tiberins. Apaimarns .& JnatiniannB&hinomt03 4.0 Phiiippicna when He was dethroned, Anaatasins. AtMmna (ArtemitM). he could not carry on the war Theodosius. HewasbesegedbyMasamaben'Abd-almauk He deceited Maalanm and repulsed him from Lo the Great. Constantinople the son of Lo the Great Conatantinm. Senior Lo Janior, the son of Conatantinna Constantinus Junior, the aon of Leo Junior Angnsta. (Irne) mied the Greek empire tho son of Nieephoma 50 NicephoraB and Stanracim Michael the son of Georgina by Michael in the charoh Lco, till ho waa murdered of Loo bon Thothe mnrdcrer Michael Conatantinopolita.nns, ben Michael Constantinopolitanna philns BeaCina the Sh.voniam, the last of their kinga

403 406 413 422 424 425 t" 'S 4S7 606 " 62S

4 18 18 7 7a. 6m. Sa.. 6m.

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p.97.

E KtNMof CmsMtrmmpLE, M~mMAU.f~MKc.th.m.n~ authonty of th jn~eeAhmki',who tookthem trommhootthfttbetongedtothe GreekEmperor.

aow lonK reigned

Smm of tho yeora. thcye~.

YeMa. Months.' YeMS. Months. 0 0 6 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 8 8 4 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 6 0 11 2 g 8 0 0 0 2 81 'M 74 M 68 0 0 6 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 7 10 1 6 g 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 6 11 11 10 0 6 8 8 8 8 10 1

p. 98.

Conatantinm, the son of Helene, th Tiotoriona .81 Constfmtinna.Mason M JnlianuBhianephew. 2 Theodosina 10 Gtiftnns.TatentiBKmna 6 Arcadina.theaonofTheodosns 18 Theodosina.thesonofAroadica 42 Utrcianns 29 Leo Senior 16 LeoJcnjor 1 ~o 17 AnMtMuM 27 ArtBs 11 ~aatrndttB. Darii~hMreigntheFrophet~mabom 88 StephaniM 4 tbrcmnns (Matmcim) During his reign the Prophet reoeivedhie D:vine misaMn 20 Phooas. During hie reign the flight of the Prophet oocnrred g Heraohna and hie son. Dnring their reign the Pro_P~etdied gl CoMta.ntmm), the son ot Hracls .26 16 OoMtantmns.thettonofHeractee'wife 17 Oonstfuitimus.thesonofHeraolea 10 8 LeoorLeon(LMorElyn) Tiberius 7 EBttnns(Jastinumns). 6 Anastamna 6 TheodoBtns 2 Lo. Dnring his reign the empire of the Ban'Umayya wae diemembered 26 Lo, th son ot OonatfmtinnB. People think that he WM a wortUess ohmacter, notwithstanding the length of hia reign 6 CoMtantinua.thesonofLeo. 9 Constantinna 6 Irene, who received the empire from her father 6 Nioephoms,tttthetuneofH&rnAhfM)Md 8 Stauracino.Mseon 0 Mtohae.hMspn 7 IheepmiM.hleaon 22 Michael, the son of TheophUna. With thh king th dynasty expireat the time of the Khalif Al. mn'tazz 28 BftsiUnsthoS~vonian 20 Lo th son of BmiMns. Anno 278 at the Hijr timo of Ahmn'ta.did 26 Alexander, th son of BMinne. He died from a tnmonrinthebeUy,A.B.299 1 ConBtfmtin)M,the son of Leo, A.H.801.

10

87 129 168 174 176 192 219 281 269 278! 293 301 332 867 ? P 884 894 397 411 P 417 423 426 460 466 466 471 476 486 4M [476P] 498 ;jjg 546 [ 672] J [673]

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M7

The Persians call the nrst man p. 9! Chronology of the Persians. C~oNMtrtA, with the sumamie GtmMA, i.e. M~ of the moM!~<t: or, as others say, CtbMA, t.e. "king of the clay," beca.use a.t that time there was no other man in existence (but himself, there being nothing but clay). N:o)-M People say that his name (Gaymarth) means living, M~)OM<t!, 6eM~ The chronology of the Persians beginning with Gaymarth is divided into three parts A. Parti. From Gaymarth till the time when Alexander killed 10 Damua, seized upon the provinces of the Persians, and transferred their acientiNo treasures to his own country. B. Part II. From that time till the time when Ardashr ben Bbak came forward, and the Persian empire was re-esta.Mished. C. Part m. From that time till the time when Yazdajird ben Shahry&r wa~ killed, when the empire of the Sasanian dynasty wa.s dissolved and Islm arose. Regarding tte beginnmg of the world, the Persians relate mamy curious traditions, how Ahriman, i.e. the devil, was bom out of th thought of God and uf his pride in the world. And also regarding 20 Cbymajth for God, being bewildered a.t the sight of Ahriman, was covered with sweat on the forehead this he wiped off and threw away and out of this sweat Gta.yma.rth was born. Then God sent him to Ahriman, who overpowered him, and began to travel about in the world, always riding upon him. At laat, Ahriman asked him what was the most odious and horrible thing to him. Whereupon he said, that on arriving a.t the gate of hell he would suffer a painful terror. On having arrived, then, a.t the gate of hell, he became refractory, and managed by various eontrivances to throw off the rider. But now Ahriman remounted him, and asked him from what aide he was to begin devouring 30 him. Gaymarth answered: From the side of the foot, that 1 may still for some time look at the beauty of the world," knowing quite well that Ahriman would do the contrarv of what he told him. Then Ahriman commenced devouring him from the head, and when he had come as far as the testicles and the spermatic vessels in the loins, two drops of sperma. fell down on the earth. And out of these drops grew two B!bas bushes (-B/M<M)t ft6M), from among whieh Mcshit and Mshna. sprang up, t.e. the Persian Adam and Eve. They are also called Ma,lh& amd Ma.lha.yAna., and the Zoroa.striams of Khwrizm call them Ma,rd and Majdana,. This ia what 1 have hea,rd from the geometrician, 'Ab-aJha.sam 40 dhaj'khr. In a different form this tradition, regarding the origin of mankind, is related by 'Abu-'AM Muha,mmad ben 'Ahmftd Alba.lkM, the poet, in the

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ShhnAma, who premiaea that the following aourcea I. ftMt-<!yar.a!ot!<M<: by nby ni. by IV. by V.

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he has oorreoted hia report on th baaia of

'Abdatlah ben Almu~ama. Mu~ammad ben Aljahm AIba.rma.1d. HuMm ben Akaaim. Bahrm ben Mardnahah, the Maubadh of the city of Sabr. by BaJu-am ben Mihran AUahahan.

Besidea he bas compared his account with that of the Zcroaatriam Bahrm of Hert. He aaya Gay&marth atayed in Paradiae 3,000 yeara, 10 i.e. the mtUemnia. of Ariea, Taurus, and Gemini. Then he fell down on the earth and lived there safely and quietly three other mniemua, thoae of Cancer, Lo, and Virgo, tiN the time when all that ia evil in the worid was brought about by Ahriman. The story is as foltowa: that Chy6marth, who was called Ct~MA, because <?tr means in PaMa.~ OMMtmtain," dwelt in the mountaina (Aljibl-Modia), being endowed with ao p.100. much beauty that no living being could view him without becoming terrified and loaing the control of ita senses. Now, Ahriman had a son called ~&f;Mt, who one day met with Gaymarth, and waa killed by him. Whereupon, Ahriman complained to God 20 of Ctayma.rth and God reaolYed to puniah him in order to keep those covenanta that existed between him and Ahriman. go he ahowed him Brat the pumahmenta of thia world and of the day of reaurrection and other thinga, ao tha.t Cta.yomarth at last deaired to die, whereupon God killed him. At the same moment two dropa of sperma. feU down out of hie loina on the mountain Damdadh in IstaKhr, and out of them grew two B!b&s-buahea, on which at the beginning of the ninth month the limba (of two human bodiea) began to appear, which by the end of that month ha.d become complte and aaaumed human sha.pe. These two are Msh and Jfahy&na- Fifty yeara they lived without any neceaai<y for go eating a.nd drinking, joyfnUy amd without any pain. But then Ahriman appeared to them in the ahape of an old man, amd induced them to take the fruit of the treea. He himaelf commenced eating them, whereupon he at once again became a young man. And now they (M~ah and Mahyna.) began to eat. Then they were plunged into misfortunea and evils. Lust arose in them, in conaequence of which they copula.ted. A child was bom unto them, but they devoured it from aheer ra.venousneaa. But then God inapired their hearta with mildnees. Afterwarde the wife gave birth to six other children, th namiea of whom are known in the Avaata. The aeventh birth produced Siy&mak and Frvk, who married 40 and begot a aon Hahamg. Regarding the chronology of this nrat part, the livea of the kings and their famona deeds. they relate thinga which do not seem admissible to th mind of the reader. However, the aim of our undertaking being to

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109

collect and to communicate chronological material, not to criticize and correct historical accounts, we record that on which the scholars of th Persians, the Hrbadhs, and M&ubadhs of the Zoroastrmns agree among At the s:nne time themsolves, and which is received on their authority. we collect the materiala in tables, as we have doue lieretofoi-e, in order that our work may proceed on the SMMe plan whieh we have laid down for the chronologies c the other nations. To th names of the kings we add their epithets, because they are distinguished by individual epithets, whilst as to the other kings, if they 10 have any epithet at all, it is one common to their whole class, hy which Those he as well as everybody else who reigns in his place is cal]cd. common epithets correspond to the SMhansMh of the Persiaus. A list of them we give in the following table

Th C~of The Clsasesof Prinee8.. M.c.

Thf-Ephhets that apply to tlm PH~C'

20

30

40

Shahanshah and Eisra. The Sasamian kings of the Persians ;.e. Csa.r. The Greek kings BasH!, The kings of AJexaJidria. Ptoicmns. Ya,mMi Tubba. the Turks, Chazar, and TaEhAkhn. gharghaz th Shuzz-Turks. Hanta.. the Chinese Ba.ghbr. B&th~r&. India, BaM. Ka,nnj the Ethiopians AInajsM. theNubiama E&M1. th islands in the eMiern ocean MaJiMj. the mountains of Ta.bMMt&n Ispahbadh. Dunbwajid Masma.ghan. Shar. (HtM-jistn Zadha.waihi. Sarakhs BahmanaNas and Abward NMn. Eash IkhshM. Fa~hana Asrshanat Afshm. Tudun. Shash Maha.waihi. Marw Kanhr. Nishapr Tarichn. Samarksnd Sa.nr Alhajjj. Dahiatn Sl. Jurjan Aitahpadh.

p.Ml.

110

ALBBN!. The Epitheta that apply to the Princes of these Ctasaea.

Th Classes of Prinoea,

p.102.

of the Sclavonians. ~a.bMr. NintrMh. the Syrians the Egyptians Phfn'a.oh. B~miyan SMr-i.BAmiy&N. AJ'Mz. Egvpt. KabuI-Shah. Xabu! H Tinnidh Tirmidh.Shb. 10 Khw&rizm Ehwrizm-Sh&h. Shirwan Shirw&n.Shah. BuMiar BuHi&ra.Ehudah. Guzgnan G&zgan-Ehudah. Individual epithets (of princes) were not in use before the reign of lel&m, except among the Persians. Part 1. M divided into three parts 1..P&M:MM<NM,those who ruled over the whole world, founded cities, discovered mines and produced the metaJa, and found out the elements of hMidicraAs and arts; who practised justice on earth, and worshipped 20 God as is his due. 2. JEtmye of jgMM, which means "~eqp!e<&eMyM<MMh." They did not rule over the whole earth. The &rat who divided the empires of the world was Fredn the Pure, for he divided them between his sons, as a, poet, a descendant of the family of the hjsras, saysThen we have divided onr empire in our time, Just as people divide mat on a mea.t-hoard. Syria and Greeee &~far as the setting-plaee of the snn We have given to a champion, to Salm. To Toz the Turks were given, and so a cousin go Holda the country of the Turka. And to ~m AI'Mk was given by dint of force. He ha.s Ohtajned th rule, and we have obtained the benefits thereof." 3. X<t~M[<M, th heroes. In their days the rule over the world became divided between the various nations. Between thse parts (of ancient Persian chronology) there are gaps, on aecount of which the order and progress of chronology are much troubled and obseured. Hre follow the kings of Part L, according to the opinion of the generatity of the Persians.

The kings

ERAS, .g

DATES, AND REIONS Ot' KINGS.

Ul

:The classe. Of the )~ King.,

Ta" Ximma av Titt Pmusi Tas HeYSS as sas Psasxrs of PART eaehot

Kntoo Bmas

Thelr ~,e

p.10S. Snm earhof of thc tho How! n-tj~ied. S~ reib-ned. 30 .1 40 60 93 70 120 213 M

10

0<t)/&"ar<hbirth of Mesh and Till the MaMna, who ia caUed"Mafe)'or"]nc<~Htt)')'tn."Theao ~~) cC~ twoarethePeraianAdamandEve.. Till MoaM amd MsMna. married Ti)) th birth of Hshang ben SiyAmak ben M6sh& HMa))!) ben AMwtk MmOfO~ ben WijaMn ben nkahadh ben Hothe coming-forwat~ of Bdasaf shan~ftiU The eame-after that event Jam ben W~jah&n. From the time when he ordered people to fabricato weapons till the time when he ordered them to spin and weave. Till th time when ho ordered people to divide themsetves into fonr etassea Tin the time when ho made war npon tho demona and enbdned them Till tho time when ho urdered the dmons to break rocks ont of the monntains and to carry them Till the time when ho ordered a vheeMto be conatructed. It tM< con. carnage stmcted, and he rode npon it. After that, pfoplp lived in health and happiness -till tho time when he hid himself He continned to be Mddent!n he was seized by Aldahhlc, who toro ont his bowes and aawpdbimwithaaaw ~!ffaAM<; bon 'mwan of the Amalekites or with another ben ArwaudnamoBvarasp ben Ztn~s ben Bartshand ben Ghar, who asp was the father of the pure Arabians, ben AIrw&k ben SiymaT: ben MesM ben Athny4n ~/rM<!)t Gho ben Athfiyn Ni~o ben Athfiyn ben Shahrgao ben Athny&n ben AthnyAn SipMh~~o bec Akhnnbago Athnyn Dizago ben AthBy&n N!g4o ben Nfnr&ah ben Jam the King

Girshah.

P~hddh Zbwand

40 t 29

253 254 283

Shdh

60 60 60 100

333 383 433 633

20

J g ;S 3 S ~a

66 300 100

599 ) 899

30

999

AzMaha):

1000

1999 p.104.

40

AImanbadh

200

2199

g0

'S killed hia btntbera Satm ~Mj. He was MIed by bis brothers Sn!m and were'all .S TBj, ?'t)), who rei~ned after him. reigned They were 'al) three sona of Afrdn ' ben Gzan, the danghter of raj g. I jtfm&ihj~r lraj. o n tiU the timo when hc killed T&j and Salm, t.e.ShajminPeraian. '5g Till the cime when the son of TAj occnpied t-g 3 .M) rnabahr, and drove Min&shjihr ont of the eonntry .S ben nat ben BMunan FMstyM ben Bashang +> S)~* ben Tnrk ben Zabanaap ben Arshasp ben Tej -S tiD the time when Minahjihr gained the victory over him and drove him away. Therea treatyonthebamBofthe g npontheymado weU.kttownarrow-Bhot

Aimn~tatt Ferez

300 20 60 M

2499 2619

2579 2679

MM

112

A.BRNi.

The ~M 0 Fautego.

T.t.m..M.FTmPtM,MKt!.03 "1 J.

-metr

How ~.m 8\11U .'.s them yem. r~. teigned. ~8 12 ) 2619 2631

his death i MinoshjihrtiH .FirasivAb S'g~.M~theTtu-toeenpyingAl'Mk E Zdb bon Tahmiap ben Kamjahubar ben ZA ben~) HAahab bon WMina); bM) Bmr ben Mi. c.~ p nahjibrtOKetherwith h Thetwo g'S. t ben 'Mnntap ~' 0<t)'~)<i<!j),.e. SAm ben Narimtn companioM. ben Ashak ben N6sh ben Dtsar e'S.a ben Mi. nus J E-t ) n&ahjauJ ~attoM<!h ben Zagh ben N&dhaga ben MaishA ben N&dnar ben Minoabjihr The Fimt yaiM<b ben Kainiya ben Ka~objhtut he rebelled, wherenpon he waa tahej prisoner and atterwarde by Shammar delivered Rnstam ben Daatan ben GarsMep the Kingby Ntmmd The aamefront the latter event till his death ymUttere ben Siy&wnBh ben KaiMstin the time when he went away as a holy pilgrim and hid Mmm]f Hnmtyn ~ath<?)n!sp ben Kaiwaj) ben Kaimanish ben Kaiknba~htat he sent BnHttanaMar to Jemsatem.whodeatreyedit rheBa'-trian The Bame after that event the appearance XatMM)tt<!<p ben Lnhraapti!! of Zoroaster Alherbadh The aame after that event ben K<<MMrB!<m<mbenMandiyar fTaBin WshMsp the body. ~mtMdMt the danghter of Ardaaht~Bahman Cairz&d Ddrd ben ArdaaMrBahman Th great M<4 ben MfAtiB he was MUed by AJexander the Greek Thesecond

10

100

2736

?5 75 60

28t] 2886 2946 3006 30C6 3096 3186

20

g .3 p.105.

60 60 30 90 30 12 14

Jj6 30

to<

3328 3340 33M

The account of the chronology of thia Part I., which we have given, is stated very differently in the ~!M&-(tbtyar. Our account, however, comes nearest to that view regarding which people agree. The chronology cf this same part, but in a different shape, 1 have also found in 40 the book of Hamza ben AIhusai Alisfali&n, which he c&HB C~t~mo~gy and of great m<t<tOtM <&e of ~<M< ~)!-e<eM< He M,ys that he has endef.voured to correct his account by meaM of th ~&<M<< which is the religious code (of th Zoroastrians). Therefore I have tramsierred it into this place o my book.

ERAS,

DATES,

A\P

t:E)GNS 0F

KINGS.

113

TABLE U. or PART I. Howtong cachot them reigaed. 40 Snmof "*'of Yeara.. 40 P.M6.

NAMESF THEP~SBC~BHtAN 0 Kttea, takenfromtheAbMtit.begummgwith Gaynmrth. .Ct&ym&rththe&rstmaji An interregnum of 170 years. Hoshemg Tahm&ra.th 10 Jam BSwtH&sp AfrdAn Minshcihr. FiTtiay&t An interregnwm of nnknown length. Z&b. Garshsp together with Zb An interregnum. NA:n!9OFTHEKAXJUnAN KtKM. 20 XMkobcUl B~ik&s KMkhuN-M Eajluhr&sp EmMshtsp. EaJtMdaaMr. Cihr&zad D!H&t)enBaJnnam. Dr ben Dr 1000

40 30 616 ,i 500 120 12

80 HO 726 1726 2226 2346 MM

9 3

2367 2370

p.107. 126 150 80 120 MO 112 M 12 14 2494 2646 2726 2846 2966 3078 3108 3120 3134

114
P.M8.

AMaNt.

Farther, ~MB~ relates that he hM found a1so this part of Persian chronology in the copy of the Maubadh, sueh M ia exhibited in the following table TABLE HL 0F PARTI.

N~tt:s OFTBEMsBDADHMKmas, taken&cmtheCopyetthethnbaah.

Howtoner eMhot S~mof Yea~o.

Ct&yAmtH-th.
Till their desth X~y~ Iffashang ~?" 't~hm~th. Jam-tUlheMdMmMM Sw~ R~~ ~d~ MmM~~r: Z~dC~h~p P.109. S~ Kaikhuerau S~~ Luhrep Bisht^ Cihrzd Dr ben Ba,hman g~ DM ben Dr 50 40 616 1~ 1000 500 120

q.
130 2fi4 S64 2010 251G 2510

NAMN O?TM KAYtm-tt KntM. ~0 ~0 60 120 120 L~ 30 12 2734 294~ 3069~ 3184 8326 3338

p.110.

In the biographical and hiatorical booh that ha.vebeentra.nala.ted from the works of Western authora, you find an aecount of the kings of reK~ and Babylonia, beginning with Frdn, whom they call, as people say, TM&I (Pl ?), and ending with D&r, the last of the Persian Hnga we~md that these records differ Now, greatly (from Eastern records) as to the numher of the kings and their marnes, as to the durationa of their reigns, their history, and their description. 1 am inclined to think that they confounded the kings of Persia. with their governors of Babylonia, and put both side by aide. But if we altogether refram from mention. ing those reeorda, we ahonid deprive thi~ book of something that foi-ms 40 &due part of it, and we should tum away the mind of the reader therefrom. We, now, exhibit this tradition in a special table of its own, in

EBAS, DATES,

AND BEIONS OF KIXGS.

115

order to prevent confusion getting into the arangement of the various systems and traditions of thia book. Rere it foUows

Tnz

KINGS

op

w begiBmmg ith Frdtn, acoordingta Western ant~.

PEM~,

How~g

each

g~

reigaed.

tha y~. 5 gg 70 g~ 84 93 96 145 176 209 266 267 269 278 286 320 400 ~gg 462 503 533 542 583 610 622 638 p.111.

20

80

Yf:3l, s.e. W.m TMM.t.e.rrMm 3535 35 TigMathPilesar ie. Salm Sa.InMmMaM.t.e.SsJm S sar, l<t 14 SMmenb ben SaImanMaM t.e. m Persiam: Sa.n&. Mtt 9 Sardm (Bzarhaddon), t.e. Z ban T&m&ap 3 After him the following powerful kings reigned: p~ 49 Sanherib U. 31 o M&JMa 33 BnMitm~~M', t.e. EMtMs 57 Evitad ben BuHttama~M 1 Beltesha~~ar ben Evilad 2 D&r&Alm&M I., ie. D&nus.. 9 Koresh, ie. Kmkhustau 8 Cyrus, i.e. Luhrap .34 OMmbyMS 80 D&r&II. 36 Xerxes ben Dr, i.e. EhusrM I.. 26 Ardashr ben Xerxes, called /u~o~, ie. Longimmnus 41 .ELhusN.TtII. 30 Sogdianne, Notos ben Ehusr&n 9 ArdMMrbenD&rII. 41 ArdMhrHI. 27 ArsesbenOchua 12 Dr, the last king of Persia 16

The Jews, Zoroastriane, Christiams, and the valons seets of them, p.112. relate the or~MMa)tMma[tand carry chronology down from them, having previously admitted the truth of such origines, and having gained cej-tain views regarding them, on which people either agree or differ. He, however, who denies auch origines, cannot adopt that whieh is built upon 40 them, except after producing varions sorts of interpretations whieh he adde of his own. However, those o<a t MWt<!t,.e. Adam and Eve, have been used as the epoch of an era. ~nd some people maintain that lime consists of cycles, a.t the end of which ail created beinga perish, whilst they grow at their beginning that each such cycle has a special Adam and Eve of ita own, and that the chronology of this cy :le depends upon them. 8

~6

AMhtNt.

Other people, again, maintain tha.t in each cycle a special Adam amd Eve exist for each oountry in partic~Iar, and that hence the dieerenceof human structure, nature, and langnage is to be derived. Other people, beaidea, hold thia fooliah persuasion, Me. that time hM no <<!rmMKMquo at a!I they take some dogmas from the foundera of a religions, in order to construet some syatem 'by meana of them. Many philoaophera of this ciMa have built up auch aystema. You could hMdly find a prettier tale of this kind than that one produced by S&'d bon Mohammad AldhuM! in hie book. For he says "People lived in bitter enmity and atnfe with each other the better among them were 10 maltreated and oppresaed by the worse. But then, at last, the juat king, Pshdddh, transplanted them to a place, called Firdam (Paradise), situated hetweenAdsn and Serendib. It waa a place where aloe, clovea, and vanoua sorts of perfumes were growing, and all kinds of delicious thinga were to be found. There they dwelt, till one day a. demon ('J~-<<)came the king of the wicked, and began npon them, with them. In th same place PshdMh found a boy and gui,quarrelling th patenta of whom were nnknown. These he educated and caUed them JK~M and ~K~XatM, and made them mamy each other. Therenpon they eommitted ein, and ao he drove them ont of that country." The tale as it has been related, 20 is extremely long. He M.ya that th interval between the time of their aettlement in Paradise, the beginning of all chronology, amd their meeting the demon waa one year; till th time when Msha and Mshna. wero found, two moreyeara elapaed till their majrmge, forty-one years till their death, thirty yeara and till the death of Pshddh, nmety.nine years elapsed. But then he ceases from going on with his chronological account and does not carry it on. to Part Il. of Persian ehro. Chronology of the AsNkMuams.Aa nology from Alexander tiU the rise of Ardashr ben Bba~, it must be known that during thia period the "Pey r~MCM" existed.t.e.thoae 30 princes whom Alexander had installed M rulers over certain special districta, who were all totally independent of each other. To the sa.me period belongs the empire of the AahMniams, who held 'Ir&k and the p.118. country of Mh, t.e. Aljibl, under their swa.y. They were th must valimt among the Petty F~MM atiU the others did not obey them, but ouly honoured them for thia reason, that they descended fi-om the royal Peraia.n house. For the nrst prince of the AshMniams WM~eM ~nAsUt&n.caUedAfghArBhahbenBal&shbenSMp&rbenAshkanben ben Siywush bem Ea~as. (j~ Most Persiam chroniclers have connected the reign of Alexander 40 immediately with that of the nmt Ashkniam prince, by which that period waa moet improperly cnrtajied. Othera say that th Ashk&niama came into power some time a.fter Alexander, whilat othem go on bhtnder. ing without any ~nowledge of the matter. 1 ahall relate in this place such of their traditions as 1 have learned,

EEAS, DATES, AND BEIONS OF KJXGS.

117

and sMI endeavour, as much sa ia in my power, to amend that which is wrong, to refute that which is false, and to establish the truth, beginning with that which corresponds most nearly to the Table I. of F~TtL, 1 aleo caU it Table I. (of Part H.) TABLE 0FTHE NAMES OFTHE AsHKAKIAX KlXGS, conespondingto the Table I. of Fart I. TheirSnmames. 10 Alexamder the Ctreek.. Ashk ben AshMn AaMc ben Ashk ben Aahk Shpr ben Ashk BahT&m ben Shpr NMs!benB&hrMn HurmuzbenNMsi Bahrm ben Htu-muz Frz ben Bah;-Nn Xisr& ben Ferez NaM; ben Ferez 20 Ardetwn ben N&rs! .14 ) Khshdih..18 ..25 Ashkn ..30 Za.mn Khmrmi QtsuwMSMar Bahan ) B:).IM BM&dib j SMk&r! The last ..20 How tong each ofthem reigned. gnm ~" *" Yea.[a. 14 27 52 82 103 128 168 193 210 230 260 280

21 25 40 25 17 20 30

Next follows what corresponds to the Table n. of the same Part I., p.114. that which I~ajnz~ has taken from the Abast. This, again, 1 call the Tabula n., for the purpose of connecting those portions of the three parts of Persian chronology that bear th sa.me name (as Table I., H., TIT of Parts I., n., 111.) with each other, and to bring the tables, thereby, into a good order. It will not be necessary to mention this another time O TABLE II. OF PART II. IN THE ARRANGEMENT F THE TABLES. How long 80 80
NAMES OF THE AsHSBKIAt) KtNGS, each

g
r n~

tMiCordmgtoptmza.

othem~ ) reigtied. 14 52 24 50 21 19 30 17 12 40 M 55

Ym~

Sj Alexander the Greek Ashk ben Balsh ben Shpr ben Ashkn ben Ash the hero Shti.prbenAfthh J&dmr ben '~t~.n ben Shpr j W!jMi ben Balsh ben Shpr, the nephew o the preceding. 40 J&dhaj'benWjambenBal&sh N&n)!tbenW)]:ui Hunnazn ben Balsh, the uncle f th precedimg FrzambenHurmuzn ghusrau ben Frzn BaMahbenFeroz&n Arda.wn ben Balsh ben Frz&n

14 66 90 140 161 180 210 227 239 279 303 358

118 Toth~

ALBBN.

1 add that whieh in the order of the tables i. the third one, taken from the copy of the Ma.ubadh, in order ~ht! that the snbjeet may be carried on, it h~ been done in the two preceding tablea. HerefoUowathe'~Mem.ofI~rtH.

TABLE in. P.115. T<

or PART II.

N~'Mo~'rBEAmK~mAjtKmas, taken by l..Iamzarom the Copy of the Maubadh. f takmby~mz.fromtheC.pyofthe~badh. Alexander the Greek After him reigned a class of Gfreek princes, with their Persian ~m, altogether 14 in number AshkbenDr&benD&r&benD~ AshkbenAshMn Shpr ben Aahkn Ba.hr&m ben Shpr Balsh ben Shpr Hurmuz ben Balsh Ferz ben Hurmuz Ba.l8hbenFer$z S=~ Ba.lshn. ben BaJashn ArdawAn ArdawamtheCtrea.t.benAshkn&n KhusrM ben Ashk&n&a B.MSrIdbemAahk&n.n J&dh~rbemAshkn&n Bida.hbenABhkan&n NMdbenABhk&nn

each of them reigned. 14 68 20 60 11 11 40 17 24 S 13 23 15 15 22 20 31

Snm ~the Years. 14 88 92 112 172 183 194 234 251 251 327 340 363 378 393 415 496 3.

10

.T~ produce what of 'AM-j 'Ibrhn ben 'Al;1mad ben Kha.1af Alzanjn the ma.thema.ticia.n. This man, on having taken pains to compare the discordant traditions with each other, gives the following account of ~d the durions of their reigns, M is exhibited th the "F~ rw~ in following table. He that the P~i~ fixed only the histori tradition regarding not regarding the other ~eA.M.a~pnnce., "r~ brought .L-at and Jibl under their ~y ~lr,raqadri 246.

ERAS,

DATES, AXD REtGXS

OF KINGS.

119
g~ Y~

THEAsBKANtAKs, McotdingtotheChromcteof'AM.aMma].

How tong each of them .reigned.: 14 246 10 60 10 21 19 40 17 i 40 24 13

\ff<Xe~M e5 ,<<:

Ai~ximderthe&reek The"JP<'MyjP~)Me!)" Afghrsh&h. SttprtenAshk&n Jdhar.Semor Bzan the Ashknian J&dEmtheAshk&mMi Nars the Ashknian H nurmuz Ardawn Khusrau Balsh Ardawn, Junior

14 260 270 330 340 361 ?0 420 437 489 513 526

-i

-)

We have also found a chronological synopsis of this same Part IL in the Sh&hnma. by 'Ab-Majier 'AM-a.lra.zz~, such as we exhibit in the 20 Miovingta.ble: ,Howlong' eachof them reigned. p.117. g~ the Year8.

THEAsHKAKiANs, accordingto th ShhmUna.

80

Ashk ben Dr, according to othem a desndamt ofJ.~ Ashk ben Ashk Shpr ben Ashk Bahrm ben Shpr Na.rsibenB~r&m. HurmuzbenNms! BaJirambenHunDuz Hurmuz FerzbenHurmuz. NMsibenFrz ArdawAn Arda.w&n .i

13 25 30 51 25 40 5 7 20 30 20

13 38 68 119 144 184 189 196 216 246 266

The nature of this Part n. is brought to light by a comparative eBtmina.tion of these tables. It is a. period tha.t begins with Alexamder's conquest of Persia, and ends with the rising of Ardashr ben Bbak 40 amd hia seizing the empire out of the hands of the Ashkniams. Both these limite are well known, and generally a.greed upon. How, then,

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ALBBN.

can the interval between them be a. matter of doubt to us However, mind that we are not able to make ~bekeptin outbyT~ course of reasoning the duration of the rule of e~?theA~h~ princes, nor of the other.. f~ Princes," nOl' the number of the persona who occupied the throne. For all thia ~nhi~nc.lXi~ a.kit~weU.h.wn to what mish~pt~diti.n hM been subject. The to Hin our power. It is evident and not unknown to anybody, that the year in which This undeniable date 10 ~~K~~ a basis, and to measure all their records. Let us r~ yeara get from the Table I. of Part IL, ie. 280 yeara. Hereto we add that sum which we shall of the reign of Ardashr till that of the of Yazdajird, l order to combine the like tables (ie. Table L, reign IL, M. of Part Il. respectively, is about 410 yeare. go we get a aum of 690 years, 20 which is lesa than o~gauge by about 263 years. We shall ~~oropthM thi. drop caJcula.tiona~dnott~efurther notice of it. P~ we consider the aum of years contained in the Table H. of ~le~ y~TTT we add the aum which will be exhibited by Table II. corresponding to the sum that occuM in the &-st calculation, and we get the aum total of 818 years, whjeh ie again leas than our gauge by about 125 years. P~ calculation, too, and proceed to the Tables m. in ~~b?~d~x~ sa.me way as we have 80 done with Table 1. and II. Then we get the sum of 930 years, which is again below our gauge by about thirteen ye~. We drop this calculation, and do not further notice it. For chronology ~~S' difference, although it may be to approach the truth. "S.~ If we make the same calculation with the years exhibited in the book :et'~? combining the pondi:g:o~ the sum of get 949 yoMa, which exceeds our gauge six years. by

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If we pass by this and add together the years as reported in the ShAhn&ma for this Part n., with the result of any of the tables of Part m., this calculation would still less agree with our gauge (than the preceding ones). Now we shall put aside all these calculations, and try to drive an emendation of them from the book of MM, called SMMrihM, since, of all Persian books, it is one that may be relied upon (as a witness) for th time immediately following the rise of ArdasMr (ben Babak). Besides, Mni in his law has forbidden telling lies, and he had no need what. soever for falaifying history. Mn!, now, saya in this book in the chapter of the coming of the prophet, that he was bom in Babylonia Anno A8tronomorum Bo6y!o)ttfB S27, i.e. Anno Alex. 527, and four yea.rs after the beginning of the whom 1 believe to be Arda.w&n the LMt. reign of the king ~(!&<t)-6<m, In the same chapter he says that he first receiveddivine revelation when he was thirteen yeara of age, or Anno ~s<ro!towMrMnt 539, two B(t6y!ottMe yeara after the beginning of the reign of Ardashr the king of kings. Hereby Mn states that the interval between Alexander and Ardashr is 537 yeara, and that the interval between Ardashr and the succession of Yazdajird ie 406 years. And thia result is correct, being based upon the testimony of a book, favoured by God with a long duration, which is used as a religious code. Further, we are informed by traditions, the correctness of which is proved by their mutual agreement, that the last intercalation was carried out at the time of Yazdajird ben Shpr, and that the Epagomenfe were put at th end of that mo.tth, to which the tum of intercalation had p.119. the corne, OM!. eighth month (b&n-M&h). If, now, we count the interval between Alexander and Ardashr as 537 years, we find the interval between Zoroaster and Yazdajird ben SMpr to be nearly 970 years, in which eight leap months are due, since it waa their custom to intercalate one month in every 120 years. But if we count that interval (between Alexander and Ardashr) as 260-270 years,or something more, as 300 years, as most authors do, we get a sum of about 600 years, in which only five leap months would be due, whilst we hve already mentioned their report stating that eight leap months are due in that period. The latter is therefore an irreconcileable supposition (ts. that the interval between Alexander and Ardashr is not more than 260-300 years). Likewise it is written in the books of astrologers, that th horoscope of the year in which Ardashr (ben Bbak) rose was about hait of Gemini, and the horoscope of the year in which Yazdajird rose was the sixth degree of Cancer. If, now, we multiply 93~ degrees, whieh is th surplus of the solar cycle over the whole days according to the Persians, by 407 yeara, we get the sum ofl52~ degrees. If we subtract thisfrom the rising-placo of the degree of the horoscope of that year, in which Yazdajird came to the throne, and take the are of the Kmadnder for the

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rising-place of which waa the the horoscope is half of Gemini close to the residence of the msr. which the astrologers mention. If the years, however, are either place, more or~s the horoscope does not agree (with what it is reported to have been). So, of course, that whieh is confirmed by two than that which M contradicted more trustworthy by many. If we add to the 407 years, mentioned by the astrologers, the 537 yeara ~d are reported by the SMbur~n, we get thesum of 944 yeara. And that M the year of the ~Era Alexandri for Yazdajird's ~of throne. The surplus of P-~ 10 reports of such authors as do not give detailed the B~teme~reg~diu. months and minor fractions of time, in consequence of the fact that the years of the PeramM and Greeks commence at different thnes that Alkisraw, on haymg studied this subject, and perceived the confusion we have menti.ned.sa.M. "Th interval between Alexander and Yazdajird's accession to the throne is 942 years. If we subtract therefrnm 266 yeara for the period of the reign of get for the rule of the S~mns, from Ardashr till the accession of Yazdajird, 676 years, In their o~ traditions the Persil have no auch chronological system." 20 Further, he B~8 Thereupon we studied and examined the number of their kings. And here be it noticed that have forgotten the ~nee of some of them, whom the chroniclersthey have not mentioned, blending together so~e of their n~e, on account of their 1 shall enumerate them as shniMty they re~ly are." Accordingly, he, i.e. M~, has mcre.,ed the dation, of their reigns and their number, as we shall explain, when the order of our exposition comes to that subject, if God permits. p.120. Chronology of the SMMiams-Ncw we proceed to tre~t of the third part of Persian ~y. beginning of which is the riaing 30 of Ardashr ben Bbak of the ben M~ndiy&r. For family of IM~n ~~the son of B~ Shh ben S~&n ben Bbak ben S8n ben Bahfird ben M~rmish ben Sa~ senior ben B~hma. ben M~diyar. ThM part of chronology also M not free from the same dtecta that beset the former two part., but still they are leas conaiderable. 1 commence this part with the Table L, corresponding to the (first) tables of each of the two precedmg parts, and 1 shall proceed here~r with Table H. Mdni. If you gather the dates from the migleta.bleB of the three parts, you get the consecutive course of Peraian Here chronology. follows 40

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of 'Ab.alfa-caj found the chronotogy Part diffe7iing from our accounts in the preceding three taM~ we have added M.o~t in this place, in co~ity~t.~twe ~nr preceding two herewith the Chronological Table ends. p.127. Row long eaehof them N~ns o? THE NaxEaoFxss SAsANuN tKes, SAsJtNUN Snm th Yeam. 8mn of the ycara. K Mimed. Bixas according to th Traditionof r 'AM-aMarajAbanj~)!. M~t~.j Daya. YeMa. 'Montha. Daya. Ardaah~-benB&batc Sh&p&rbenArdMhtr Hurmuz ben ShApr. HurmuzbenSMpr mhr&mbenHurmuz 5.Bahr&mbenB~hr&m &hrambenBaLhr&mben BaJu-ttm N~ibenB~hram. ~r~~Lu. ben Shpr Hurmuz Dhal'aktf .1 10. ~s~B~ SMptrbenSMpAr .5 B~ambenSh&pr Yazdagird ShApr Y~girdScel~tuB BahrmOur. BahrmGr.18,11 "H~ Hurmuz Fra ben Yaz ~JjS~ Balsh ben Frz. KoMdandTam..p,Mnsj 20. Anshirwnbenliobd 20 ~M P.138. HurmMbenAB8sM~n FMwzbenHumuz Shirawaihi ben Pal'wtz. 1 Sh!mwMhi~PM~z Arda.MrbenSMra.waihi 2&.Xhhan,~hobesleged the Greeks ~d P&ran.~ughter.fP~rwIz Gushanasptadha.. GushamMpteMllm Azarmidukht, daughter I 3~F~SSSdK~~M;j Farrukhzd Khusra.u 80 30.Yazdagird ben Shshryr 14 31 1 1. 3 l? 9 72 11 21 ig 7 7 4 47 II 33 S8 0 o 0 o. 0 0 o 0 0 ,1-10 6 6 3 o 0 0 0 4 o 5 n 4 0 0 0 p 0 7 7 o 7 5 0 3 6 a 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 18 3 0 0 0 0 5 15 n 0 o 0 22 0 o 0 n o 0 0 S 162 ~S 204 182 ,22S 248 279 279 322 370 381 ~ 420 420 420 421 422 ~ 422 423 S 1 5 5 3 9 .i 21 21 21 9 9 30 20 0 1~ 0 0 i~ 47 S 10 ? 1 5 5 18 SI 21 21 21

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Next we return to fulfil our promise of explaining the way in which p.189. AIkisraw works out the chronology of this Part Ill., having -perceived the confusion of the former two parts, although we cannot help wondering very much at him and at his method. For, whilst trying and experimenting, he bas subtracted from the period between Alexander and Yazdagird 266 years for the period of the Ashgh&nian r'de. Hamza, however, records only that tradition, which he sa.ys he bas taken from and amended by means of the ~&<!sM, nd the other tradition which he a saya he bas taken from the copy of the Maubadh. And according to 10 both these traditions, this period is longer even than 350 years (HamzaNow it is necessary Abasta. 358 years Hamza-Maubadh, 496 yars). for us to use either of these two traditions, or to add to them that one which AtMsraw holds to be correct (as a third tradition), in order not to use any other tradition but those which he himself mentions. Or did he possibly place his confidence in tli~t one which we have mentioned, and derived from the Shahnama (266 years) ? Further,now,as Alkisraw has done this, and thinks that the existence of sueh confusion is an establisbed fact, 1 should like to know why he refem it to the period of the SAs&nian,not to that of th Ashgh&nian 80 rule. For there was much more opportunity for mistakes creeping into the chronology of the Ashghanians (than into that of the Sasanians), because during their period the Persian empire waa disorganized, everyone minded only his own affairs, and people were prevented by various circumstances from preserving their chronology. Such were, e.g. the calamities wMch Alexander aud his Greek lieutenants brought upon them, further the conflagration of all the literature in whieh people delighted, the ruin of aU fine arts which were the recreation and the desire of th people. And more than that. He (Alexander) burned the greatest part of their religtous code, he destroyed the wonderful archi80 tectural monuments, e.g. those in the mountains of Istakhr, now-a-days known as the Mosque of Solomon ben David, and delivered them up to the flames. People even say that even at the present time the traces of the tire are visible in some places. This is the reason why they have neglected a certain space of time in the first part of the period, between Alexander and Ardashr, viz. when the Greeks reigned over them. And they did not begin to settle their chronology until their fright and terror had subsided in consequence of the establishment of the AshMnian rule over them. Therefore the period preceding this event was much more liable to confusion (than the 40 later period of the S&saniams), because underthe SasAnians the empire was in good order, ar.d the royal dignity was transmitted in their family in uninterrupted succession, whilst in the time of those (their predecessors) there was much confusion. This is proved by ail the testimonies which we have produced in support of this our view. Hre follows the table containing the so-called emendation of ADdsM.w.

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How long esohof them V' N Sumof the Years. S..t. Smof the Yean. N~EaOFTMBA.~w.KMsa, Mtgneq. Mrepottedby!;hmz., )_ aooordingto the Emendation ofA!]deramt. Teera. Montha. Days. TeaM. Months. Daya. _i ArdMMrbenBM: .19 10 0 19 M 0 82 4 2~0 S&Mr.&jund 0 0~62 1 10 0 54 0 0 Hurmuzb.SAMr.~jund Bahr&mbenHormuz 9 3 0-63 3 30 0 5. Bahrm ben Bthram 23 0 0 86 30 0 B~hr&mbenB.thr&mben 10 Bithr&m 13 4 0 99 7 0 NMs&benBa,hr&m 0 .9 9 0 108 7 0 Hurmuz ben Nara~ .13 0 0 121 7 0 .72 0 0 193 7 Sh&p&rDM.td'aktM 0 M. ArdMMr, brother of 4 0 0 ) 197 thepreoeding 7 0 Sh&p&rben Sh&prDhat'aktM .82 0 0 279 7 0 Bithr&m, son of the pre12 0 0 291 0 ceding 7 ) 20 TMda.gtrd ben Bfthr&m, C~NMtM, PtUMO Of Shaj-w!n 82 0 0 373 7~0: Yazdagird ben YMd&23 0 0 prd.~i~M. S96 7 0 15. Bahrm Gur, son of 23 0 0 419 7 0 thepTeceding 18 5 0 437' i 0 YMdagtrdb.Bahr&mCmr 0 S6 1 0 463 1 BahrmbenY&zdagird. 0 Frz ben B&hr&m .29 0 1 492 1 1 30 BalashbenFr6z 3 0 0 495 1 1 20. Kubad.brotherofBa.Msh 68 0 0 563 1 1 1 Anshirw&n ben KuMd 47 p.131. 7 0 610 8 1 HnmmzbemAnaMrwNB 23 0 0 633 8 1 Parwz ben Hurmuz 0 0 671 38 8 1 SMrawaihi ben Hnnnnz O 8 0 672 4 1 25. ArdaaMrbenSMrMMuM 100 673 4 1 Shahrbar&z 0 1 8 673 5 9 Br&n, dtmghter of Eisr Pan~z 1 0 0 674 5 9 40 Klmshnnahbamda. (Gnsh- IamMptadh&) ..020 0 674 7 9 HhuarM ben Knb&d ben HnrmTU! 0 10 0 675 5 9 30. Fr&z, a descendant of ArdMMr ben Bbak 0 2 0 675 7 9 Azarmdukht, danghter of Parwiz 0 4 0 1 675 11 9 t'M'rnkhzMbenBlnm&u b.PaJwiz. BEsmother 50 WM CHM.waJM,aister of BahrAm ShMn 0 .010 676 0 9 20 0 0 696 0 t4.YMdttgirdbenShtJu'yr 9

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is a theory of the astrologers that p.133. On TMes in the Khali&te-It and the other kings of the Musiims reigns none of the khalifs of IsMm the reign of Ahnut!' that extended longer than twenty.four years. As to account for it in this way, saymg that already to nearly thirty years, they of that of a.t the end of the reign of AImutta.M, and at the beginning and th rule had been transferred from the hands Anust~M!, the empire of Buwaihi (Buy~ of the family of 'AhMa into those of the family the authority which remained with the Bani-'Abbs Bya.) and that and secular affair, in was only a juridical and religious, not a political like the dignity of the JM-~M<M with the Jewa, who 10 fact something actua.t rule and exercises a surt of religious authority without any the 'Abbside prince, who a.t present occupies the empire. Therefore the (apirithrone of the Khilfa, M held by the astrologers to be only of Islam, but not a king. tuit!) head used to prophesy this state of Already in ancient times astrologera ben Such a prophecy you find, cg. in the book of 'Ahmf.d affaira. of the conjum-tion of Saturn amd Alt~yio AIsa.Ta.khs!,where he spea.ks declared by the Mata in the sign of Cancer. The same was distinctly of Ab~Md, for he maintained that the the astrologer HmduEa~ka., man who would corne 20 reign of the Ba.n! 'Abbaa would be transferred to a also, the time when 'AH ben Buwaihi, He determined, from Ispahn. a clajmamt to called 'Imad-a.lda.nla., ehould corne forward in Ispa.han (as -) supreme power). friends and When th Bam!Abba8 had decorated their assistants, with the word enemies indiscriminately, with vain titles, compounded Sword ot the Empire, 1~~ (ie. empire, such as Helper of the Empire, went beyond all reasonable etc ), their empire perished for in this they attached to limits. This went on so long till those who were eapecia.Uy themaelves new as a distinction between their court claimed something But then Thereupon the khalife bestowed doubletitles. 30&ndtheothers. othera wanted the same titles, and Imew how to carry their also the became necessary a second time to create a point by bribery. Now it chss a~l those who were directly attached to distinction between this besides the their court. So the khalifs bestowed triple titles, adding to of ShahiMMh. In tis way the matter became utterly opposed title to the highest degree. so that he who men. common sense, and clumsy that he who tions them gets tired before he has scarcely commenced, them runs and writing, and he who addresses wi~es them loses his time the time for prayer. the riskofmissing to It will not do any harm, if we mention here the titles which, up 40 the khalifs. We shall our time, have been bestowed by their majesties comprise thein in the following table.

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P.183. The Nameeof those on whom ~Uea were bestowed.

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The TitIeB wMohwere beatowed by Their Majeatiesthe Khalifs. Waliyy-al-daula. 'Amd-al-daula. N~ir.at-d&w]&. Sa.'d.aJ.daula. SMf.daub. 'ImM-fJ-daula. Mu'izz-al.dtmh. Buht.&I-da.uIa.. 'Izz-d&tda.

Al~aaimben'Ubaid-aJMh. His son. 'AM-Mu~tuamad ben ~Mndan Hiason 'Ab-a~asam 'A) ben Ha.md&m 'AM~nBuwMhi 'AM-aJ~Man 'A~m&d ba Buwaihi Al~MambenBuwaihi 10 'AM.Mm~ Bakhtiyr ben 'Ab&thasam. 'AM-'Ish~bemA~uaMm 'Umdat-td.dMtla. 'AM.Harb AUtabMM ben 'AM. Smad-a.t-d&ul&. ~usah). 'Al)-MM~tB!s~tmbenWMhm. ?aMr.aI-d&Y)l&. g!r. 'AM-Mam~r Buwaihi ben AIhasan Mu'ayyid-&I-dfmb. AJm&rznb&nbenBakhtiyr Tz&z-d~ul&. mMabenWMhmgir S~m~-m~'&M. a. 'Ab-'A~mad HMth ben 'Ahmad Wa]iyy-~l.daul& 'Ab&.Shuj' Fankhuera ben AI. 'A~ud.d~uh.~T&j.aJ.miUa. hasam. ~Ab-EMmJM-benFMiaHtusm F~hr-~da~~Mak.&I.'Tannia AbA-KNtnjM Ma.tznb&n ben Sam~&m.al-da.uia. wa Shama-al. Fankhuam. mill&. ShM-af-d~u~ wa.ZMnam-al.mma. ~l~L.t~ ~.iM-m~~kaM-umma. P.134. Ab~aNmM~mdbemSabuk. Ya.nl1n.al.daula wa 'Amtn.al.milla.. +at]L 80 'Ab~~ Xhurra Frz ben Bahfi-al-daula wapiyA-al.nulla.wa.~ Ghiy&th-al.'umma. Ab.aJhaaan ben Na~ir.al-daula. Mu~amunad TbraMm. 'Ab.a!'abbaaTshAIM]ib Husm-al-daula. 'Ab-athasam F&aIMt~a 'Amd-al-daula. 'Ab-'AB Mn~ammad ben MuhamNa~ir-aI-dauJa. mad ben 'Ibr&hm. SabnM&g!n,6Mt Mu~n-al.danb. Aiterwards he received the title of N~ir-aJ-din wal-daula. MahmdbemSabuktaghi Saii.al-da.nla. 'AM.aMawns Bektzn Alhjib Sinn-al-daula 'Abu-a~sim Muhammad ben Na~r-al-da.ula 'IbraMm. ~AM.MaMrAIpAKianAlMliMn Mu'n-aI.da.uLh

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AJso th Wazrs of the Ehalifs have received certain titles, compounded with the word J)/;M, as e.g. ~a~.yaMioMM, 2)AM.~)-t'uM~)'M, ~f. J)M-M/'n!/a<a!')t, -DM-a~at/<)t, D&M-<tH~a~)H<K, The Buwaihi family, when, as we have mentioned, the power passed into their hands, imitated the example of the khalifs nay, they made it still worse, and their title-giving was nothing ut one great lie, when they called their Wazh~, e.g. Xft/(tM;t/'a<, ~M;~ jlPftMA~, *~M;5a<~ ftH~M. The &jnHy of S~tnan, the rulers of Khm'&s&n,had no desire for such 10 titles, contenting themselves with their ~KM~s (such as '~K.~?)-, '~&M<tM<M<Mt, '~H~.&K; '~l!'K-a/-A(?s!'H!,~&'i-(t!-A~)'!<A). In their lifetime ' they were called ~1!H!<&,~!M!K'ayya(?, ~~MMico~ft~, ~mttHS;!)-, ~~HN'oz~ iam, ~l!H!!t~ast! and after their death, ~M<nH<f!,~Ma/iM, ~/M'M, Alsadid, jlb'atf;, etc. To their eld-maj-shals, however, <h<,ygave th titles of .AMsi't'-ttHaMh,'jN:<M-aMa!t!a, /M.N)t-aMaMy(t, '~tM-a~~K~, jS'iMaM-~AtMJ'ct, in &K/<tM<Mt!<t, Jtf!t'i'?t-t!M<t!th, ~ust')'-<t!~aM~, imitation of the ways of the khalifs. The same was done l'y Bughr&khan, when he had come forward (to claim supreme power) A.H. 382, calling himself SA~nt-aHMth. Some of them, however, have gone beyond thia limit, calling them20 selves '.tlmM'-<<M<M)t nd S~y!<<t!H)M)' a May God mBict or. them ignominy in this world, and show to them and to others their weakness 1 As to the Amir, the glorious Prince, may God give a long duration to his reign (to whom this book is dedicf.ted), His Majesty the Ehalif addressed him in a letter, and offered to him titles, such as those compounded with th word Daula (e.g. fS'cn/tt!t!t&[, .~MM)t-<tM<tMh,etc.). But then he considered himself superior to them, and abhorred the idea of being compared with those who were called by sueh titles but only in a very metaphorical way. He, therefore, aelected for himself a title 30 the full meaning of which did not excced bis merits (iS'&<M)M-c[!-m<t'<Ht, p.135. i.e. Sun of the Bet~A<s). He bas become-may God give a long duration to his power !among th kings of the world like the s!m, who illuminates the darkness, in whieh they live, by the rays of his heights. He ha.a come into high faveur with the khalifs as a prince of the Believers. They wanted to redouble and to increaae his title, but his noble mind declined it. May God give him a longlife may he enlighten all the parts of the world by his justice, and bless them by his look; ma.y He raise his affairs and those of the subjects who dwell in his shadow to perfection, increasing them everlastingly. God is ahuighty to do this, 40 and sees and knows all the aN'airs of his slaves 1 this digression we now return Intervals between the Eras.After to the point whenca we stM'ted, m)d proceed, after having finished th collection of chronological dates in the preceding tables. Next we must turn our attention towards fulfilling our promise of teaching the reader that knowledge by means of which he may cumpute the eras that are 9

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used in the Canons, for astronomical observations, amd elaewhere, e.o. in commercial stipulations and contrants. To thia we shall prefix a twofold ?'<t!~M~!t, which wiU indicate the intervals between the single eras in a. constant measure, i.e. in days. In the lower half under the diagonal, you find the distances computed in days and written in Indian ciphers. In the upper half you find two Mnds of numbers; the upper ones are thse identical days written according to th sexagsimal system, whilst the lower ones are tho same days in their various degrees (units, hundreds, et<) transcribed from the Indiam ciphers into th tenths ~M~/ aljummal. 10 The following well.jmown calculation is an example of this system of notation. If wetake or 16M, and subtract 1 &.m the {[(16~]~ sum, we get the total sum of the reduplications of all the checks of the chesaboard, if we commence with o~ for the first check. This sum, notedmindiam ciphers, is theioUowmg: 18,446,744,073,709,551,615;' noted according to the sexa.gesima.1 system: 30. 30. 27. 9. 5. 3. 50. 40. 31.0.15. and transcribed into the ~My.~MMnM:: ~'T'ta~~tonn~Mn If you ttanscnt.e these characters one after the cther into Indian ciphers, you get the above-mentioned number. 20 in the same way as this Now, example, our 7~!&M~ is to be understood. This threefold system of notation we use for no other purpose but this, that each mode should bear testimony to the other in case a doubt should arise regarding some of the charters and figures that denote the numbers. We mention our method only in a summary way, and not at full p.136. length, because the reader of this book must be more than a beginner in mathematics. We say, if a man wants to find an (unknown) era by the help of a known one, let him reduoe the whole of the known era into days, and this sum is caJIed The jB~ Then he must take the 30 interval between the two ema, the known and the unknown ones This we call The .B~MHoK." If, then, the known era. (i.e its epoch) precedes the unknown one, he subtracts the equation from the basis. If, on the other hand, the known era (t.e. its epoch) followb the unknown one, he adda the equation to the basis. And the sum which he gets is the number of days of the unknown era. Thereupon he must divide this sum of days by the number of days of that kind of year which is ascribed to the er: in question. Bythis division he gets complete years. And the remainderof da.ys istobe 40 distributed over the months of the year according to the proper lengths which we have mentioned as peculiar to each of the different Hnds of them. Rere are the days of the intervale between the epochs of the various eras represented in the twofold ~t~M~. God is a.Uwisf

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The Chess Problem.-For the solution of the chesa problem (lit. fo, the reduplication of the chess and its mental rules. The one of them ia this calculation) therf~t~~ The square of the number of a check x of the 64 checks of the chessboard .equal1. the number of that check the distance of wh~tn; th check x is equal to th distance of the check from the Ist check. For example take the square of the number of the 5th check, the square of 16 (1~=256, which is the number belonging to the 9th check. Now, the distance of the 9th Sth~ equal to the distance of the 5th check from the first one. 10 The second rule is thia The number of a check mmua 1 ia equal to the sum total of the numbem of aJ! th preceding checks. Example: The number of th 6th check ia 32. And 32-1 is 31, which is equal to the sum of the preceding checks, i.e. of-

1+2+4+8+16 (=31). If wetake the square of the square of the square of 16, multiplied by itself (~. {[(16~~ .rI6~,thisiBidenticaIwithMdngt~~ the number of the 33rd check, by which operation the number 20 check is to be found. If you diminish that number by 1, you get the sum of the numbers of all the checks of the chessboard. The number of the 33rd check is equal to the square of the number of the 17th check. The number of the check is equal to the number of the 9th check. th~T~ check equal to the square of the number of the number of the ~X ~b~6~ check) is the abovementioned number 16. 'Ab-~ihn in his~M6. says shaJl explain the method of the calculation (Book of the Ciphers) "II of the chess problem, that 30 ~ereader~get~.stomed~a.pplyit. first that you should know, that in a progression Butpowers we muet premise of of 2 the single numbers are distant from each other according to a sb.u!a.r ratio. the number cf the reduplic.tionjth number of the single members of a progression is an even one, it has two middle number of the reduplications is an odd one, the pogresNon bas only one middle number. The multiplication of tho two ends by each other is equal to the nn~phc.hon of the two middle numbers. (lu c~e there is only ~e of the two =r:r~r~gy~ This is numbers.) one thing you must know beforehand. The other is his ~rd~f~~ any progression of powers of 2, we take the double of the largest, i.e. the last number, and subtract

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thcrefrom thc sma.Hpst, !.< the nrst numhcr. Thc rcmiundcr is the sum total of thse reduplications (i.e. of this progression). Now, after having establiahed this, if we add to the checks of the chessboajd one check, a 65th one, then it is evident that the number which belongs to this 65th check, in consequence of the reduplications of powers of 2, beginning with 1, is equal to the sum of the numbers of atl the checks of the chcssboard minus the Ist check, which is the number 1, the first member of the progression. If, therefore, 1 is subtracted from thia sum, the remainder is the sum of the numbers of all the checks of the ehesaboajd. If, now, we consider the 65th check a.nd the Ist as the two ends of a progression, their medium is the 33rd check, the first medium. Between the checks 33 and 1, the check 17 is the medium, the second medium. Hetween the checka 17 and 1, the check 9 is the mdium, the third medium. p.139. Between the checks 9 and 1, the check 5 is the mdium, the fourth medium. Between the checks 5 and 1, the check 3 is the medium, the fifth medium. Between the checks 3 and 1, the check 2 is the medium, the sixth medium, to which belongs the number 2. Taking the square of (2~), we get a sum which is a product of the multiplication of the number of the Ist check by that of the 3rd check The number of the Ist check is 1. This product, then, is (1x4=2~). the fifth mdium, the number of the 3rd cheek, t.e. 4. The square of 4 is 16, which is the fourth medium in the 5th check. The square of 16 Is 256, whioh is the third mdium in the 9th check. The square of 256 is 65,536, which ia the second medium in the 17th check. The square of 65,636 ia 4,294,967,296, which is the first medium in the 33rd check. The square of 4,294,967,296 is 18,446,744,073,~Oi<5],R16, If we subtract from thia aum 1, ie. the numh"r of the nrat check, the remainder is the sum of the numbera of a~l the checks of the chessboard. I mean that number which at the beginning of thia digression we have used as an example (of the threefold mode of numera,~ rotation). The immenaity of thia number cannot be nxed except by dividing it by 10,000. Thereby it ia changed into Bidar (auma of 10,000 dirhams). The Bidar are divided by 8. Thereby they are changed into '~tt~r (loads). The 'f are divided by 10,000. Thereby the mules, that carry them, are formed into ~({m (herda), each of them consisting of 10,000. The ~'Mf~ a.re divided by 1,000, that, as it were, they (the herds) might graze on the bordera of W<Mte,1,000 kids on the border of eMh tt~Mt.

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The tfAM) are divided by 10,000, that, M it were, 10,000 Hiow~<wi!! should rise out of each IFodt. In this way, by dint of frequently dividing, you find the number of those )Ko! to be 2,305. But these are (numerical) notions that the earth does not contain. God ia aHwise and almighty p.140. Rules for the Reduction of the diSrent Eras.-Now we shall give a detailed exposition of the subject of this chapter (t'.e. th derivation of the eras one from the other), which cannot be dispensed with. We must, however, postpone our exposition of the derivation of th ~re 10 ~<&tMtand ~'a Diluvii according to Jews and Christians, because are connected with the yo~N and months of the Jews. And thesethey are very intricate and obscure, and oSer many dinieultiea for calculation,a chapter, part of which we have already mentioned before. For which reason we must direct our attention exclusively to this subject, and explain it in a spcial chapter. And now we commence with the detailed exposition of the eras, pre-supposing the number of days which form the intervals between the epochs of the eras and that day which is sought to be known. These days we call Dies P<tfa<<B. If we want to find the ~nt Diluvii, according to 'Ab-Ma.'shM, who 20 uses it in his Cano-a (or calendar), we divide its Dies J'~<~<B by 365, whereby we get complte years. If there ia a remainder of days, we change them into Egyptian months. The Ist of Tt of this ~t 2)a<tMt always eoincides with the 18th of BaJunan-Mah in th non-inter. calated ~&<t Ya~a~r~t. If we want to find the Era .N<t6(MMHMaf! the ~B)-<t or PMH~pt, we divide its Dies J'at-a<<Bby 365, whereby we get The complete yeara. remainder of days is distributed over the single months, to each month its proper portion. We begin with Tt, the Ist of which always coincides with [the lat of] Dai.Mh in the non-intercalated ~B~-<t 30 If we want to find th ~<t Alemandti, we divide its Dies ya~~Mt. JP~a&s by 365~ days, t.e. we multiply th Dies J'ftfa<<B 4, changing them into by fourth-parts, and th sum total we divide by 1,461, ie. by the days of the year reduced into fourtu-parts. Thereby we get complte years. The remaining fourth-parts we HMe again to whole days, dividing them by 4. Then we distribute them over the single months, to each month its proper portion, beginning with Tiahrn I. If there ia a remainder of days that do not fill up one month, this remainder represents the date of that identical month. To th month Shubat we must give twenty-nine 40 days in a leap year, and twenty-eight days in a common yeaj. The leap year is recognized in this way, that we consider the remainder which we get after dividing the fourth-parts (of the j?tee r<tt-a<<B) y 4. b It the remainder Is 2, the currrent year is a leap year. If the remainder is less or more (t.e. 1, or 3, 4), the year is a. common year.

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The reason of this is, that intercalation preceded the bpoch of this era by two yea.rs, so that at the beginning of the pm two fourth-parts of a day had already summed up. If, thoMfore, at the end of the era there ia a remainder of two fourth-pa.rts, these, together with the two fourth- p.141. parts at the beginning of the era, make up o<tecompleto day. In that case the year is a leap year. (In this calculation the Syrian year and months are used.) If we, however, compute this era according to the method of the b Greeks, we subtract 92 from the number of its Dies Pa)'a<<B, ecause the beginning of the Ch-eet year differs from that of the Syrian year. The remainder we compute in the same w:y as we have done according to the method of the Syrians. The remaining fourth.parts we raise to whole days, and distribute them over the single months, to each month its proper portion, commencing with JctMtarttts, i.e. Eann the Last. The leap year is ascertained in the same way that we have mentioned before. i If we want to find the Era ~Itt~Hsh',we compute its Dies J<t)'a<<en the same way as we have done with the Era Alexandri, so as to get complete yea,rs and a remainder of fourth-paits of a day. These latter we change into days, and distribute them over the single months, to eaeh month its proper portion, beginning with Tt. If the year is a leap year, we count the J~a~ontetMB, i.e. the snMH mott&, as six days, whilst in a common year we count it as five days. The leap yea.r is recognized by there being no remainder of fourthparts of a day after we have converted them into whole days. Of which the reason is this, that the leap year preceded the beginning of the era.. On this subject (<7t< ~(t~ottteK)thcre cannot be much uncertainty, since they are plaoed at the end of the year, and th Ist of Tt always concides with the 29th of the Syrian month bh. Of the Era ~<!<MU!H,we compute the complete years in the same way that we have cxpl&ined for the Era Augusti. The remainder (of fo~rth-pa~s of a day) we divide by 4, and distribute the whole days over the single months, to each month its proper portion, begmning with Tt. In a leap year we count the Epa.gomence as six days. The leap year Is recognized by there being one quarter of a day as a remainder of the fourth-parts (of a day). Of th ~Er<tDiocletiani, we compute the Dies J'at-tt< in the same way as we have done with the Era Atigusti, etc., so as to get complete years and to convert th fourth-parts again into complte days. Thereupon we distribute them over the single months, beginning with J<MMt)'MM, i.e. Eann the Last. In a leap year we give to Februarius, t.e. Shubt, twenty-nine days, in a common year twenty-eight days. The lea.pycaris recognized in th samc ws.y a.s for the ~Ei'<tjUta'attdft, by there being two fourth-parta as the remainder of the fourth-parts of a. day.

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Att regards the eras of the Ara.ba and their montha, how they inter. calated them, and in what order they arranged them in pagan times, thia is a subject that haa been utterly neglected. The Arabe were totally illiterate, and M the means for the perpetuation of their traditiona they relied aolely upon memory and poetry. But afterwards, when the geueration of those who practised these thinga had died out, there was no further mention of them. There is no possibility of finding out auch matters. If we want to find the Rra of the Hijra as used in p.142. Mam, we divide ita Dia .P<M-<t<o. the mean length of the lunar by year, t'.e. 354~+~ daya 10 (354~ days), which ia effected by multiplying th number of days by 80, the smaUest common denominator for both fractions, fifth and sixth parts. The aum we div;de by 10,631, whieh ia the product of 354 multiplied by 30, plus ~=~+?. The quotient represents complete lunar yeara, and the remainder con. sists of thirtieth-parts of a day. If we divide these by 30, wo get again whole days, which we distribute over the single montha, giving to one month thirty days, to the other twenty-nine alternately, beginning with AhnuharrMn. The remainder of days that doea not make up one complete month, repreaenta the date of that identical month. 20 Thia ia the methcd for the computation of the eras used in the C<MMM But if there are still other methoda which people adopt for this purpose, they all go back to one and the aame principle. As for the calculation which is baaed upon the appearance of new moon, it muet be remarked that two imperfect montha (of twenty-nine daya) may follow each other as well as three perfect onea (of thirty days), that the lunar year may exceed the above-mentioned measure (of 354~; daya), whilat it may not attain this length at other times, the reason o~ whioh ia the variation in the rotation of the moon. Of the ~t aM~M.<K, we divide the JMet ~M<<B 30 we get complete years. The remainder we distribute by 365, whereby over the single months to each month ite proper portion, with ~rwardin. M&h. In this way we corne to know the era, beginning of which is the epoch the beginning of his reign, that era which ia used in the Canons. If we, however, want to find the Era of the ~o)-o<M(rM~,we subtract twenty yeara from the .Er& Yazdagirdi.. The remainder is th Era of the Zoroastrima. For they date from the year in which Yazdagird was killed and their national empire ceased to exiat, not from the year in which he ascended the throne. The Era of ~mM'<~MMtB~ we compnte in the same way as th 40 ~!eM~tT. We give to each month ita proper as to the Persian months, beginning with Farwardm-Mah, and portion, proceeding as far sa the beginning ofAdhar.Mah. If, then, the year ia a leap year, which ia recognized in the aame way as in the .Bra Alexandri, by there being a remainder of tw fourth.parta of a day, (we count the .4~)-~ or

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between Ab&n-M&h and dha.rmah) as six days, whilst in a ~ayoMMMtB common year we count them oniy a.s five days. New-Year (Naurz) always coincidea with the llth of H&xh'&n,for those reasons whieh we have a,]t'ea.dymentioned by the help and the support of God Now it would scem proper to add a chapter whieh is wan"ing in the Canons, and bas not been treated by anybody except by 'Ab-a.i'a.bbas Alfadl ben Hatim Alnairz, in his commentary on AJmagest. And still it is a subject of frequent occurrence, a.nd those who have to employ it may not always know what to do with it. The thing ia this, that you 10 may be required to compute a date for a certain time, the known parts p.143. of which are various speci'es that do not belong to one and the same ~eHM. There is, e.g. a day the date of which within a Greek, Arabic, or Persian month is known but the name of this month is unknown, whilst you know the name of :uMther month that corresponds with it. Further, you know an era, to which, however, these two months do not belong, or snch an era, of whieh the name of me mouth in question ia not known. Exa.mp]e (a) On the day Hurmuz (b) in the month Tammz 20 (c) in the year uf the Hijra 391. In this case the proper method is to compute the Era Alexandri for the Ist of Muha-rra.m of A.H. 391. Thereby we le!un with what month and day of the Arabian months the Ist of Tammz coincides. Further, we compute the Era Tn~o~M!' for the Ist of Tammz, whereby we learn on what day of Tammz the da.v Hurmuz falls. In this way the three eras together with their specie8 and genera are found out. If besides these elements the name of the week-da.y is known, this is an aid and a help for obtaining a correct result. Example (a) On Friday 30 (b) in the nrst third of Baana.dan (c) in the year of Yazdagird 370. Hre the right method would be nrst to compute the Arabic era for the Naurz of this year of the ~)-<t Yazdagirdi, and thereby to compute th nrst third of Bam&dn. Then we consider the week-days, to find whieh of them are the beginnings of the months. Thereby we find what we wanted to find. Likewise, if the week-day a.nd its place within some month, together with some era, are tno~ j, and if also the najne of the month is known, you can find this out in the same way as we have mentioned. The student who thoroughly knows a~U these methods will be able to 40 solve whatever question of this sort be put to him he will find out everything, if he uoutiidcra th ttubjHut,as H,uught tu Le cunaidered. If those parts of such dates, the numericaJ values of whieh are known,

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ehould be composed of diverse elemente, so that their <t~ mean some. thing diffrent from what the <!ec<t~ (tentha) )nean,e. you s~y of a. day the 25th, referring the 5 to a. Persian month and the 20 to a. Gtreek month, of which either one is known, or of which the two are unhMnm or if you aa.y ~t:<M 34.5, referring the 5 to a Greek, the 40 to an Arabian, and the 300 to a Persian era,-in such cases the clever. neas of the atudent will manage to solve the problem, although th calouIa.tioM necessary for aueh a derivation may be very long. God helpa to nnd the truth 1

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CHAPTER VII.
OP ON THE CYCLES AND YEAB POINTS, ON THE MOLDS THE YEABSp.144. AND MONTHS,ON THEtR VANOU8 QUAMTIB8,AND ON THE LEAP MONTHS BOTHIN JEWISHAND OTHEttYEARS. HAViNGin the preceding pages explained the derivation of the eras from each other, with the exception of th Era ~daon and ~Br~ DNuoM, according to the systems of Jews and Christians, we shall now have to explain the method by whieh we may obtain a knowledge of these two eras. To thia we shall prpCx a treatise on the Jewish years and months, of 10 their cycles and the JMoM<!< their years, followed by an investigation of the conuroncementa of the years of other nations. And hereto we ahall add auch things as may prove a ready help towards obtaining the objeet in view. Now we proceed to atate that the ~'<t ~<!emt is used by the Jewe, th ~Erct DthtMt by the Chriatiams. If th lat of Tisbr coincided with the Ist of Tt'ftM!: J*)-N):M,the ~r<t .4!eMMtaMwould be equal to th ~m J(ftt~ plus 3,44-8 years, which is, according to Jewish doctrine, the interval between Adam and Alexander. However, the lat of Tisbr! always falla between the 27th of bh and the 24th of ll, on an a<)er<t~e. Therefore, thp ~w ~l~eaftmf&'t, minus 20 that time by which the beginning of the Jewish year precedes the beginning of the Christian one, M equal to the complete ~Ert Adami, plus th interval between Adam and Alexander. The reason why the lat of Tishr always varies witbin those days (27th bh24th lul), is thia, that on an average the Jewish passover always varies between the 18th of the Syrian month Adhr and the 16th of Nian, which is the time of the sun's moving in the sign of Aries. For it is the opposition occurring within this time, on which ail those circumstances depend which form the cfMMHMo ~t non for passover. sine This, however, is only an approximate calculation. For if the solar 30 year went on parallel with the days of the Gtree~ year (lacuna??). But this M impossible, since we have found by astronomical observation that this fraction (beyond the 365 complete days of the year) ia 5h. 46' 20" 56" Therefore the sun, rotating at the rate of velocity found by Mtronomleal observation, reaches any place whatever of the

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ediptio earlier than he would reach it by that rotation on which their method is based, in each 165 complte days (M'c.') We shall use, however, their own system, and shall now explain how p.145. we may find the beginning of their year, and how we may ascerta.in ita nature, whether it be a commott or a leap year, !ntpe~<, intermediate, or ~e)~ec<. Now, if we want to find this, we add to the date of the ~'e ~Hef <tM~ft, or the lat of the Syrian KoMM F)-!w<, 3,448 ye&ra. Thereby we get the corresponding date of the JE~m~<&[Mtfor the lst of (theJewish) Tiahr, that ffdis either in the end of bh or in ll, both of whieh months precede that ~nM)! Primua whence we started in this calculation. 10 If we, further, want to ~now whether the year of whieh we have found the beginning be a common year or a leap year, we subtract 2 from the number of years, and divide the remainder by 19; the quotient we get represents the number of complete Minor Cye~M. The remainder we compare with Cirete I. of the Assaying Circle. There we find in Cirde H., opposite to the year of the cycle, an indication of its nature, whether it bo a common or a leap year. Further, we find in Circle III. the date of the Syrian month on which th beginning of the year in ques. tion faUs. And lastly, we find in Circle IV. the tMBM this Syrian month. of Hre follows th diagram of the Assaying Circle on

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on being complte, retomed to the Mme day of If th .E!MM<tt?<M<M'M, the week whence it started, whioh, as we have already mentioned, M not the case, we should have added in the Assaying Oire~ a circle V., for the indication of the days of the weeks on whieh the New-Year days of the single years of the Enneadecateris would fall. Under these circumstances, however, it is impracticable. If we want to find the week-day with which th day indicated in Circle III, corresponds, we compute, by methods which will be hereafter explained, the commemcementa of either bh or l&t of the yeaj in 10 question, in whichsoever of these two months that day may fall. On having carried out this, we leam what we wanted to know. This, our calculation regarding the lat of Tishr, is an average calculation, without any other correction being employed. But now the beginning of Tishr! frequently falls on such days which the Jews, as we have atready mentioned, do not allow to be New-Year's day. Therefore it becomes necessary to fix it on a day earUer or later. If we, now, want to acquaint ourselves with this correction (lit. equation), we mut first know the conjunetion of aun and moon at the beginning of Tishrt, according to the theory of the Jews themselves, 20 not that of the astronomers. For between these two theories there are certain divergencies I. They give to the lunar month, extending from conjunction to conjunction, the length of29d. 12h. 793 alaks, which is equal to (29d. 12h.) 44,' 3" 20' [whiist modem observera have found it to be 29d. 12h. 44' 2" 1?'" 21iv ] 12v Therefore the diSprence between the two computations is 30 1" 2'" 38iv 48V n. They give the solar year, if they reckon with mathematical accuracy, the length of 365d. 6~h. wh3at modem aatronomers have found it to be shorter. IH. Astronomers teach that that portion of the y~&eMeroK which elapses between the time of conjunction and that moment when new moon becomea visible, varies according to th differences of both the longitudes and latitudes of th places, whilst the Jews compute it everywhere according to one and the same rule. We do not know for which 40 particuiM place this mode of computation was originally calcittated, but it seems rather likely that it was made for Jeruealem or ite environs, for there was their central seat. p.146.

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IV. They determine this space of time (between the oonjunction and the appearamce of new moon) by ~at K<t<pt)ctu. Whiist it is well known that it is mot allowed to use them for the computation of conjunction, except on the equator. V. They compute the conjunctions by the mean, mot the apparent motion. Therefore passover frequently falls two complete daya later than the real opposition-one day in consequence of the .E~~to)! another day in consequence of their postponing passover from a Dies illicita to a Dies licita. of the Moled of a Year according to the Jewish M Computation we, now, want to Bnd the .MoM of a year, which term System.H the Jews apply to the conjunction at the beginning of eMh month M well as the conjunction at the beginning of every cycle, we take the complete yeara of the .~t Adami, i.e. till the end of the year which is preeeded by the month Ti'oM in question. We convert the number of years into jtftmo)-Cycles, aud multiply the number of cycles by 2d. 16h. 596~, whieh you get as a remainder if you convert the days of the minor cycle into weeks. The product which arises we keep in mind. Thereupon, we consider the remainder of yefrs that do not fill up one 20 complete minor cycle. How mamy of them are common years, how many lea.p years, we learn by the Ordo t~e<-c<t!(t<:omte, mytnn (i.e. the 2nd, Kh, 7th, lOth, 13th, 16th, and 18th.years of th cycle are leap yeajs). The number of common years we multiply by 4d. 8h. 876~, the number of lea.p years by 6d. 21h. 589 The product of these two multiplications we add to the sum we have kept in mind. To the sum we always add 5d. 14h., 30 80 which represents th interval between the time of the conjunction and the beginning of the night of Sunday that was the commencement of thc nrst ycar of the ~-<t ~<~BM. Then we raise each 1,080 Halaks to 1 hour, and add it to the other hours each 24 hours we convert into 1 dav, and add it to the other days. The sum of days that arises we convert into weeks, and the remainder of days that are less than a week is the distance of the Mld from the beginning of the night of Sunday. Now, that time to whieh in the last instance our calculation leads us, is the time of the conjuncp.147. tion at the beginning of Tiskri. 40 We have meie such a computation for a year of the JEr<t .4!ez<M!tM, in order to facilitate the process and to simplify the apparatus. If you want to find the conjunction at the beginning of Tidir}, take the yeara of the ~Bw ~~aKttt~ft, and subtract threfrom always 12 years, whieh are the remainder of the minor cycle at the epoch of th JEra.

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Alexa.ndri, according t the Ordo tM<~)'cftM!'ot:M ~QtSM. The remainder of years divide by 19 the quotient you get is the number of minor cycles. Convert thse minor cycles into great cycles, if they are of a sunicient number to give complete great cycles, and keep in mind what remainder of yeara you have got. They are th current ye&rs ot the cycle in XHQ3J. question, according to the Ordo Mt<ey<Kth<!Ottts The great cycles, if you get such, compare with the table of th great cycles, and take the number of days, houra, and ~al&km which you find 10 opposite them. The small cycles compare with the table of the amall cycles, and the number of days, hours, and I~&l~m which you find opposite them. These two number add together, days to da.y<), hours to houra, and HaJa~un to HaJa~m. This aum add to th BfMM,whieh is written in the table uppermost, and which ia the Mld of the 12th yea.r of the ~)'<t jl~eaxtMfM. Convert eaeh 1,080 HitMkm into an hour, each 24 hours into a day, and the days into weeks. The remainder of days you get is the distance between the beginning of the night of Sunday and the time of the conjunction. 20 This is according to Jewish calculation. We have used as the starting-point in this our calculation the beginT'mg of the night for no other reason but this, that they commence the with sunset, a~ we have mentioned in th first part of this .N~cM&eMefOtt boo& Hre follows the table, computed by that method of calculation whieh we have exphdned in the preceding pages: p.148.

The Knmbem TheYears of th of the SmaUCycles. SmaUCyctea. 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 19 38 57 76 95 114 133 152 171 190 209 228 247 266' 28S

Daya.

Hours.

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16 9 1 18 10 3 19 12 4 21 14 G 23 15 8

595 110 705 220 815 330 925 440 1,035 550 65 660 175 770 285 10

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ThNnmbera Th Yeam of the ofthe SmaUCyotea.SmaMOyelea. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 304 ?3 342 361 3M 399 418 437 456 475 494 513 532

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0 17 9 2 19 11 4 20 13 5 22 14 7

880 3M 990 505 20 615 130 725 240 835 350 945 460

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1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M 14 15 16 17 18 19

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The Nmnbem The Years of the of the n SreatOyotee.'GTeatCyolea. "~1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 532 1064 1596 2128 2660 3192 3724 4256 4788 5320 5852 6384 6916

p.150. Daye. n 5 3 1 0 5 3 2 0 5 4 2 0 6 Honra. I;IaIAJ:tm. 9aMMm. 460 920 300 760 140 600 1060 0 440 900 280 740 120 580

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Astronomical of the Moled of a Year.-H a mathe. p.isi. Computation matician wants to Imow the time of conjunction as determined by astronomical observation, mot that one which is found by the rules of 20 the Jewish chronologers, he may use the (following) table, which we have tried to compute in the same way as th preceding onea, on the basis of the corrected observa.tions that have been made not long before our time. For this purpose we have consulted the view of Ptolemy regarding th mean length of the month, the view of EhAlid ben 'AbdaJmaJik of M&rwtu-dh, according to his meuiuremente made at Damascus, the view of the aona of Ms& ben Shkir, and of others. Of a.U these, we found the most deserving to be adopted and followed that of th sons of Ma& ben Shkir, because they spent their whole energy in endeavouring to find the truth beca.uae they were unique in their age 30 for their knowledge of, and their aMU in, the methoda of astronomical observations; because achola~a bore witBesa of them to this effect, and warranted the correctnessof their observations; and lastly, because there is a long interval between their observations and those of th i<uciHnt)t (Ptolemy, Hipparchus, etc.), whilRt our time is not far distant from theirs (t.e. from the time when the sons of Ms& ben Shkir made their observations). Now we have computed the B<MM according to their view, vis.the date of the conjunction at the beginning of the 13th year of the ~Ent ~!<ct!~)t. It occurred at Baghdd, 21h. 20' S0" 14'" 29iv. after noon on a And because the meridian of Jerusalem, on account of 40 Tuesday. ita more western longitude, is behind the meridian of Baghdd by 14 SKMM, we have subtracted the corresponding apace of time, i.e. 56 minutes from the date of the same conjunction at Baghdd. So we for get as a remainder th .BtMM Jrusalem, i.e.20h. 24' 60" 14"' 29~ after noon. 10

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He who calculates on this basis subtracts always 12 from the Mtcomplete years of th ~)'<t ~~ect~rt (i.e. from th .<Sf6 ~~)!ft!t~)-t, including the current year), and converts the remainder into great and small cycles. He takes that portion of hours, minutes, seconds, etc. \thich corresponds in the tables to each of thse numbers of great and small cycles. The remainder of single yeais he compares with the table of the conscutive years of the small cycle; he takes the values which he nnds in the table (of opposite this number of years, and adds these three C*&<t)'<M<efethe and the Cot~e~MM Years of the latter) Ore<t<Cyc!e<, the &)MtH C~e~M, together. This sum he adda to the ~a<M, and raisea th hours and 10 fractions of an hoor to days and the correspol ding wholes. Thereupon he converts the days into weeks, and the remainder which he geta is that time which has elapsed between the noon of Sunday at Jerusalem and the conjunction at the beginning of Tishr. based upon astronomical o~erfa<tOtM: Hre follows the table <M p.162. P.lS2.. The The Years The Th of th of th ;Minutes. econds. Daya. Honrs..Minntes.SSeconds. Thirds. Fonrths. SmaUCyolee. SmaUCycles. ThcB03is./) "'hcB<MM. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 22 33 24 S!6 26 27 28 12 19 88 57 76 95 114 133 152 171 190 209 228 247 266 286 304 323 342 361 380 399 418 437 466 475 494 613 532 2 2(\ 2C I 2 16 8 5 1 1 ) I? 3 6 10 2 2 4 19 0 11 4 3 5 20 1 13 4 5 6 22 2 14 5 7 0 23 3 16 6 8 2 1 4 17 0 10 3 2 5 19 1 11 4 4 6 22 2 13 5 5 28 57 57 55 26 53 55 51 24 49~ 53 47 22 45 51 43 41 20 49 39 18 37 47 35 16 33 45 31 14 29 43 27 12 1 25 41 23 10 21 39 19 8 17 37 15 6 13 35 11 4 9 7 33 2 5 81 3 I 1 57 55 53 51 49-25 47 45 1 43 40 38 3C 34 32 30 28 26 24 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 4 2 0 53 46 39 32 18 11 4 57 50 43 36 29 22 15 8 1 54 47 40 83 26 19 12 5 68 51 44 1 20 M 60 14 I 29

30

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TheSmgIe! ) ii! Yeara of the Daya. Hours. Minutes. Seconds. Thu-da. Fourtha. !maHCyotea. L' 1 5 29 45 ? 5 81 32 21 ) 32 2029 I Frr45 2 3 6 57 13 4935 3 L 0 16 9 24 42 3 4 6 12 41 54 37 ? 5 L 3 21 21 30 55 52 6 2 19 2 51 41 27 7 0 3 19 9 41 61 8L 4 12 39 46 37 55 9 3 10 12 16 23 30 10 0 M 0 43 51 44 11L 6 3 11 49 19 58 12 4 1 21 41 ) 5 33 13 1 10 10 47 8 j 33 14L 5 18 68 36 2 1 15 4 16 M 5 47 36 16 L 2 1 19 M 33 j M 17 0 22 52 1 3 ) 25 7 18 5 40 30 29 39 16 19 L 2 28 67 57 53

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T 1 ~S4. 1 l' I,I54. The Nnmbera of the Their Yeara. Days. Hoars. Minutes. Seconds. ThMs. Fourths. GrmtCyclei). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 532 1064 1596 2128 2660 3192 3724 4256 4788 5320 5852 6884 6916 5 3 1 6 5 3 1 6 5 <! 1 6 4 5 11 16 22 3 9 14 20 1 7 12 18 23 31 2 33 4 35 6 37 8 39 10 41 12 43 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 i 27 30 33 36 39 0 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 44 28 12 56 40 24 8 52 36 20 4 48 32

30

(In this our calculation of the conjunction) we have used Moo~as p.165. 40 tet~tttUMa quo for no other reason but this, that we may more eMily find the equation for the mnl&d by thia method than by using the horizons (i.e. reckoning from stmset, sa the Jews do). The houm of the longest day for the latitude of Jerusalem are 13h. Therefore the calculation of the .Tews by <!p<t< p!<M a fraction. xatpucM

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ia incorrect, except in case the conjunotion at the beginning of Tiahr should coincide with the autumnal equinox. This, however, never happens. On the contrary, the conjonction at the beginning of Tiahr always either precedea or follows the autumnal equinox by a considerable apace of time, as we have explained heretofore. Relation between the beginning of the Year and its Charaoter. -If we, now, make out the time of the conjunction hy the traditional eaJculation of the Jews, or by means of the table which we have constructed according to their theory, we arrive at the knowledge of the beginning of the year and of ita chamcter, whether it be imperfect, intermediate, 10 or perfect, whilst we have &trea.dypreviously learnt how to know whether the year he a common or a leap year. Thbreupon we look in the Table of Limita for a apace of time in the week within the limita of which the oonjunction aa found by our calculation Mia. If the year be a leap year, we look into the column of leap yeare; if it be a common year, we look into the column of common yeara. Having made out thia, wa find opposite the indication of the week-day on which the year commences, and of the quality of the year. Once knowing the beginning of the year (ita precise date im the week) and ite quality, and combining with it our knowledge as to whether the year ia a common or a leap year, we 20 come to know the beginning of the next following year. Hre follows the Table of the Limita

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Limiteof the Time Spherea M diatdbnted overthe Week, in Common Team. Saturda.y FtomnoomofSii.tnrda.y till 9h. 2(M.H.in the night of Snnda.y

New-Ye&r'a ChM&eter of the Ye&r. Day.

2 J

Imperfect.

From 9h. 204H. in the night of Sanday ") till 3h. 689H. in the day of Monday, if the is a. lea.p year; 2 2 pecedimg yeNr Noon of Monday, if the preoeding year iB a.commonyeaj From 3h. 689H. in the day of Monday, or FromnoomofMonda.y, till 9h. 204H. in the night of Tnesda.y

Ferfect.

30

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Intennediate.

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TheUmitaottheTime-SphereaaadMtribnted Yoars. overthe Week, m Commcm in the night of Tuesday 804H. tiU 9h. 204H. in the night of Thumdfty From 9h. in the night of Thursday 8MH. tiU Noon of Thuraday From 9h. From noon of Thuraday 10 M Oh. 208H. in the night of Friday, if the foUowing yeM is a common year; till 9h. 204H. in the night of Friday, if the following year is a. leap yeaj From Oh. 208H. in the night of Friday, or From 9h. 204.H. in the night of Frida.y, tiU Noon of Saturday.

Charaoter .New-Year'sj of the Year. Day.

}- 5

Intermediate.

5 J t-

Perfect.

Imperfect.

7 J

Perfect.

20

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Intennediate Intermediate.

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Further, of these conditions and qualities there are certain ones which exclusively attach to the year in CMe its beginning falls on a certain day of the week, the other conditions being excluded. If you call this circumstance to help, it will prove an aid towards obtaining the object in view. In the following figure we represent this subject bymeans of divisions 20 and ramifications THE YEA& is either or

a common year

alea.pyear. T~Md~M It cannot be Intennedi&te.

Tttt!-&[y (t.e. if New-Year'a day is&Thtu-sda.y). The yeM cannot be Imperfect.

IN BOTH COMMON AND LEAP YBABS. TtMedy. Itisaiwa.ys Intennedubte. p.169. AtMM~y. It cam never be Intermediate. S<t<ttfAt~. It can never be Intermediate. 30

Further, of these conditions there are certain ones which may happen in two consecutive years, whilst othets cannot. If we them m a ?MfM< it will afford a help towards utilizing thia comprise circumstance, and will facilitate the method. We must look into the square which belonge

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in common to the two qua.Utiea of the twovears; in that square it ia indicated whether the two yeam of two auch qualitiea c&n follow eMh other or not. 1 Imperfect. 1 4 5 Cajmot follow n rme each other. Intermedmte. ~hother.. T. t Perfect. CMUMtMIow eachother. 5 Can follow eMh other. CMtollow eachother. S C&n Mtow eachother. ~enect. p,t Quittes y~, T,f.t Imperfect. 1

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The reason why two intermediate years cannot follow each other ia p.160. this, that their ends and beginnings cannot be brought into concord with each other, as the Table of ~t<a<)'oMat the end of this book will show. The reason why two imperfeet years cannot follow ea,ch other is this, that the perfect months among the months of the cycle (Enneadecateris) prepondemte over the imperfeet ones. For th snia,U cycle comprises 6,940 days, ie. 125 perfect months and only 110 imperfect ones. e For the samc rcMon, thrce months which arp perfect <!e<'c)'y to ~'? 20 (MJpetn'aKce MM)mo<M!,ca.n follow each other, whilst of the imperfect of months not more than two can follow each other. And their following each other is possible only in consequence of the variation of the motions of the two great luminaries (sun and moon), and of the variation of the setting of the zodiacal signs (i.e. the vaj-ying velocity with which the sun moves through the varions signs of the Ecliptic). of th Jewish Year returns to In what Period the beginning the conjunctions a.t the hegumings of t,wo conSame Date.H the secutive great cycles (of 532 years) coincided with each other (i.e. ifthey were cyclical in such a way as to begin always a.t the same time of the 30 week), we should be able to compute the qualities of the Jewish years by means of tables, comprising the years of a great cycle, similar to th o C'&fOK!coKf the Christians. However, the mlds of these cycles do not return to the same time of the week except in 689,472 years, for th following reason T. Character of the small cycle, i.e. the remainder which you get by dividing its number of days by ?, is 2d. 16h. 59&H. This fraction is not raised to one whole, except in a number of cycles, which is equal to the number of I~alatm of one Nychthemeron, i.e. 25,920. Because

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fractions are not raised tu wholes, exempt when multiplied by a number which ia equal to the complete number of th same Hnd of fractions of one whole (!.e. by the denominator). But as both the number of the ~at~m of the J~tHOt-OK (25,920) and th number of the remainder of the ~al~im of the cycles (595) te divided by 5, the tmetiona will be raised to wholes if may multiplied by a number of cyclea, whieh is equal to of the ~fd&)pm of the NychthemeMn, t.e. 5184. Now, the conjunction (at th beginning of the yeM) doea not Mtnm to the same time of the week except in a number of cycles which is the sevenfold of this number (5184), t.e. 36,888. And this ia the number of cycles which represent the above-montioned number of yeMa (~M. 689,472). In general, conjunction and opposition retum to the aame place (i.e. happen again at the same time of the week) in each 181,440 montha, which ia the product of the m~tip!ic&tioN of the number of ~aitt~m of one .N~eMemexMt (25,920) by 7. Comparison between the Jewish Em and the Em of Alexander. -Bince it ia not possible to use thia method for chronological purposes, we have not thought it proper to deviate from the traditional method, inasmuch as it triea to bring near that which is distant, and simplifies and facilitates that which is dimcult and intricate. It is sufficient for us to know thebegimdnga amdthe qualities of the years, and the corresponding days of the Syriam montha on which the days of New Year fall, for auch a number of years M that the student will not require more in the majority of caaes. This information we have recorded in three tables:I. The first represents the day of the week on which the year com. mences th 9'a~'& ~~M-as:. IL The second, or Tabula Q<M~<<tM, shows the qualities ofthe yeara. The letter t ()~) dsigntes an Imperfect year, beca.use in their language it is called !viDn. The letter (~) meama an Jm<e!~M<!t<!<e year, becanae they caU it p'TM. Th letter p.Kl. (~) means a ye)yec< year, because they call it 0''0' m. The B!<t Integritatum et Qtt<Mt<t<<~<tt~, representing the days on which th Jewish New Year Mis, the days of bh in red ink, the days ofl))limb!&ekin]t. Vaing thse tables you take the ~m jl~~tMM for th current year, beginning with Tlah~n L, which Mis aiwaya (a little) later than 'KshA The whole number of yeara you compare with the vertical column of years th single years (of the penods of nineteen yem) yon compare with the horizontal column otycam. Then yon find in th square which is common to both, that whieh you wanted, if God permita 1 pp_162 [TIeie fo!low the three tables, whioh 1 have muted into one.] -167.

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The beginnings of the Jewish Monthe.-Let us suppose we did p.l68. not know by means of the TeMa QwaM/i'/ahn~on what precise date in the months bh or 1M the Jewish New Year Mis, but we knew from the Tabula Signorum on what day of the week it faits, and we had preo viousiy learnt from the ~m~Mj/ CM-c!e n what date of bh or lul on an average it Mis (no regard being had to the J)aAt~u&). lu this case we should be suSiciently informed to know in what way to advance or to poatpone the date of the Syrian month if this day of tho wee]: should be incompatible with ~o!)~-t<MtsM!t< so as to get at last the legitimate 10 New-Year'a day (lacuna) more particularly aa the three festivals are to be found with perfect aceutacy in the preceding three tables. (In thia way) we obtain a knowledge of the eia of the Jewa, of the beginning of their year, and of ita complicated nature. Hence we pro. ceed to leam the beginnings of th single montha of their year, either by distributimg over th montha their proper portions of days in conformity with the two qualities of the year in queation (whether it be C<<3 or M or a common or leap year), or by means of th Tahtb Initiorum ~fetMtMOt. You compare the Bo<&-&<M/MM<M the Table of with the Signum (week-day) of Tishn in the table of common years, if th 20 year be a common year in the table of leap years, if the year be a leap year. At the aide of this column you find another, which indicatea whether the year be imperfect, intermediate, or perfeet. After having made out this, you find in the corresponding squares the beginning of each complete month, and the two beginnings of each incomplete month. For the Jews aasign to each month which is preceded by a complete month two beginnings (two first days), viz. one day which is in reatity the beginning of the month, and the preceding day, or tho 30th day of the preceding complte month. This you must keep in mind, for it ia part of their bewildering terminology. God is aliwise and almighty 80 TABLE SHOWlNa ON WHATDAYS OF THB WEM THE BZOlNjriNGOF p.169. THE MONTHSFALLSTKBOUC,HO?T THE YEAB. Table of Common Years.
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They were induced to assume two Bo~~g~ as 1 am inclined to think, by th circumstance that originally they counted the complete month as 29 days pure (t.e. without any fraction), and that is in Mt th correct time of the interval between two conscutive conjunetiOM. Into the 30th day, however, faJl the fractions of the synodic month (i.e. the &-st 12 hours 793 Hat&Tpm of the 30th day belong to the preceding month, whilet the latter Hh. 287H. belong to the following month). Therefore they refen-ed thia 30th day to the month that had passed, M that thereby it became in reality complete, and to 20 the incomplete month (just commencing), so that this latter one got two beginnings (i.e. the latter llh. 287H. of the 30th day, and the first whole day of the new month). But God knows best what they intended 1 Compntation of the beginning and middle of the Honths accordmg to Jewieh and Astronomical we now want to know the time of conjunction at the SystemsIf a beginning of month, or th time of opposition in the middle of th month, according to the System of the Jewa, we derive them from th ~&-o/' jM&Mi)(M~.FM-ttM~, where we find the Conjunction opposite the mld nf each month, amd 80 the Opposition opposite its for the common year in th Fortnight column of common yeara for the leap years in the column of lea.pyeam The number we find we add to the M81M Tishr, t.e. to the at the beginning of Tishr!; the fractions we convert into conjunetion wholes, th days into weelca. lu thia way we find what we wanted to know.

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MLDS, AXD LEAP-MOXTHS.

157

If we want to learn the same ~ecording to the doctrine of the astrono. and mers, we make the same calculation with the Table of Co)t;Kc<iKs Oppositions, using the table of common years if the year in question be a common year, and tho table of leap years if th year in question be a leap year, and with the conjunction at the beginning of Tiahr! as computed by the astronomers. In this way we arrive at the knowledge of both conjunctions and oppositions which we wanted. Here follow the tables

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TABUC OF THE MLDS AND FfNTtfMHTa. 173.

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CYCLES,

TEAB-POSTS,

MLDS, AND LEAF-MOXTHS.

159

We also find what we want to know regarding the Jewish years, by p.176. computing the next opposition (or full moon) after th vernal equinox, occurring m that apace of time within the limite of which the Jewiah paqsover va,riea then we consider on what day within this time it falls, reckoning the day from one sunrise to the next one. If the opposition that day ia the day of passover if, how. occurs on one of Dies 2/tct<<B, t.e. ever, it occurs on one of the Dies t!Kct<<B, th days of the three inferior plameta, we postpone passover to the second (the next following) day. Thia postponement of passover they call in their Tanguage ~jrrt DftA!. Then you make the same computation in order to find the pMsover of 10 the preceding year. To the Signu1n (i.e. week-day) of this latter pMSover you add two, whereby you get th da.y of th lat of TIshri that lies m the middle between the two passovers. Then you count the days intervening between the two pa,ssovers if they exceed the number of days of a solar year, that year in which the latter passover lies is a leap yeM* if they are less, the year is a common year. In this chapter you may learn the primary qualities of th yeaj (ita being common or mtercata.ry), but not its secondary qualities (its being haa been perfect, intermediate, or imperfect). For frequently passover when it ought to have been advanced aecording to the theory 20 poatponed, of the Jewa, or it bas been advanced when, according to them, it ought to have been postponed. Therefore, you get no exact information as to th quality of the year, whether it be perfeot, mtermedia.te, or imperfect. near to one of the limita of Frequently, even the opposition occurred within which passover varies, whilst each of the that apace of time, oT)tfrom appca.nmce, was at vanance places of mm and monn, M' ma<ie on account of the alternate acceleration and retardawith ita mean place, tion of the motion of sun and moon, in conformity with the total sum Therefore, such an opposition not being of their F?tt< ~~<M<t<MM. fit to be employed, either the preceding or th following opposition was 80 adopted. For this reason there is a diffrence between the Jewish computation amd this (astronomical) method, to such a degree that frequently this astronomical according to the Jewa the year was a leap year, whilst it to have been a common year, and vice <?)'<?. calculation proves Likewise there ia a diffrence between Jews and Chriatians regarding the leap year, as we shall explain in the chapter on the Christian FMt, if are God permita. If, now, there ia a difference between them, and they to accept our dcision, we ahall conaider the two oppositions of willing the 40 their two passovers, and shall say, that that opposition at which moon movea in the middle part of Spica. or of Cancer, or the aun is about to leave Anes, is te bc rcjccted a.ccodmg to both system, whilst the conof truth, the correctness of thse trary is to be adopted. To the lover if the conditions we have mentioned are two assertions will be apparent, observed.

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The Cycles of Tobel and SJmbn'The Jews hve atill other cycles, e. the cyole of TH~ and the cycle of ~MM', :e. of seven years. The first years of both cycles are called "fM<t<~'o)t~eat'a." For God says, regatJing th cycle of seven years, in the third book of the Thora (Levit. xxv. 2-7) "When ye come into the land of Canaan, ye shall sow and reap and prune your vineyards six years. But in the seventh year ye shall not sow nor gather your grapes, but leave them to your servants and maids, and to those who sojoum with you, and to the cf.ttle and the birds." Thesame commend God repeats inthesecond book ofthe Thora (Exodus 10 p.177. xxiu. 10,11) "And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the produce thereof. But tha seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and shalt leave thy produce during that year to the poor and the ca.ttle." Litewise their religion and law allow a poor man to seU his child to a rich man, i.e. to give it in hire to him, to do service unto him but not for sexnat intercourse, for that requires a marriage.portion and a marriage-comtract. The child does him service during the cycle of SMM', and it is set free, untess it doos not choose to be set free. For God says in the second book of the Thora (Exod. xxi. 2-6) "If anyone of you buv a servant from am~ng the Isralites, six years he shall serve, but in th 20 seventh year he will go out of his possession, aad will be free to go where he pleases, he and his wife, if he have got one. But if the servant say, I love my master and will not leave his service, then his master shall bring him near the door-post, and shall bore his cars with an awl, and shall keep him as a servant as long as he pleases." The cycle of Tbel was wanted on account of the following command of God in the third book of the Thora (Levit. xxv. 8-13) You sha.ll sow the land seven times seven, whioh is forty-nine years. Then you shall cause the tmmpet to sound throughout all your land, and you shall hatlow it for the fiftieth year. You shall not sow nor reap. And in the 30 fiftieth year the restitution shall take place." Th land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine and yon are ita inhabitants and aojoumers with me (Levit. xxv. 23). Everything that bas been sold is to be restored in th fiftieth year. Ton shall sell aceording to the number of years," .e. the remaining years of the cycle of Ybel (Levit. xxv.13-15). In the same book (Levit. xxv. 39, 40), God says If thy brother be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant, but as a hired servant and as a sojoumer until the year of restitution." Because of the circumstances brought about by these regulations they required these two cycles, in order that in their sales the higher and lower prioes should always correspond to the remaining number of yeara of the cycle. There are still other religions regulations of theirs which rendered them necessary. If, eg. a servant does not wish to be set free,

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MLD8, AXD LEAP.MtMTHS.

16J

and remains in the condition of a servant dnring the whole eycle of Ybl, he cannot be retained after that period. Now, if you wMtt <o know how many years have elapsed of each of the two cycles (at a certain time), take the years c.f tha ~)-a ~lf!at))i, including the current year, subtract therefrom 1,010, or add thereto 740 divido tho sum by 350, Mid negleut th quotieut. The romaludt;r, however, compare with the column of numbers in the Tabula J~e~KHt, opposite which you find the atatement of the numher of years which have elapsed in each of the two cycles. 10 Hre follows the Ta&!th Le~Km TABULALEOUM. p.178, rT,179
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f j E'~5~251

On the Tekn&th or Year.points.Besidea the cycles we have mentioned, the have other cycles called Te~t~t~ M~StpH. ~!</K means with them ho commencement of each of the quarters of the year. Therefore 30 the T~jM~ of JHe~ is the vernal equinox, the HsjM/ftof RttttmM, the summer solstice, the T~~ of r,to7tf!, the autumnal equinox, and the 9%~M~of Tbeth, the winter solstice.

The interval between two conscutive Te~Moth they determine eqna.1)y at one-fourth of the days of the year, t.e. 91 d. 71 h. And on thm mie they have based their calcnlatione for the dete'na.tion of the TetAfoth,

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tU3

(which were rendered necessary for this rcason, that) the Jewish prifsts forbade the common people (th laity) to take any food at the bour of th Te~ufft, maintaining that. this would prove injurions to the body. This, however, M nothing but one of the snares and nets which the Rabbis have laid for the people, and by which they have managed to catch them and to bring them under their swa.y. Th thing bas come to thia, that people do not start on any undertaking unless thev are guided by Rabbinical opinions and Babbinieft! directions, without asking any other person's advice, as if the Rabbis were Lords beside the Lord. 10 But God makea his account with them The Jews maintain, too, that a.t the hours of the 3fuMo of the montha the water becomes turbid and one Jew, who is considerpd a wise and learned ma.n, told me that he himaelf had witneMed it. If thia be the truth, it must, of course, be explained by the rsulta of astronomical observation, not by means of their traditional System of chronological On th whole, we do not deny th a.bst!'a<*t computation. possibility of auch a tact. For th students of physicaJ sciences maintain that marrow and brain, eggs, and most moist substances increase and decrease with the increase and decrease of the moonlight; that the wine in ca.s]csa.nd 20 jugs begins to move so as to get turbid with sediment; and that the blood during the increa.se of moonHght runs from the interior of the body towards the outer pa.rts, whilst during its decrease it sinks back into the interior of the body. The nature of the J/etpte L!<N<B still more strtmge than aU this; for is it is, as Ariatotte says, a stone with a yellow dot on the surface. This dot increa.ses together with the inerea.sing moonlight, so as to extend over the whole surface of the stone when the moon ha.s become full afterwards it decrea.aea again in the same proportion as the moonlight. The Jew who told me this is a trustworthy authority, to whose accuunt 30 no suspicion attaches. Therefore these appearances, sa related by the Jews, are mot impossible in the abstract. The mterraJs between the TekMth, as reckuned hy the Jewish scholars, are identical with those of Ptolemy, t.e., From th Tekf of Tishr to the Tekuf& of Tbeth N!sn Tammuz TebHth=88:d. N!san=90sd. Ta.mmuz=94~d. Tishr!=92~d.

This gives a sum of 365~ days. In th computation of the Te~&fth they do not reckon the year with 40 mathematical accura~y. For, as we have already mentioned, if they recrot ~IUt ma.thelti&tnxtj acuUlituy, f.h(;y fia he soliti' yeiu itt 365 d. 5~~ h il

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AMB~N.

Computation- of the Distance of the Apoge from the Vernal Peint.If we, now, know the days of the year-quarters, we knowalso th place of the apogee of the solar sphere. If ne want to know the place of the apogee, such as it was at th time of their observations, we must fmd th mean motion of the sun for one day. We multiply th fractions of one ~cmemo'ott, t.e. 98,496, which they cstU the SMfM' C~ch, by 360 and th product we divide by the length of the solar year, after it hM be n converted into the same 10 kind of fractions, i.e. 35,975,351, which number they call the ~<MM. By this method, as they have described it, you find the mean motion of the sun for one Nychthemeron to be atout 0 59' 8" 17'" Tnr. ~v..

For one day stands in the same proportion to aU t!ie days of the solar year as that portion of degrees of thc spheK, which the sun traverses in one day, to the whole circle. Now we draw the cirele <t 6e <<, represonting the solar sphre as 20 homocentric with the EcUptic, around the centre h. Then you make a the beginning t the beginning c the beginning <! the beginning of Arles of Cancer of Libre.; of Capricom.

Further we draw the two diameters~A and &~d. Already before, in recording their theory, we have mentioned that the sun requires niore time to traverse the q)iaj~ <~6 than the other quM-ters. Therefore the centre of the J&ceM~c Sphere must lie in this quarter. 30 Let z be the centre of the ~cea~-tc jSp~efe. Around it we draw the circle s </ n, touching th homocentric aphere, as a representation of the ~eeeat~M: Sp~e. The point of contact is 1 Then we draw the line <z, the diameter <M& k parallel with the diameter a &c through th centre x, and nnaUy the radiuo f~ which we prolong as a straight line as far M e, parallel with the diameter &T?. Because, now, the sun in his mean motion traversea the half ciroum-

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YE&B-POtXTS,

MLDS, AXU LAP-Mu~THs.

1~

ference a &c, i.e. the aum of the vernal and aummer quarters, in 187 daya, th section a/ Mof the EtCM~t'iCSphere is equal to 184 18' 52" 43'" 12'v.. If wo subtrMt from thia th half circle <' t f k, i.e. 180 degrpM, we get as a. remainder the sum of x )- amd n, i.e. k 4 18' 52" 43'" 12iv.. However, these tto (Frimd FM) are equal, since the two diMneters are pMaIM. Therefore each of thom is 3 9' 26" 21"' 36~ 10 And the sine of each of them, i.e. the tine x <, is equal to 0~ 2' 16" 30'" 57~ if you take the TadiuaTx as 1 degree. Simce the sun traverses the quarter <tin the ~ecettMc Sphere is equal to 94~ days, the section x </ of

93 8' 34" 38'" 44iv. And because Y! is the aum of ~7, which is known, and of r the quarter of a eircle, we find, on subtraeting ftom z/, t/to to the remainder, t.e. 0 59' 8" 17'" 8~. 20 The sine of ?7 according to the sajne meaanre ie 0 1' 1" 55'" 35iv. This is thc line a: tM,whieh is equal to s h. Therefore, in the rectangular triangle x < &, th are known, whilst the longest side is unknown. squares of each of the two aides !Band e and This gives 287, 704, 466, 674eighths. If we take the root of this number, we get 0 2' 28" 59"' 401V-, 30 which is the distance between the two centres, equa.i to the sine of the (h'eft<M< Equation. If we look for the correspondirg arc in the Sine Tables, we get 2 22' 19" 12'" 16~, wo aides x < amd e & Now, we take the p. 184 add them together. which is be equal

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whioh is th a~t<M< ~!M<tOM(&MMM)one degree. For half (t) of iTz, measured by z as 1 degree, stands in the same aa proportion to (!<M!M). If we, now, want to know how long the line al h is, if mtasured by the line~ < M1 degree, we multiply~ by 1 degree and divide the sum by & plue 1 degree. Thereby we nnd as measured by the line t h, as 1 degree. For A z,jf~meMnred by t <afj1 degree, stands in the same proportion to a)< M o A,if measured by y< as 1 degree, to the aum of plus 1 degree, ie. z~. t. 10 In tMa way the distance between the two centres in its proportion to each of tho two diameters, that of the homocentric and that of the ex. centrio sphre, becomes known. Further we draw the line ('? at right angles to the diameter oTc. Now th two triangles < Aand i6<& are aimi)a.r, and their corresponding aides are proportional to each other. who knows trigonometry knows tha.t in a triangle the Now, everybody aide a stands in the same proportion to the side j8 as the sine of the angle opposite the aide to the sine of the angle opposite the side~S. Therefore & z, which is known, Btamds in the same proportion toY~ 20 which is also known, as the sine of the right augle ~Tt, t.e. the Sinus ~<M, to the '"ne of the angle <T~ i.e. the line <~ which we wanted to find. we compute this line, as we compute the nnknown number BinaUy ont of four numbers which stand in proportion te each other. So we get 0" 64' 34" M'" 48iv. 3ov.. The corresponding arc is 65 26' 29" 32' whieh is the line ~T or the distance of the apogee from the vernal equinox. And that is what we wanted to demonstrate. 30 nore follows the figure of the circle.

AXD OTO.ES, YEAB.rO!XTS, t.EAP.MONTHS. MLPS, 1C7

This is the method ot the ancient astronomers for the caculation of the apogee. Modern astronomers, knowing that it is extremely difficult amd next to impossible to determine the times of th two solstices, preferred in their observations of the four points a b c d the middle parts of the y<!a.);-quttrt.eM, ~he middle parts of the Fn~)t tStg~M(t.e. of t.e., The method, however, which my Taurus, Lo, Scorpio, Amphora). master 'AbA-Nasr Majeur b. 'Ali b. 'Irk, a freedman of the 'Amir. tjmu'minn, has found out for the solution uf the preceding problem, requires th dftermina.tion of three points of the ecliptie, chosen ad 10 libitum, and an accurate knowledge of the length of the solar year. In p. 185 I my .EtM&-<tH~MAM<~ 6t&MtM/<t&t'fxa<~have shown that this method is as much superior to that of modern astronomers as the method of the latter ia superior to that of the ancient astronomers. If 1 plunge into subjects foreign to th plan of this book, it is only for the purpose of leading the reader, aa it were, about in the gardens of wisdom, so as to prevent hia mmft and eye beeotning veary and getting a dislike (to continue the reading of this book). Let me hope that the reader will accept this apology of mine.

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of th Tekn&th according to the Jewish Computation -Now we return to our subject amd say If the Jewa want to System. find the yeaj-qnarters, t.e. th r~~<& of some year, they take the yeaM of the -tM<M)M, current year ineluded, and convert them into Solar the Cycles (dividing them by 28). As for the remaining yeara, they take for every single year 30 houre, t.e. 1~ day. The number of weeka which are contained in this aum they diaregard, so aa to get finally a. number of daya leaa than seven. These days they count either from th begin. mng of the night of Wednesda.y, or they increase them by 3 and count the aum from the beginning of the night of Sunday. Thia brings them ]0 0 to th Te~M& of Nisn, !.e. the vernal equinox of the year in question. In the preceding we have already explained the intervals between the single Te~&f&th aocording to both views, the nomaoa and the learned one. If, therefore, one of the Te~Afth ia known, thereby the other onea are known too. Their oounting the sum of days from the beginning of the night of Wedneaday ia for no other reaaon but thia, that some of them maintain that the Ma was created on Wedmeaday the 27th of I&l, and tha.t the Te~f of Tiahr! (autumnal equinox) took place at the end of the third hour of the day of Wedmeada.y the 6th of Tiehr, Further, they make 20 the aun tra.veMe the two yeaj-quartera of apring and aummer in 183 d. 15h., in case they do not reckon with mathematical aeoto'aey, as we have before mentioned. Now, if we convert these 182d. 15h. into weeka, the daya diaa.ppea]-, and we get oniy a remainder of 15h. If we, further, reckon from the Te~f of Tishr backward, a.nd we count these houM, we come as far as th beginning of th Srat hour of the night of Wednesday. And that ia the moment whence the computation we have mentioned ata-rta. Others among the Jewa maintain that the aun was crea.ted in the fint part of Ariea a,t tbis aarne moment whence the computation of the 30 Te~f&th atajta, that he was in conjunction with the moon, so as to form the M&l&dof Nian, 9h. 642H. after the creation. The aolajyear, if not computed with mathematical accuracy, ia 365t days. If we convert it into weeks, we get as a remainder 1t day, which ia the surplus of each Te~f over the correaponding ong of the preceding yea.r (the Character of the Te~fa). Therefore we take thia Character for each of the remaining yeaja. If we begin (in the computation of the Tekfoth) from the beginning of the Solar Cycle either from the beginning of day or night, we come back a.t the end of the cycle to the aa,me moment wbence weatarted. 40 According to thia mode of calculation we have computed th Tekfth of a Solar Cycle. Now take the yeaja of th ~M ~<&tmt,the current p. 186 y* ine-luded, convert them into Solar Cycles \\Muh you diaregaxd the remainder of yeaM compaje with the column of the Cycle till you find the oorreaponding number. Then you find opposite, th<, interval be-

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169

tween th Te~fa of Ntsn and the beginning of the night of Sunday in the current year in question; there you find, ton, the next following i.e. B~oMR, the presiding planet of that three Te~Mth and the jDoMi'HM For they mention th~iie DfOtt~t in which the Te~Ma falls. hour Hours." If of /7<e together with the Tekufth and caJI them ITot-oscopes the houra you get are leas than 12, they are houN of the niglit if they are more, they are hours of the day. So you may aubtract therefrom 12 hours, and the remainder reprsenta the corresponding hour of the day. P- M' TABLE 0F TEKFTH. ici YO Cotumnof the Solar Cycle. ~Themtervah! ''?TS~ the TeMfth and the beginning ottheNightot. Snnday. -I Sunday.. !d. h. H. 0 4 18 Ns&u. 5 1 540 Tammuz .5 5 9 0 Tishr 5 16 540 Tbeth 6 0 0 NsaL. 7 540 Tammuz 6 0 M Tishn ..)6 23 540 Tbeth ~6 0 0 6 Nsn. 0 13 540 Tammuz 0 21 0 Tiahr 1 4 540 Tbeth 0 1 12 Nsan. 1 19 540 Tsunmnz .2 2 3 Tishr 0 .2 2 M 540' Tbeth 2 18 0 N!san. 1 540 Ta.munuz 3 3 9 0 Tiahd 3 .3 Tbeth 3 16 540 .3 0 0 4 Msan. .4 7 MO Tammuz 4 4 15 0 0 Tishr TIsh)-! Tebeth 14 22 540 6 0 Nisan. 5 Tiumnuz J5 5 13 540 0 9 21 Tishr F 4 540 Tbeth j p 12 12 0 NMn.6 6 19 540 Tammuz 3 0 Tishr .0 0 10 540 Tbeth The Monthsof th FonrTetMth. The~<M~M of to. lU" the TeMMth le e

lat year 20 2na year

Shabbeth. Sdek. M~'adium. Hamm. 1) Ng:Jt. Kkha.bh Hamm. Lebhn. Shabbetha!. Sedek Ma,'adhun. Hamm. Nga.h. NgaJi. 1" Kkha.bhHMnm. I,, Lebhn. Shabbethm. Se<lek.

Srdyefu-

30

4th year

SthyeM

6th year 1. !'tby<~r

8thyeM-

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The between the .TekAfAthm~ 'M<e)-)ff&etotiM 8 1 houra Tel:fth and hioh the' o,fthe thebegimungJ~~MohtheTetMtth ofthoNightof 8;mday. d. h. cM. o 18 0 Ma'adMm. 1 1 5~o 1 9 0 ~ram. 1 M 540 pi 2 o 0 N&aah. 2 g,to

Columnof the Cohmnofthe SotarCyde.

The Monthsof th TheMonthaofthe FonrTe~MAth.

9th year

lOth year

N!s&n. TajnmiM Tiahr Tbeth NMn. Tammuz Tbeth Nta&n. Tammuz TMML Tbeth N:s&n. Tammuz Tishr Tbeth Ntsam. Tammuz T~M Tbeth NM&n. Tammuz Tiahr Tbeth Nta&n. TmuniM! Tiahr Tbeth NM&n. Tammuz Tishr Tbeth NMm. ~ajnmnz Tbeth Tbeth NM~. Tammuz Tiahr Tbeth NMn. TMnmuz Tbeth &

'M

llthyeM

ISthyeM

ISthyeM

14thyeM..

ISthyeM-

16th year

17thye~

18thy<~r

ISthye~

1 2 22 ~~5~ 540 $y 3 6 0 Lebh6n&. 3 13 540 3 21 0 Sh~be~~ 4 4 540 4 12 O Sede~ 20 4 19 540 5 3 0 m'fMtMm. 5 10 540 jp 6 18 0 Hamma. 6 1 540 2t 6 9 0 Ngah. 6 16 540 0 0 o KN~~hH~m~ o 7 540 0 15 0 Lebh&n. M 0 22 540 Pl 1 6 0 Sh~bethM. 1 M 540 1 21 0 9edek. 2 4 540 2 12 0 Ma'a'dMm 2 19 540 3 8 3 540 Hamm & 3 3 10 540 3 M 0 '40 4 1 540 N&g~ 4 9 0 E:6~Mbh[!UNm&. 4 16 540 1" 5 0 0 LebMn&. 5 7 540 ee 5 15 O SlmM.eth&t. 5 22 540 6 6 0 Sed~. 6 13 540 6 21 540 50 0 4 540

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Theinterv&le) betweenthe J'a~CMqf MetoKM T~httAth cv.~ which Tetfth ~~ tlie in inwhiohtheTe~Mth occur. o ~Ti~f Sanday. -j 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 12 19 8 10 18 1 9 16 0 7 15 22 6 13 21 4 12 19 3 10 18 1 9 16 0 'Ha.mm M)' 0 Ngah. 540 0 Ekh&bh Ha.mma. 540, 0 .LebhnA. 540 0 Sha.bbeth& 540 0 Sedek. 540 0 Ma.'adhm. 540 0 540 Ha.Dtma. 0 Nog&h. 540 0 Ekha.bhHamun. MO 0 Lebhen. 540 0 Shabbeth!. 540 Sedek. 540 0 Ma.'&dMm. MO il 0 Hsmun. MO 0 Ngah. 540 0 Kobha.bhHa.mmA. 540 Il 0 !Lebhen&. MO'

Ootamnoftho Columuof BolarCyole. So~Cyote.

TheMontTiaofthe The Mentheof the F.urT.~f6th. the

20thyeaj' 10

21at year

23ndyeM

20

23rdyea.r

24th yeax

25thye!u30 26th year

27thyeM-

40

28thyear

N!sam. Tammuz Tishr Tbeth. Nsn Ta.mnmz Tishr Tbeth Ntsn. Tammuz Tishr Tbeth N!s&n. Tammuz Tiahr Tbeth Nsan. Tammuz Tishr Tbeth Nsan. Tammuz TisM Tbeth Nisn.100 Tammuz TIshi! Tbeth NMm. Tammuz Tishrl Tbeth Nsan. Tammuz Tiah! Tebeth

1 7 1 15 1 22 2 6 2 13 2 21 3 4 3 12 3 19 4 3 4 M

Names of the Planots and the Signs of the Zodiac.-The names p.192 of the phmets which we have mentioned in the Table of << TeM/t are Hebrew names, in which form they arc used by them. Each na.tiou, however, if they want to mention the planets, must call them by the names of their own language. Therefore here follows a table exhibiting the names of the planets in various languages. The reader will find here the Hebrew niMmifwhich we ha.ve mentioned as well as the naanes in other lamgua.gM.

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173

And now natural relationship (between the planets and the signa of the zodiac) dema.nds, although it ia mot necesaary in this place of our book, nor is it requisite, that we should do the same with regard to the signa of the zodiac whieh we have done for the planets, ie. construct a table containing &11that we hnow of their names in various languages. For ho who wanta this for th planeta, wants somethiNg of the same kind for the signa of the zodiac. Hre follows the table containing the namea of the signa of the zodiac in various la.ngua.gea.

p.193

10

AtaMo.

Greok. )

Perat&n.

Syriao.

Hebrow. S&naMit.

~~P~sBMa.n.

Alha,mal Alh&bsh Althaur Aljauz"a A1JMZ& KWg ~M! At~mid 1 Ta.tpos

Bam B&Ta. Gu

't~Dt I;LDI ~o2 t~otZ ~lf ~CD

I.-ILM )-t7N

'Meftha. 1 VMh&

ox

) 4&8vuoL !~&t8M/tot Dpaikar Alta.n'sann) Al~~1 AlaMatn Ka~Ku-o: i Xajzamg 1~'zang

O~Mn~Mithuna.A.~ TtSID 1 garkaa Eajka.ta. 's~ ~Js

20 Al'asad At<~

~t Si&ha. ~jAlsunbula1 r Aisunbuta.~ BVOS1 'II1:1 Xany t~t,. n7~S I Xsmy& IIop~osKhsha ~A\ II Kan Al'MHir& ) 1~ Xhoslia) f(~oAo) )
Ahnz&n Al'adhrA At'a.~m.b Ahakrab AJLkMs Zuyot 0 Taraz !TM-azA !~2to0&0 zi~ IL OTM!0 1 3-)py ~l7Zt -) ~3 t~ 't ~t w i iMaJta~ ) Eumba. ~t~ Tula Tul ~ljt~t E&zhdum to~~ Stop~M! ~KOpatos ISazhdum i~i~ ) ) 11 To~w~; N^mae NtmMp ( ~Amo )(.t~.n i~i I ~t,~ P; ~c ipM Yrscib `Qr,~ika, ~~J

SMr

Ah-&mi Alkau6 1 Aljady 30 Aldalw AIht Alhnt

n~p DhMITt

Bah 'AtyoK<joM! 'YSpo~oo: D61 M-hi MaM

~'I~Mt! ) 'IX66e Alaama.ka.) O}

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p. IM

AUittfK.

The Author criticizeslthe Jewish comput~tiom oftheTekuibth. We return to our subject and say The calculation and tables, given ia the preceding, enable the student to find the week day on which the Tekfa falls; th correaponding day of the Syrian month, however, to which they bring us, differs from real time to an intolerable extent. Let us eg. take th J~ ~<&[m!for the lat of Tiehr!, the mld of which falle on Sunday the lat of ll in the year 1311 of Alexander. The number of complete years of the ~Ent Adami is 4759 or 8 great eyc~ (8x532=4256), 26 <MH<tH cycles (26 x 19=494), and 9 10 complete~MH-s, arranged according to th Ordo Jm<e)-ca!<t<MMM fn~iT~ so that six out of these nine yem'a are common-years and three leap. yeara. If we convert this sum of cycles and yeaM into days, we get the anm of 1,788,200d. 7h. 353B This is the interval between the mld of the Rrat year of the ~E~ ~<&tMt and the mld of the present above-mentioned year (~1. ~damt 4759). We have already stated before that according to Jewiah dogEia. th 20 Tekufoth-Tiahr, t.e. the autumnal equinox, occurred at the beginning of the ~~a Adami, 5 days and 1 hour after the mld of th year. If we aubtract these 5d.lh. from the sum we have got, we get as remainder the interval between the Te~fath.Tiah of the first year of the ers and the mld of the present year. If we divide this interval by 365~d, we get 4,758 years and a. remainder of

335~ days. Till this Solar year is complete, and night and day are again equal, 80 29d. llh. 827H more are required. If we add this number of days, hours, and HalMm to th mld of the present year, t.e. to Sunday Th. 2S3~ of daytime, we advance as far as the night of Tuesday 9h. on the lst day of the month TM~m Primus. Now. this Te~uf falls by 14 days later than the equinox as determined by astronomical observation. Such a difference, even if it be mnch less, is quite intolerable, althongh popular use may be based upon it. This popular use we have illustrated by our table according to the theory of the Jews. If we, furth~r, take this interval between the nrat Teinta and the 40 mlM of the present year, t.e. 1,788,195d. 6h. 253=,

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175

and multiply it by 98,496, which is the number of fractions of one da.y ot their Solar year (of B. Add), we get the sum of 171,280,305 (Great h<<N<) Nethods era.
TABLE OF

showing

how to find the beginning

of a year of any p- 195

THE

BEGINNINGS

OF

THE

SYBIAC

AND

GREER

MONTHS.

o
rtJ '5

7~ ,CI> 'Q

S S-.8

.i.,Qe
fi -I.ci1. '3 R

o
p o i~

l~iU~~tii , O,g:IOI~Ic.aF

I, i

Ic,
~x~

i l'

fi

b'i. m ~3~ _H.x ~i

~i.. :il~I;s a4~m i_z A'A~~m

20

30

1 2 5 7 3 6 6 2 4 7 2 5 1 3 6 21 236 1 4 7 7 3~5'1 4. L 3472,5'1257~3514 5 4 6,2 47 3 36l!4 6 2 3 6 5'7'3'S'l 1-44 4!7'2'6 5 7 6 1'4'6~2!5 5 1'3!6 1 4 7 6 7 3!5 13 3 6 2 L 7.2'6!7!3 1 1 4 6 2:4 4 7 3 8~4;7 2i5 2 2 5 7 3,6 5 1 4 9.6!l 1 3,6 5 10;624'733614!625 7 11~7!3 s!l 4 5 1 3 6'14 L 12 2 5 7!3 3 6 6 2 47'2 2 5 1' 3 6 2 13)3!6 6 1!4 4 7 7 3!51;3 4 7 3 2j5 5 1 1 4~6!24 14!4~7 2 5 L IS.5'1 36 2 3 6 1 46 6 167'35144!725736 17 14 6:25 5 5'! 3 6 1 4 7 18 2S 73 6 6!2!4'7 2 5 1 19 3i6 6 7 3 L 14'7 l 4j6!2!4 1 2 4 7 4 19 3 1 611 4 7 1 205!13!6!226j7!3514 21 62 47 3 3 6_14 1~4 6 2 5 6 6. 22 7 3 5J1 4 4 7 2.5.7 3 23'14 5 6!2 2 417'25:11 S~l; L 23'1 4 6125 6~2 5 6 4~72 24~3 3 6 l!4 4 7 7 3 5!1'3 3 6 a! L 25'4 7 2 6114 62 473: 2 2 5 7~3 3 51 1 4: 6 26.5 5 1 3 7 3 L 3 736L 4 7 27,6247~34725 5 5 28 ~1 4 6!2!5 1 Il 6 1 3 6:1

176
p. 196

AUtht~.

Ifwewant tu kuowthp same for the~'m~Mj/M~i (i.e. to find the week-day o*t which a year of thia era. commences), we take its com. of them. To this sum we add 6 and plete years and add t.herpto divido th whole by 7. Thereby we get the S~HMM(of the week-day) of the Ist of Tht. To thia S!jyH!t)K add 2 for each complte month that has elapsed we before the date you want to find, and the sum we divide by 7. Thereby we find the S~Mnm of the month we seek. The leap-years are in this era af certained in this way, that we add 1 to the number of the complte yea.M and divide the aum by 4. If t itre is a remainder, the current year M not a leap-year; if there is T)oremainder, it is a leap-year. If we want to know the same for the ~En! ~MfoHiM, we increase its of them, and to the sum we add 4~. Then we complete years by make the same calculation (as for the ~-<t ~l~N~t). The leap-years in this era. are Mcertained in this way, that we add 3 to its complete years and divide the sum by 4. If there is no remainder, the year is a leap-year; if there is a remainder, it is a common-year. As regards th .~<t Diocletiani, we add to its years of them, and to th aum we add 4~. With the remainder, and in order to find the beginnings of the single months, we reckon in the sajne way as we have done for the Era ~!e.MM<!)*! according to the Greek syatem. The leap-,year m th ~-a Diocletiaibi is ascertained iu this way, that we add 2 to its complete years and divide the sum by 4. If there is no if there is a remainder, ~t is a remainder, the yeax is a leap-year common-year. If we want to learn the beginning!! of the years and months of the -<~<! ~ty by chronological computation, we take its complete years and write them down in three places. The nrst we multiply by 354 days, the second by 22 minutes, and the third by 1 second. To th number of minutes we add 34 minutes. Then we convert the three sums in the three places Into wholes. If the minutes are more than 15, we add them as one whole if they are less, we drop them. The sum we get represents the time which has elapsed between the beginning of the ~E)~ .FMjjf and the beginning of the year in question, consisting of days. We add 5 to them and divide the sum by 7. Now, the remainder of less than 7 is the Signunt of Muhajrajn. If we want to learn the Signum of another month, wf take for the months, which have aia.psed before the month in question, alternately for one month 2 days, for the other 1 day, and the sum we add to the The whole we divide by 7, and the remainder is Signum of Muharram. the Signum of the month in question, as determined by chronological computation which is based upon the mean motion of the moon. The computation according to the appearance of new-moon is a subject the ofpnoitinn nt which wculd bc both of great length and dinictdty and

10

20

30

40

CYOUES, Yt;AR-Pf))\TS,

\)nt.Ps.

\\n

).t:AP.)tttXT))s.

]77

10

20

30

40

w~ uM require dimcult CtJcula.tions a.nd numerous t:thtcs. It is suScient to know what ou this subjcct is said in the C<7MO<; Muhauuuad of b. Jabir Albattam, aud in that om' of Habash t)n' mathematician. In case of neccssity the stndent mny consnh thon. The same principe we have explaiued lias been adopted bv the sect who claim to have esott'ric dwtrines and represent themselves as the So they have produccd a. calculation party of the Family (cf 'Ali). which they- maintain tn bc t.ac of thf tnvstt'rK's of prophecv. It is this p.l!)7. If you want to )<uow thr hc~inuh)~ of Kamadan. tak~ thp rnm~h'tf of the Hijra., )n~))tij'!y thpt)) hy 4 and add to the snm years aud e (i.e. ~~) of the nuu]))er of yr~n-s. ]f in hnth tiiese portions (in of and the year of the Hijt'.t) you gt't a fraction, add it as one complte day t(, the other days, if one of thcm or hoth h'gether are tnore than half the denomiuator of either of thc two fractions (} and ~). Then add to the sum 4 and divide the whole by 7. The remainder bevond 7, which vou get. is the St~MM)). ~aBi<H). This caleulatiou is based upon what we have mentioned. For if you divide the days of each Lunar vear, f. 354 davs, bv 7, you get as remainder 4. If therefore the years of th Hijra. are multiptied by 4, it is th same as if the days of cach year and the rem:uuders (i'.e. the 4 days which remain, if you divide 354 by 7) were coNvcrtcd into weeks. to take t and of the years of the Hijra Further, is the same as if you would take y day and So this day for each single year. method of ta.Ung and of the years cornes to the same thing as if vou each year by multiplied and da.y aud divided th products by the denominators of th two fractions (;< 5 x 6=30). If, therefore, the whole is divided by 7 and the remainder is counted from Frida.?, which is th beuiuniu~ of the .Em J'yrp, we come to the S'i~KKHt Jfit~iTOH!). And if we udd thereto 6 and count th surn from Sunday, the matter comes to th same result. th reason why those peop)e add 4 is this, that you getFurther, by alternately taking 2 days for une month and 1 day for the next onetill th beginniug of Ramadan the sum of 5 days. If you add these to the Si'~KMm J)f!fAftn'f))M/,you p~'t the .S~MM ~xtif!?; Haring already added 6 for Muharra.m and eombinin~ with it the 5 davs, which are the time till Bmnd.m,you 11 da. Subnecessaryfor get :ttot:dof tract 7 and you get as remainder 4 this is what remains of th sum of the two a.d'Utions (/.< the addition of 6 days for the pnrpose of th ppoch of the era. from Fridav to Sundav, aud the postponmg addition of 5 days for the purpose of converting tue jS't~t!fMi j~M~<!)')'a)i!t into the S~MOt ~tBMtffaM!). The two' computations, th one which is eounted from Friday, the other-mentioned is counted from Thursday, agree shortly before-which with each other, for this reaaon, that in the former case the 34 minutes are 12

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AJfRtR~t.

aummed to ont day, whilst in the latter case none of th fractions are raised to a whole. This and similar modes of computation have been adopted by the followers of this new theory in this sect, wbo are tnown in Khwnrizm as the A~fM~yc, sect, so called from their founder, a Shaikh who hv(.s m BaphdAd. 1 hava found that one of their leaders bas taken the Jct~M,a)-a~ (i.e. the pure table, divested of any accessory), which was constructed by I~abash in his CoKoa for the purpose of correcting the method of dating employcd in astronomical calculations. Now thia sect.u-tap bas added to each number of the table, !the 10 &~Km for the reason just mentioned further he bas altend the ~~M-raM:, 5, sbape of the table, giving it-instead of the perpendieular form of a table-the form of a screw-like train, similar to a wound-up serpent, as some people in Ta.bMMt.n have given it fie form of a circle, in which the beginning and the end of the numben meet together. He bas also followed the of the people (of the same sect) in example composing a book in whieh he abuses those who want to find the new. moon by observation be attacks them and blames p.198. them, saying that for both Christians and Jews it is rendered their tables to observe new-moon for the dterminationsuperfiuous by of their fast-days and the 20 beginnings of their months, whilst Muslims trouble themselves with a subject of so dubious a character (as the observation of new-mooa) But if he had read farther (in the book of Habash) beyond that place where the J<wa~~a,.).a<< occurs, as far as the chapter of the astrono. nuea] methods for the observation of new-moon, if he had himseK with their nature and with th real character of the acquainted practis of both Jews and Christians, he would have learned that that which they have adopted is obscurity itself. Perhaps he who is acquainted with our preceding explanations will find out the truth of this. For astronomers agree that the assumed SO measures in the most difficult parts of the practice of the observation of new-moon are certain distances which cannot be ascert&iB.d except by experunent. Besides, the observations themselves are subjeet to certain circumstances of a geometrical nature, in consequence of which that which is observed by the eye differs in greatness and sma.llness. A man who considers astronomical aBajrs with an unbiassed mind could not dcide against the necessity of the observation of new-moon nor against its possibility, particularly when new-moon occurs near the end of that distance which bas been assumed. the serew-ngure (here given in the form of a common40 table) whieh bas been transformed out of the Ja~<

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179

TABLE showing on whitt WEEK-DAYSth SINGLEYBARSof the CYCI.B of 210 LUNARYEARa commence.

MS.. '.aa~'SS.'A B !O~E-<g~a; l!lV .2' 1 !3 3 VI 4 in '5'VU !6 V II ~!7 '8! VI ~9'IV IV 9 M 1 !ll. V ~12 III VII '13 V '14 15 II 16 VI on 17 IV 1 18 V !l9 )20'11)60 VII izi V .22 Il M .M vi iv 25 1 26! V M M ? m VU 29 IV 30 31 M .33! 33 3t. 35 36 37 38 M 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

-1

q o

B!A

B,A,B

lA .I>o~ J_i_) _) 121 il!151 !I 181 VIl 91 Y ) VI JI ,122; VU 152 ~V III IV 92. 182 1~3 )V y ~153)111 III 183 I 1 Il H 93!YII 153 11~3 931 I VII, 124 ]8t V VI 9t!lV n!l5t;Y)I Il I H!I "5 1 125 VI'155. IV'185 18311 11 MB'YII 1 96 VI 126iIY.156.1I III 127 1 :157,YI 187'IV V M 1 II 98 VII 128!V'158 UI~18S. 1 I ~1S9 VI VU VII M 99 V 129 I 189 V 129~111.159 159 111 130. VII; 160 V 190 ni IV 100 H VI IV 16t 11 191 VU 1 101 13l! V VI 102 IV 132 n 162 VU 192 193 n HI 103 1 133 VI 163 IV VI 131 IV 16t II 1M VII I 104 IV V 105 in 135 1 !l65 VI Mo 196 1 II 106 VII 136 V !166 111 1 197 VI VII 107 V 137 111.167 138 VII 168) V 198 III IV 108 II 169, II 199'VII I 1M VI ,139 IV V VI 110 IV)140[lI .1TO.VII.200 201,11 ni 111 1 i 41) vi'i7i'iv IV 172 Il ,202jVII 1 )IH)VI 142, 113 III 143 1 )l73)Vl!203.IV V i II 14-1 v '174 nt.Yn 111,204! vi vn n5 V 145~111 175 i '205, 176. V 206'm IV 116 Il 1 -16 VII VI IV 177: 11)207'VU 1 117 lt7 208 V VI 1M IV 1M U 178 VII IV 209.11 III 1M' 1 149 V! I 179 V 150 III 180 I i 210 v VII 120 (

51 52 53 54 55 ,56'VI 67~ m 1 58! 59 1 V 60 n

II VI IV 1 V in VII IV H IV VI III 1 V in VII IV II VI in 1 V in VII IV II

61 M G3 M 6t M 66 67 68 ? 69 M 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 M 86 87 M 89 90

in the form of a screw. In the In the original Arabic thia table is arranged of both numbers, the fields of the serew there is a stea<]y progression longitudinal of th rears rising by 21, the numbera of the week-days rising by 1. For nimbera instance, in the netd of the Srst years the years rise in thM way 1. 22. 43. 64. 85.106.127.148.169. and th week-days 40 rise in this way vri. 1. n. Il. III. (IV. V. etc.). 190. (1. 22. 43. etc.)

IV. V. V. VI. vn.

12

180

AMtR~Nt.

Considering that in the Ja~toa! jtf~or,ft(! produced by ~abash th sage in his canon known M the Canon f)-ot<t<~ (tacuna.). This man whom we have mentioned, transferred thence the screw-ngure (into hia work), adding five in places where ~abash had added the fractions as a whole day to th other days, which he ought not to hve done. Ais method iB the same for the Tabula JMe~Mt~ot,so that by this he was preserved from error. Let him who wants to ascertain the truth ~f our worda compare thia screw-figure-for it ia the JtM~Mt!MM/a!f<t~itself, only inereased by 5 so as to represent the Signum Bem~tn\nth the Co}Tec<<<! Table which 10 we have computed for the Signum JtfM/tan-cmM. The fractions following after the whole days we have also noticed, wishing that they should come under occular inspection, and so afford a help aiso for other things. If you use this corrected table, subtract always 210 from the years of the Hijm, including the current year, if their number bo more than 210. With the remainder compare the column of the numbers and take the days and minutes which you find opposite in the corresponding square. Add to the minutes 5 days and 34 minutes, and convert them into whole days. Eliminate the 7, if the number is more than 7, and you 20 If you add thereto 5, you get the Signum for the Ist of Muharram. get the Signum of Ramadan. The result of this computation compare with the screw.figure. For in some dates there is a diffrence on aecount of the conversion of the minutes under 60 into days. It will be clear to the reader why the table has been constructed for 210 years, and not for a less or larger number of years, if he studies the BUbject thoroughly. God ia all-wise. He is our aumciency and our help

CTCUSS,

YEAB-POIKTS,

M~DS,

AND

LEAP.MONTHS.

181

THE

COBBECTED

TABLE.

i~i!ih'!HjM:dMJ~ !J~ Li fak~ F71?7~c~^Li,~ ;g:j _l~

-oi 1 5 M Il 3 22 42231

qig~qqg

p80G9. Ml IN

2 22! 61~ 022 9 11 44 2 44 61 44 4 44 1221044 544182 44 32 6 4t~ 62 4 4t M 22 4t 122 0 44 152 S 44 182 sl44 3 6 633 M2 3 2 4il93 6 M 4)6)63 1 s 6 0,6)123 5 .is3 3216 4 s .IN M 3 M M 1,20. M 62 6~ 528 S e 0 50 35 M M SS0~65 3 66 ? 112 5 SE e~3!3tM?!lStl57 99 5 M U9 240 M 108 102 1M 8 0 2 130 M M ~~i~j~MM.OMIM S 2 M j~ S6MM4~ai~S<:MOSSUStMtM<SS1881K 9 4 18 39 69 .M 2 M M 11 111 M M 14 15 M 17 80 18 19 M go 2a N N M 23 ? as M 27 SO 28 ? I4C40 9 241 49 640 4 124 13446 S 844 030 4S 47 2 636 ~M 1~20 5j42 5 ji 2 4 52 M S 4M M 81, 6 M M 111 3 4!! 1 M 3 2 70 M 72 M M 8 75 76 77 78 79 440IM 2 6 346 M 1 53010S 2M1M 0 4M 1 Si 14 107 108 109 6S8J139 4,90,140 ti~'M 4 2 M M 2 24 M M M M,lj50.M5!6!,01K!4M18!i 3~12! 0~ 96.6)12~126! 4 12 156 212186 6 M 187 4M 3 040 5 2 M 159 160 M M 1 18 189 6 340 1 2 8 M 9 .M M

IM

j
IN

g 7
6 M

540UO 9 !)1M

3 24 83442 04643 5 23045 6!346 4 14

4M1N 146 M 4 ( 21 I l'i M 6 8 330135 os 5 14 136 137

2 934182 M 946163 M 130 6S2166 3 036 14 4

0 E4 OMM2 192 4 46 193 8 les M

5 s!24 Ef 2146 0'8 8 4M 162 6 14

81M 165

Z 630 3S2196 114197

167 168 M

13648 S 3 O~a M 49 M M

236138

536198336 2S3199J.S8 20o! 20l! S M

642171

170,0,20 4M

6 48 48 4 10

1 132 83 iiji4ji7 3 16

172 82; ZB i 143 1 86 3 026 fB~lM 4 6:4.14!! 4 4 IN 2 420!0 S 4 MM M 411316: 3.26J143 126173 6 M M 34 6 E6 I ~3 Sl M 448 4 86 M 248 86 M ll4 8315 126 203 e!48)l44 0 4 48 1 144 S 48 174 178162634820t 55 010 115 2 M ? 1M M ~M~M 3 M M SS M 6 632 83 M 4 439 32 M U6 032 M 532 J.3220S 203 2;32,146 3 M ? 86/' 1M M 2 M 207 e~M.~147 2:3914& 0 4M. 831176 M 58 1M 8Si616 M 4!M~48 !!16!178 016208 538 89~338 119 138 149 638 179 438209

!!4!!J 4 88 4' 4j 4M 148 4 86 6 M

3 332 83 054 S 238 0 M

038!i9

):e6eseMiieM06oi!i040M02omooe

182
p.201.

ALBEN.

Further, 1 have found with'Ahmad b. Muha.mmaJ b. ShiMb, who WM counted among the leaders of the pMriyy~-sect and one of the greatest of their missioma.nee, the following table, which, he aa.y6,ia to be used in thM way l'ake the complete yeam of the Era J~t~tt!,add thereto 4 and divide the sum by 8. The remainder under 7 you compare with the column of numbers, and opposite you find the week-day of the beginning of whatever month you like. TABLE OF THE MoNTHS.

'i

Jd

186612!4i6 2?2S66.12 S6yiS4'6? 42467184 66124671 64672366 7 1 7134672.3 8 6 1 4 2 6 4 67il 1 6 s 1 E 7

7 4 2 8 6 3 1 6 3'46

1 6 3 9 7 4 2 E 6

8 ? 6 E 2 6 4 1 61

4 1 6 8 3 7 6 E 2 7

e! 8 1 b 6 E 2 7 4 2 10

This table, ton, ia certainly derived from the ~t<!xtH~<nv<M!. If the atudent would consider the <?c&M<e!-ts whieh this table ia based, he on would find that the new-year-days of the years of this cycle return to 20 the same da.y of the week, that they, however, fall short (of a complte revolution and return to the same day) by a fraction of 4 minutes. Therefore this table does not differ from the corrected Jadwal-Mujarrad, except when the Octaeteris in the course of time recurs many timea. In thia case the minus-difference of 4 minutes causes a very disagreeable confusion. This same trickater of a missionary relates that this table was the work of Ja'faj b. Muhft.nnnad Als&dik at the time when heso that man aaysexplained the difference of opinion and the uncertainty that exista among Muallms regarding the month Eama~am. Accordingto 30 him Jafar said 1 swear by him who in truth bas sent Muhammad p.202. as a prophet, that He (the prophet) did not leave his people, before he had disdosed before our eyes both the past and the future till the end of the world. And the least of this is the knowledge of fasting for every year and every day." Further, he is reported to havo said:

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MAr-MOXTHS.

183

Sha'Mn has never been more-and Ramadan bas never been Icss than SO days." This malefactor has inventcd tales about that wise Lord, the nobicst of th~ nobles, the wisest of the InmmsGod's blessing be upon their names !by making him responsible for something that is mconsiatent with the religion of his ancestor (i.e. *A1!). It bas been proved that the contra.ry of these assertions is the truth. That pious Imam was far from anUying himself by traditions like those, and never dreamt that he would be defiled by their insolence in referring them to his authority 10 -God's blessing be upon him There are two methods for the finding of the Si~MMitJftttftn~tHM.mentioned by 'Ab-Ja'far Alkhazin in his Great .MroAfc~'Mt to ~s<)-o!tOMty; I. Take for each complete 30 years of the ~E)'a ~t-<F which have elapsed, 5 days. As regards the remainder of less than 30 years, take for each 10 years 1~ days, ie. 1 day 16 hours. For each 5 years of the further remainder take 20 l'ours, and for each complete single year take 4 days 8~ hours. To th sum you get in this way add 5 or subtract 2. The remainder divide by 7, and the remainder you get is the Muharrami. NtjjftMtM 20 This method is correct, and proceeds in the same way as the beforementioned methods. For the days and fractions of days that are taken for certain numbers of years are the remainders which you get, if you convert those years into days and divide them by 7, as th C<Mfec~ Table shows. To the sum we add 5, in order to make the days begin with Sunday, as we have mentioned before. It is thc same whether you add 5 or aubtract 2,t.e. 7 minus 5, as long as you use the hebdomadal cycle, which must be adhered to. of If you want the Si'~MtMt any other month (!)M< Muharram), add to 2 daya for each month whose number in the 80 the St<KMM)t MttAM'fftHH order of months is an odd one, and 1 day for each month whose number la an even one. Divide the sum by 7, and the remainder is the .S't~tMM of the month in question. Take half of the number of years, if H. The second method is this it is an even number; if it is an odd one, subtract 1 therefrom, and keep in mind for it 4d. 22min. (i.e. male a, menta.1note of it). Then ta.ke the half of this remainder of years a.nd put it into two different places. Multiply this number in one place by 3, and divide it by 4. So you get days. In the other place multiply it by 8, and add the sum to the number of days, with the addition of 5. From the sum subtract a. which is equal to half the number of the years. number of (&ty-mM!tte< With th remainder combine that which you ha.Te kept in mind (4d. 22.), if the years are without a fraction. But if there is a fraction of more than 30 minutes, count it as a whole; if it is less, omit it. Divide the sum by 7, and the remainder is the Signum JtfK$c?v(!m!

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ALBRN.

Thia method, too, is correct, a,nd based on the circumstances we have mentioned. That which you keep in mind (4d. 22') is the intercala.tory portion of the year which you subtract from the total sum of years, the remainder p.203. which you get after having divided 354d. 22' by 7. To multiply the half of the remaining years (t.e. after the sub. traction of 1, in case the number of years be an odd one) by 8, is the same M to divide the whole by 4. These 4 days are the whole days which you get by dividing th Lunar year by 7 (354d. 22': 7, re. mainder 4). FinaJIy you take 6 and day, t.e. or day for each year. However, the half of (t.e. ~) of any number is more than ~+~ (t.e. ~) of the whole number by a measure (a quantity) which amounts for the M&o<e number to the same as a corresponding number of sixtieth parts (or minutes) for half the number (i.e. for the whole number x this plus. difference isY~B, which is the same as yof~). If you, therefore, multiply half of the number of years by 3 and divide the product by 4, of the number, which is more than ~+~ you get (~) of the whole number of years by a number of minutes which is equal to half the number of years. If they, now, are counted in 60th parts, i.e. in minutes, 20 and you subtract them from the sum, you get of th a.nd (~) The analogy of the other parts of this calculation with what weyears. h6.ve before mentioned is evident. If we want to find the Signum of the new-year's day of a year of the ~r<t y<!fK&tj)w<H, take the number of complete we years and add thereto always 3. The sum we divide by 7, and the remainder of this division is Nt~tMfmof Farwardn-Mh. If we want to know the Stymtm of another month, we take for each of the complete months, that have passed, 2 days, except Aban.M&h, for ~Meh we take nothing. The som we add to the ~M(M of Farwardn- 80 Mah, and subtract 7, if the number be more than seven. The re. mainder is the St~Mtm of the month in question. For the Magorum, the epoch of which is the death of we add aJways 5 to the number of complte years, and the Yazdagird, remainder we compute in the same way as we have done for the preceding era, in case weuse for this era the Persian months. But if we use the months of the ~ughdians or Ehwarizmians, we always add 3 to the number of complete years, and divide th sum by 7. As remainder we get the Signum of Nausard or J'MtM~'?. For each following month we add 2 days to the N~KMtt ~<tM<t~t. In this way we find the jS't~Mtmof 40 the month in question. If we want to know the intercalation, as practised by the Persiama before the decline of their empire, we take the Persian years from the end of the reign of TMdf.gird, whieh evcnt is tho epoch of th ~o Magorum, and add thereto 70, for the reason whieh we ha.ve mentioned

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in the first part of this book. The sum we divide by 120. The quotient M the number of intercalations tha.t onght to have been carried eut Now we since th time when they commenced to neglect intercalation. take for the total sum of the years of the era a number of months If, then, these months corresponding to the number of intercalations. the year is a ~en.p. make up complete years, without giving a. rema.inder, for there is confusion in their chronu!og\. But p.204. year approximately, if there is a remainder of months, the year is a common year. Thereof the year upon we add th lea.p-months we have got to th beginning we find N&urz on that da,y to which this caleulation 10 in question, and it used to be brings us. So Naurz comes again to be there, where of the Kisras, whcn it used to coincide witb the summer. in the time solstice aa calculated by their astronomical tables. of For the ~M of ~HMt'<<<! we find the Sf'y)HtM: FMwaj-din-M&h by whole adding to the complete years of them, and to the sum 4}. The we divide by 7, and the remainder is the StgKKHt of Farwardin.M&h. to find Knowing the .S't~Mtm of New.yea.r's da.y of a year, and wishing the Stj/Mttm of some other month, we add for each month that has in a lea.p-yea.r and passed 2 days, cxcept Mn-M&h, for which we ta,ke 1 in a common year. The sum we divide by 7, and the remainder 20 nothing is the SiyMtm of the month in question. The tea.p-years of this era, you find by dividing its complete years is a leap-y ear if there is a. by 4. If there is no remainder the year remainder it is a common-year. Now we think that this long exposition will be aumcient. Mnch praise be unto God, as is due to Him

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CHAPTER VIII.
ON THE EBAS 0F THE PSEUDO-PBOPHETS ND THEIB COMMMfITES A WHO W~ttE BELTDEDBY THEM,THE CUBSN THE LOBD BE TPON 0F THEM' 1 WB shaN explain th method of dating the ems by the peeudo-prophets. For in the intervats between the prophets amd kings whom we have mentioned, pseudo-propheta came forward, the number and history of whom it would be impossible to detail in this book. Some of them perished without having gained adherents, not leaving anything behind them but a. place in history. Whiist others were followed by a 10 community who kept up their institutes and used their method of dating. It is necessary, therefore, to mention the erM of the most notorious a.mong them, for this affords a help, aJso, for the knowledge of their history. rst mentioned is .MdMM/ who came forward in BudhasafTh India after the Ist year of Tahmra.th. He introduced the Persia.n writing and caJled people to the religion of the ~6nMM. Whereupon many people followed him. The Peshddhia.n kings and some of the Kayanians who resided in Baikh held in great veneration the sun and moon, the planets and the prima.1 elements, and worshipped them as holy 20 until the time wheu Zu.rMusht appeared beings, thirty years a.fter the accession of Bishtasf. The remnants of those 9&bia.ns are living in ~rr&n, their na.me (t.e. ~~<t!T~tyyct) being derived from their place. Othera derive it from HMn b. Ter~h, the brother of Abraham, sa,ying that ho among their chiefa was the most deeply imbued with their religion and its most p.205. tenacious adherent. I~ ~a~tM (Syncelluo), the Christian, rentes in his book which ht), intending to refute tlieir creed, atnSed with tief) and

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futile stories, that Abraham left their community simpty because leprosy a.ppea.red on his foreskin, and that everybody who suffered from this diseaso was considered impure, and excluded from ail society. Therefore he eut off his foreskin, i.e. he circumcised himself. In this state he entered one of their idol-temples, when he heard a voice speaking to him: "0 Abraham, you went away from us with ono sin, and you return to us with two sina. Go away, and do not again come to us." Theroupon Abraham, aeized by wra.th, broke the idols in pieces, and left their community. But, after having done it, he repented and wished 10 to sacrifice his son to the plamet Sa.tum, it being their custom to SMrince their children, as that author maintains. Saturn, however, on *;eemg him truly repentant, let him go free with the sacrifice of a ram. Also 'Abd.alma.sh b. 'IsM~ Alkindi, the Christian, in his reply to the book of 'Abdall&h b. 'Ism&'tl AlMshinu, relates of them, that they are notorious for their sacrificing human beings, but that at present they are not allowed to do it in public. Ail, however, we b-now of them is that they profess monotheism and describe God as exempt from anything that is bad, using in their not ~.s;. they say "he is description the Via JWe~ftttOKM, the Via J'ost<tOttM. 20 indeterminable, he is invisible, he does not wrong, he is not unjust." but They call himby the NoMUHftF~c~etVi'nM, only metaphorically, since a real description of him is excluded according to them. The rule of the universe they attribute to th celcstia.1 globe and its bodies, which they consider as living, speaking, hearing, and seeing beings. And the fires they hold in great considration. One of their monuments is the eupola over the JtfiAn~ beside the It was their place of jM<t~s~m in the great Mcsque of Damascus. worship aa long as Greeks and Romans professed their religion afterwards it passed into the hands of the Jews, who made it their synagogue. as their churchtiUthe 80 Then it was occupied by the Christia.ns.whouscdit time of the rising of Islam, whcu the Muslims made it their MosqueThey had temples and images, ca,Ucd by the names of the sun, the forms of which are known, aud the like of which are mentioned by 'Abu-Ma'shar Albalkhi in his book on the houses of worship. For instance, the temple of Ba'al-bel: was sacred to the ido! of the Sun. The city of HarrAn wa'' attributed to the mooii, it being built in th ehape of the moon like a r(n7ftMH. Close to Harran there are another place called Se!f)tMf'K, ancient name being ~oH<tMt-s'M, !m(tyo ~)Ht, ond its t'.c. another village called Tovt'm, t'.e. Porta. Vencris. People say, too, that 40 the Ka'ba and ita iini'ges originally belonged to them, and that the worahippers of those images belon~ed to their community, and that ~H<?/twas called Zuhal aud ~l~'~f!, AIzuhara. They have many prophets, most of whom were Greek philosophers, c.g. Hermes the Egyptian, Agathodmmou, WuMs, Pythagoras, B&bu, and Sawnr the grandfather of Plato on the mother'a side, and -)thei's. Somo

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of them did not allow themselves to eat fish, fearing it might be a S!h<r?M~ecfrt'cMo, nor ehickens because they are always feverish, nor garlic because it produces headache and burns the Mood or the spenna genitale on which the existence of the world depends, nor peas because they stupify and impair the intellect and originaUy grew in the skull of man. They have three prayers in writing, one for the time of sunrise with p.206. eight inclinations, the second immediately before the sun leaves the centre of heaven (the meridian) with five inclinations, the third at sun. set with five inclinations. Each of the inclinatione at their prayer 10 consista of three prostrations. Besides, they have voluntary prayers, one in the second hour of the day, another in the niuth hour of the day, and &third one in the third hour of the night. Their prayer ia preceded by purification and washing. They aiso wash themselves after a pollution. They do not circumcise themaelves, not being ordered to do so, as they maintain. Most of their regulations about women and their penal law are similar to those of the Muslims, whilst others, relating to pollution caused hy touching dead bodies, etc., are similar to those of the Thora. They offer oSerings to the stars, their images and temples, and 20 practise saerinees carried out by their priests and seducers. By this means they elicit the knowledge of the future of the man who offers th offering, and the answer to his inquiries. Idrs, who is mentioned in the Thora as Henokh, they call Herms, whilst according to others Hermes is identical with Budhsaf. Again, others maintain that the Harranians are not the real $abians, but those who are called in the books ~t<tetM and J&Me<-s. For the ~aLiams are the remnajit of the Jewish tribes who remained in Babylonia, when Cie other tribes left it for Jerusalem in th days of Cyrns and Artaxerxes. Those remaining tribea felt themselves at- 30 tracted to the rites of the Magians, and so they inclined (were inclined, i.e. ~b!) towards the religion of Nebukadnezzar, and adopted a system Blixed up of Magism and Judaism like that of the Samaritans in Syria. The greatest number of them are settled a.t Wsit, in Sawd-al'ira~, in th districts of Ja'far, AIjmida., and th two Nahr.alsila. They pretend to be the descendants of Enos the son of Seth. They differ from th Harrmiams, blaming their doctrines and not agreeing with them except in few matters. In praying, even, they turn towards the north pole, whilst the Harraniams turn towards the south pole. Some of those to whom God bas given a divine code (Jews and 40 Christians) say that Methuselah had another son besides Lamech, who called himself ~t', qmdthat the ~abians derive their name from him. Before thc nmt establishment of their rites amd the appearance of B&dhasaf people were 5ajMMMot,inhabiting the eastern Dart of the world and worshipping idole. The femnants of them are at pre.

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the people of sent in India, China, and among the yf'n.7t<!)of call them S)ia)HaHt?H. Their monuments, the B<tA")-cs their Ehur&san idols, their J-'arNwrM are still to be seen on th frontier countries between Khur&~n and India.. They believe in the cternity of time and the migration of souls; they tllink that the globe of th universe is it bas a rotatory motion, flying in an infinito oac~HMt,that therefore downward since anything that is ronnd, when thrown off its ptMp. goes in a circular motion, as they say. But others of them believe that the world his been ereated (within time), and maintain that its duration is of 10 one million of years, which they divide into four periods, the first thousand years, the ~rea ~a< four hundred the T (Great !HCMNO. he end of the chapter on BdMsa.f, on Za.radusht, and the heginning of the whole cha.ptcr chapter on Ba.rda.isan are missing.) So he geta the sum of 3,457. We think they will dispute with us on the astronomical interpretation wepropose, for we, as well as themselves. p.307. are familiar with the science of the subjeet. Therefore any arguing on the subject and any interpretation are altogetber devoid of sense. What we have just mentioned regarding the division is a proof in 20 favour of the Egyptians in the matter of the T~-HitH). For according to them the duration of the '~x.'MMS of Venus in Pisces is 400 years, whilst Ptolemv reckons it as 266 years. We have a.irea.dy said before that the time between Alexander and ArdasMr is longer than 400 yeara, and have endeavoured to settle this question of chronology. We return now to our subject, and go on to state that the Persians adhered to the Magian religion of Zardusht, that they ha.d no schism or dissension in it till the time came when Jesus rose, and his pupils the Gospel. When they thus spread through all the world preaching the countries, one of them came to Persia, and both spread through 30 BMdaisn and Marcion were among those who followed his call and Part they took from him, part from what heard the word of Jesus. from Za.radusht. So eaeh of them derived from both they had heard of the eternal systems a separate doctrine, containing the dogma of the two Pt'tMCt~M. Each of them produced a gospel, the existence origin of which he traced back to th Messiah, and declared everything else to be a lie. Ibn.Da.isan maintained that the I~M of God was residing in his own heart. The difference, however, did not go so far as to separate them and 40 their followers from the bulk of the Christians, nor were their gospels in all matters different from that of the Christia.ns in some regarda they contained more, in others less. God knows best ]ij[m~Aft<')- B~rditisAn a.n.l M.).rciun. Jf.u)/ th pupil of Fnda.rn came for\ra.rd. On having acquainted himsfif with the doctrices uf j the Magians. Christians. and Du~Usts. h<' pn"'):timed h)mself tu bo a.

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prophet. In the beginning of his boak called SAatKt-MM,which he composed for Shpr b. ArdasMr.he says: "Wisdom and deedshave aiways from time to time been brought to mankind by the messengera of God. So in one age they have been brought by the messenger, called Buddha, to India, in another by Zardusht to Persia, in another by Jesus to th West. Thereupon this revelation bas come down, this prophecy in this last age througb me, Mtn, the messenger of the God of truth to Babylonia." In his gospel, which he arranged according to the twenty-two lettera of the alphabet, he says that he M the Paraclete announced by Messiah, and that he is the seal of the prophets (i.e. the 10 last of them). His doctrines regarding the existence and the form of the world are contradicted by the resulta of scientific arguments and proofs. He preached of the empire of the worlds of light, of the np<aro;*Af6pMro!,Knd of th spirit of life. He taught that light and darkness are without beginning and end. He absolutely forbade his followers to slaughter animals and to hnrt them, to hurt the fire, water, and plants. He eatab~ished laws which are obligatory only for the S!'<Hi~ i.e. for the saints and a.scetics among the Ma,nichseans, viz. to prefer poverty to riches, to suppress cupidity and lust, to ahmdon the world, to be 20 p.208. abstinent in it, continually to fast, and to give a.lms as much as possible. He forbade them to acquire any property except food for one day and dress for one year; he fnrther forbade sexual intercourse, and ordered them continually to wander about in the world, preaching his doctrines and guiding people into the right path. Other laws he imposed upon the ~MMKa' (laymen), ie. their followers and adherents who have to do with worldly affaira, viz. to give as alma th tithe of their property, to fast during the seventh part of life-time, to live in monogamy, to befriend the ~fM~e (saints), and to remove everything that troubles and pains them. 80 Some people maintain that he allowed pederasty, if a man felt ni. clined, and as proof of this they relate that every Manicheam used to be accompanied by a young, beardiess and hairlesa servant. I, however, have not found in what 1 have rea.d of his books a word indicating anything of this kind. Nay, even his life proves the contmry of this assertion. Mun! was born in a village called Ma.rdtn on the upper canal of Kth, acording to his own sta.temect in his book Shabr~m, in the chapter on the coming of the prophet, in the year 527 of the era. of the Babyloniam astronomers, t.e. the -<t ~~t~W, in the 4th year of 40 the king Adharbn. He received the first divine revelation in his 13th year, ~~mo Astronomorum ~oty!oMt<B539, in the 2nd year of Ardaahr, the Bjmg of Eings. Thia part of chronology we have already tried to correct in the chapter preceding that of the duration of the rule of the Ashkaniams and the~MM& <t~(HMt'

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th ChnstM~, in Mp boo~ on to VahyK b. Ain~'man, According Co~t'oMS ~e MK of the Magians, Mam was called by the Christians P~etttts. When he ea.me forward, mMY people believed in him and followed him. He composed many books, his gospel, the Shabur!;fU), ynHZ-a?')'Ayt? the Bock of the Giants, the Bock of Books, (TXesaMHfS .EMt'Mca~'oMt's), t'M<i<e))so He mMntainpd that he bad exptahied treatises. and many what had only been hinted at by th Nessiah. his son Shpr under Ardash!r, Manichteism increased by degrees b. Shpr, until the time when BahT:\m b. Hnrmuz )() and Hurmuz He gave 'orders to xparch for Mnn!, and when ascended the throne. This man has come forward found him, he said calling be had to begin by deIt will be necessary people to destroy th world. he realized." stroying him, before anything of his piMS sbould It is well known that he killed M)m!, stripped off his skin, filled it which is even with grass, and hung it up at the gte of Gundsapnr. Hurmuz also killed a number of the still known as the MHm-ga.te." MMucha.ns. Jtbr&t b. Nuh, the Christian, rfutation of the Christians, that 20 6a.ys in his reply to Ya.zdanbal:ht's one of Mnui's pupils composed a book,

in whieh he relates the fate of Man!, that he was put in prison on aecount of a relative of the king who believed that he was possessed by the devil; M&n had promised to cure him, but when he could not effect it, he was chained hand and foot, and died in prison. His head was exposed before the entrance of the royal tent, and his body was thrown p.209. into th street, that he should be a warning example to others. Of his adherents, some remnants that are considered as Manicha.n are still extant they are scattered throughout th world and do not live together in any particular place of Muhammadan countries, except 80 the community in Samarkand, known by the name of &!&t'ans. As regards non-Muha.mma~an countries, we have to state that most of th eastern Turks, of the people of China and Thibet and some of the Hindus, adhre still to Ms law a.nd doctrine. Regarding their prophet Man! they hold two diffrent opinions, one party maintaining that he never worked a. mti-cte, and relating that he only informed people of th signs and wonders indicative of the coming of the Messiah a,nd his coinpanions, whilst the other party maintains that he in fact work-?'t signs and miracles, and tliat the king Shpr ca,me to believe in him when he had ascended with him towarda heaven, and they had been standing in th air between heaven and jn earth. Mn, thereby, made him witness a miracle. Besides, they relate that he sometimes used to rise to heaven from among his comt pa.ninnf),ta atftv thprp for nme davs. H,nr!hen to r.'descend to them. 1 have heard the Iapahbadh Marzubn ben Rusta,m say that Shapr banished him out of bis empire, faithful to the law of Zaradnsht whieh

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demands the expulsion of pseudo-prophets from the country. He imposed upon Mm the obligation never to return. So Man went off to India.. China, and Thibet., and preached thei-e his Afterwards h returned, was seized by Bahr&m and killed for gospel. broken the having stipulation, as he had thereby forfeited his life. NazMak.Thereaponcame forward a man called Jfa~t<!aiHen Barno. ~fM?!, a native of Ntsa. He waa J~!t<&<t~<:H.jf(t<~a<7/t, i.e. chief-justice during the reign of EoMdh ben Frz. He preached Dualism and opposed ZajMnsht in many points. He taught that both property and women belonged in common to all. So he found innumeritHe 10 followers. Kob&dh, too, believed in him. But some of the Persians maintain that his adhesion was a compulsory one, since hM reign was not safe against the mass of the followers of Mazhdak. According to others, again, this Mazhdak was a cunning sort of man, who managed to concoct this system, and to come forward with it simply bee~use he knew that Xobadh wa~ charmed by a woman who was the wife of his MMin and that for this reason EobMh hastened to adopt it. MazbdaJ: ordered him to abatain from sacrincing cattle before the naturat term of their lit; h.] come. Eob&dh said Your enterprise shall not succeed 20 unlesa you make me master of the mother of An&shirwan, that 1 may enjoy her." Mazhdak did as he wished, and ordered her to be handed over (Z<Mt<K<t.Missing, the end of Mazhdak and beginning of MusaUima.) MTsa.aima.To Muhammad the Prophet of God. Greeting unto thee etc. God has made me partake with thee in th rule. One half of the earth belongs to us and one half to ~uraish But the Kumish are evil.doing people." This letter he sent off with two messengers. To these the Prophet said: What is it you a.re speaMng?" They 30 answered "We are speaking just as He spoke." Thereupon the "If it was not the custom not to kill Prophet said messengers, 1 Bhould behead both of you." Then he gave them his answer: "From Muhammad the Prophet of God to Musailima the liar. Greeting unto those who foUow the right guidance etc. The earth belongs to God, he gives it as an inheritance to whomsoever of his servants he pleases. And the end will be in favour of the pious." The people of Ta.mm& let themselves be deluded by him by such tricks as introducing an egg tha.t had been soaked in vinega.r into a glMsbottle, by fitting together the wings of birds, which he had previously ~) p.210. eut off, by means of similar feathera; and by such-like humbug and swindle. The Ban Ha~f&kept possession of Yamma until Musailima was killed by Khlid b. Alwa.l!d in the year when 'Abn.Batr AIsiddi~

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succeeded. Then they lamented his death in verses one of the Ban Ham!fa. sa.ya "Alas for thee, o*Abu-Thum&ma.' i [Thou WMt] like the sun beaming forth from a cloud." Before Musailima in the time of heathendom th Ban Hanfa. had got an idol of /~a~ (;.e. a mixture of dates, butter, and dried curd), which they worahipped for a long time. But once, being pressed by hunger, they devoured it. So a poet of the Ban Tam!m said The Ban ~tanifa. have eaten their Lord for hunger, 10 From wMch they were suffering already a long time, and from waat." Another said: Th H:m!f&ahave eaten their Lord At the time of want and hunger. They did not guard against the punishment, Which their Lord nught infiict upon them." Baharid b. N&M~Mhin.There~ponin th days of 'Ahu-MuaHm, the founder of the 'AbMaide dynasty, came forward a man called ~a&n~)-M60} JtfnA/)')M~~t in Ehwaf, one of the districts of N!sMpr, in a. place called Sr&wamd,being a native of Zzan. In the beginning 20 of his ca.reer he disappeared and betook himself to China for seven yeara. Then he returned, ajid brought with him among other Chinese curiosities a green shirt which, whcn folded up, could be held in the gra~p of a human hand so thin and flexible was it. He went up to a temple during the night, and when he thence descended in the morning, he waa observed hy a. peasant who was ploughing part of his field. This man he told that he had been in heaven during his absence from them, that heaven and hell had been shown unto him, that God had inapired him, had dresaed him in that shirt, and had sent him down upon earth in that sa.me hour. The peasant believed his 80 words, and told people that he had witnessed him desceuding from heaven. So he found many adherents among the Magians, when he came forward as a prophet and preached his knew doctrine. He differed from the Magians in most rites, but he believed in Zardusht, amd claimed for his fouowers all the institutes of Za,radusht. He maintained that he secretly received divine revelationa, and he established seven prayers for his followers, one in praise of the one God, one relating to th creation of heaven and earth, one relating to the cration of the auimala and to their nourishment, one relating to death, one relating to the resurrection and last judgment, one 40 relating to those in heaven and hell and what is prepared for them, and one in praise of the people of paraditie. He composed for them a book in Persian. He ordered them to worship th substance of the aun, I<u<'t'ling on one knee, and in praying
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always to turn towards the sun whcrever he might be, to let their hair aud looks grow, to give up the ~!tHmm<t at dinner, not to sacrifice smaU cattle except they be already decrepit, not to drink wine, not to eat the flesh of animals that have died a sudden death M not having p.211. been killed according to prescription, not to marry their mothers, daughto exceed the sum of four hundred dirhams as tera, sisters, nieces, not dowry. Further, he ordered them to keep roads and bridges in good condition by means of the seventh part of their property and of the revenue of their labour. When 'Ab-MusIim came to NiaMpr, the Maubadhs and Herbadhs M assembled before him telling him that this man had infected Islam as well as their own religion. So he sent 'Abdallh b. Shu'ba. to fetch him. He caught him in the motmtadns of Bdaghs and brought him before 'Ab-MusIim, who put him to death, and ail his followers of whom he could get hold. His followers, called the .BaM/H-Mtyya, keep still the institutes of their founder and strongly oppose the ~i.tm.MmMamong the Magians. They maintain that the servant of their prophet ha.d told them that the prophet had ascended into heaven on a common dark-brown horse, and that he will again come down to them in the same wa.y as he 20 ascended and will take vengeance on his enemies. came forward Hshun b. ~atnn, known AbmktHUUt'Thereupon by the name of .~mt~MMMt', in Marw, in a village e:dled KwaJcfmardan. He used to veil himself in green silk, because he had only one eye. He maintained that he was Ctod, and that he had incarnated himself, since before incamation nobody could see God. He passed the river Oxus and went to the districts of Eash and Nasa.f. He entered into correspnndence with the Ehkn and Mlieited his help. The sect of the JMc~ and the Turks gathered round him, and the property and women (of his enemipa) he delivered up to 30 them, killing everybody who opposed him. Ho made obligatory for them all th laws and institutes which Mazhdak had established. He seattered the armies of Almahd!, and roted during fourteen yeara, but finally he was besieged and killed A.H. 169. Being surrounded on all sides he burned himself, that his body might be annihilated, and, in consequence, his followers might see therein a confirmation of his claim of being God. However, he did not succeed in annihilating hie it was found in the oven, and his head vas eut off and sent body to the XhaHf AJmahd, who was then in Ha.la.b. There is still a sect in TranBOxiana who practise hia religion, but 40 only secretly, whilst in public they profess Islm. The history of Almu~anna* 1 have tranalated from the Persian into Arabic; the subject bas been exhaustively treated in my Itiatory of the ~ruba.vv)da, and the I~armatians. came forward a $f: of Persian origin, called AthaH~Thereupon

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of .~MMi'M ben JtM~Mf ~?~??'?). He was the nrst to preach th coming that he would como from TMaMn in Dailam. Alma.hd!, maintaining him through They seized upon him and led him into Baghdad, parading the streets. Then he was put into prison, but he contrived to get out of it 'again. He was a juggler and artful sort of man, mixing himself his views. up with every human being according to his belief and he preached that the Holy Ghost was dwelling in him, and Further, he called himself God. His letters to hia followers bore th following superscription: "From the He, the eternal, the Srat He, the beaming and shining light, the original origin, the proof of aJl proofs, the Lord of the Lords, who raisea the clouds, the window from which the light shines, the Lord of the Mountain (Sina.i), who is represented in every shape-to his slave N. N." And his followers began their letters to him in thia way "Fta.lae unto thee, 0 heing of all beings, the perfection of all delights, 0 grt, 0 sublime being, 1 bear witness p.212. that thou art the eternal creator, the light-giver, who reveaJs himself in every time and age, and in thia our time in the figure of Thy slave, thy wretehed and poor one, who Aihusain b. Manar! seeks help with thee, who fiies for refuge to thee, who hopes for thus and thy mercy, 0 thou who knowest all mysteries!spettks thus." He composed booka on the subject of his preaching, eg. the JEMtand the ~tM6-J<tmm-< the .Eh&-JiMtM-~M~tMJfM! ~&<tf. A.H. 301, the Khal!f AhnnMa~ij-bill&h laid hands upon him; he ordered the executioner to give him a thousand lashes, to eut off bis bande and feet am-1 to behead him; then they besprinkled him with natta, and burnt his body, and threw the ashes into the Tigris. During the whole esccution he did not utter a syllable nor distort his face nor move his lips. A remna.Bt of his followers who are called after him is still extant; they preaeb th coming of Alma.hd, and say that he will issue from Tla~an. Of this same Mahdi it is said in the -KtM6-~tK<!H~tm that he will fill the earth with justice as it heretofore bas been filled with injustice. Somewhere in the bo.)]! it is said that he will be Muhammad b. 'Abdallah, elsewhere that he will be Muhammad b. *AK. Nay, when Ahnukhtr b. 'Ab-'Ubaid Altha.kafi called people to rally round Muhammad b. AIhana.nyya, he produced as a testimony an authentic tradition, and maintained that this was the predicted Mahd. Even in our time people expect the Mahdi to come, believing that he is alive and resides in the mountain Badw. Likewise the Ban'Ifma.yya. exyx'ct tbe comin~ f Atftufy&mwho is mentioned in the MctMMw. In that book it is also mentioned that Aldajjl, the seducer, will issue from the district of Isfahn, whilst astrologers maintain tha.t he will 13

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issue from the island of .Bco-f.?'~four hundred and sixty-Bix yeara after Yazdagird ben Shahry&r. Aiso in the Gospel you nnd mentioned the signa that will foreshow his coming. In Greek, in Christian books, he ia called 'A~~pMrro!, as we team from MAr Theodorus, the Bishop of Mopsoeste, in his commentary on the Gospel. Historians relate that 'Umar ben AUbattab on was met by the Jews of Damascus. They spo~e thus: entering Syria "Greeting to thee, OFrnk! Thou art the Lord of~!Iia. We adjure do not return until you conquer it." He asked them as to theebyGod, Aldajjl, whereupon they Miswered: "He will bo one of the tribe of Benjamin. By God, JO you, 0 nation of the Arabs, you will kill him at a distance of ten to twenty yards from the gate of Lydda." In the times after AIhaUj the ~amnatiams rose into power. 'Ab. Thir Sulaimn b. 'AM.Sa'id Athasan b. Bahrm AJjannM marched out and reaehed Makka A.H. 318 he killed in an atrocious way the who were passing round the circuit of the Ka'ba, and threw the people into the weU Zamzam; he carried oS the garments and the corpses golden implements of the Holy House, and destroyed its aqueduct; he took the Mack stone, smashed it, suspended it afterwards in the away Mosque of Kfa., and then he returned home. 20 Ibm Abi-Zakariyya.-On th Ist Ramadan A.H. 319 came forward p.213. Ilm '~t-Zft~ a native of Tamm, a young man of bad character, a male prostitute. Ee called upon people to recognise him as the Lord, and they followed him. He ordered them to eut open the stomachs of th dead, to wash them and to nU them with wine to eut off the hand of everybody who exttnguished the fire with hia hand, th tongue of everybody who extingmahed it by blowing to have intercourse with young men.but with this restriction, ne ~M<o m<~M penm im~tHet-e~ If anybody infringed this rule, he shculd be dragged on Ms face over a distance of forty yards. Those who would not practise pederasty were 30 killed by the butcher. Ho ordered them to worship and honour the fires, he cursed all the prophets of former times and their companions, for they were artful deceivers and on the wrong path," and more of that sort, which 1 hve su&eienty related in my history of the Mubawida and the ~armatians. In such a conditon they remained till God gave during him into the power of that man who had eighty days, originally brought him forward. He slaughtered him, and so their schemes tumed back upon their own necks. If, now, this be the time which Jmasp and Zardusht meant, they 40 are right as far as chronology is concerned. For this happened at the end of ~!ra Alexandri 1242, ie. 1,500 years after Zardusht. They are wrong, however, as regards the restoration of the empire to the Magians. Likewise 'Ab-'AbdaUah A!'M! h~ been mistakon, a man who ia stupidiy partial to Magism and who hopes for an age in wMeh

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Aka'im is to .tppHH.r. For he bas composed a book on the cycles and conjunctions, in which he says that th 18th conjunction since the birth of Muhammad coincides with the lOth millennium, whieh is Now he maintains that presided over by Saturn and Sagittarius. then a man wiU corne forward who will restore the ruie of Magiam he will occupy the whole world, will do away with the ruto of the Arabs and others, he will unite all mankind in one religion and under one rue; he will do away with all evil, and will rule during 7~ conjnBction". B~sides he a.sserta that no Ara.bia.ii prince will rule a.t'.e]' that one who is ruling in the 17th conjunction. That time ~hich this man indicates must of necessity refrr to Almuirta.f! and Almutttadir, but it has not brought about those cTenta which, according to his prophecies, were to have taken place after their time. People say that the Sasanian rule existed during fiery conjunctions. Now, the rule over Dailam was seized by 'Ali b. Buwaihi called 'ImadThis is what people used to proalda.ula, during fiery conjunctions. mise each other regarding the restoration of the rule to the Persians, although the doings of the Buwaihi family were Dot like those of the ancient kings. 1 do not know why they preferred the Dailamite dynasty, whilst th fact of the transitus into a. ~)-~ rr)'~o)Mm is the most evident proof indicative of th Abbaside dynasty, who are a Ehurs&n, an eastern dynasty. Besides, both dynasties (Dailamites as well as Abbasides) are alike far from renewing the rule of the Persians and farther atill from restoring their ancient religion. Before th appearance of that youth (Ibn 'Ab Za.kariyya) the Karma.tiajis believed in some dogmaa of the Esoterics, a.nd they were p.214. considered as adherents of the family of the blessed House (of 'Al). They promised each other the coming of him who is exto come during the 7th conjunction under a fiery Tf~o~om, pected so that 'Ab-T&hir Sulajmn b. AIhasam says on f~ subject: The most glorious benet 1 bestow on you wiU be my return to Ha.jaj. Then, after a while, verily the news will reach you. When Mars rises from Babylonia, When the Ttoo j8'~)-shave left him, then beware, bewa.re 1 Is it not I who is mentioned in all the seriptures i' ? Is it mot 1 who is described in the Sra ~&!)tNMt)' ? 1 shall rule the people of the earth, east and west, As far aa the J~aira.wn of the Greeks, to the Turks and Chazare. And 1 shaH live until the coming of Jesus the son of Mary. Then he will praise my exploits and approve of what he ordered. Then, no dou))t, my dweHing-pIa~;e will be in paradise, Wliilat the othera will burn in fire and hell."

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Thereupon came forwaid a man called J~tt '~H!oeM~))- b. 'Al! b. He maintained that the Holy Ghost was dwelling in ShaJumgMn. him, and compoaed a. too): which he called Me 6th &!Me, relating to the abrogation of the rites. (The end c/tM ct~er and flle 6fy;<!awy o/e~by/otc/N~ are )H)Mf').<)

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(1. Naurz.) and he divided the cup among his companions, and sa.id, 0 that we had Naurz every da,y A philosopher of the Hashwiyya~sehool relates that when Solomon the son of David had lost his seal and his empire, but was reinstated after forty Y days, he at once regained his former majesty, th princes came before in him, aJld th birds were busy in hia service. Then th Persians sa.id, ~MM <!HMf& i.e. the new day has corne. Therefore that day was called Na.urz. Solomon ordered the wind to carry him, and so it did. Then a swallow met him,and said, "0 Hug.Iha.ve got a nest with little eggs in it. Please, turn a.side a.nd do uot smash them." So Sotomon did, and when he again dcsceuded to earth the swallow came brmgiD~ some water in his beak, which he spruiMed before the king, and made him a present of the foot of a locust. This is the ca.use of the wa,t<;r-sprinHing and of the presents on Naurz. Persian schola,rs say tha-t in th day of Naurz there is an hour in 20 whieh the sphcre of Frz is driven on by the spirits for the purpose of renova.t'ng the cration. The happiest hours of this da,y are the hours of tho aun. On its morning, dawu ia the shortest possible, and it is considered as a good omen to look at this dawn. It is a "j))'e/e<'o&!e" day beeause it is called Hurmuz, whieh is the na.me of God who has crea.kd, formed, produced, and reared the world and its inhabitants, of whose kindness and charity nobody could describe evn a part. !&).'idb. Ali'adt relates Un the mountain Da.mit in FArs every ni~ht of Na.uruz there is observed a far-spreadin~ and strung-shining light-

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ning, whother the sky be clear or covered with clouda, in every state of the weather. StiU more curious than this are the fires of Kalw&dM, although one does not feel inclined to believe th thing without having seen it. 'AbQ-alfaraj Atzanjni, the mathematician, told me that he had witnessed it together with a number of other people who went to ~alw&dh& in that year when 'Adud.aMa.nla. entered Baghd&dh, and that t re are innumerable fires and lights which appear on the west side of the Tigris, opposite Ea.Iwadha, in that night with the morning of which Naurz begins. The Sultan had there posted his guards to find out 10 the truth in order not to be deceived by the Magians. Ail, however, they found out wa~ this, that as soon as they came neajer to the fires they went farther off, and as soon as they went away the fires came nearer. Now 1 said to 'Ab-AIfajaj, The d~y of Naurz recdes from its proper place in consquence of tLq Persians neglecting intercalation. Why, then, does not this phenomenon remain bactr behind Naurz P Or if it M not necessary that it should reBM.inbehind, did it then faJ! earlier a.t the time when they practised interca.la.tioni"' Upon which he could not give a satisfactory answer. The charm-mongera say He who thrice sips honey on Naurz in 20 p.216. the morning before speaking, and perfumes hia room with three pieces of wax, will be safe against all diseases. One Persian scholar adduces as the rcason why this day wa~ called Naurz, the following o&. that the Snbiama arose during the reign of Ta.hmra.th. When, then, Jamshid succeeded, he renovated the religion, and his work, the da.te of whieh was a. Naurz, was called New-Day. Then it was made a feast day, having already befcre been held in great veneration. Another account of the reason why it was made a feast day ia this, that JajnsMJ, on having obtained the carriage, ascended it on this 80 day, and the Jinna and Dws carried him in one day through the air from Da.b&wand to Babel. Now people made this day a feast day on account of the wonder which they had seen during it, and thev amused themselves with swinging in order to imitate Jamshid. Another report says that Jam was going about in the country,-that he, when wishing to enter dhaj1..a.ij)tn, eat on a golden throne and was thus carried away by the men on thoir necka. When, theu, the rays of the sun fell on him and people saw him, they did homage to him and were full of joy and made that day a fcast day. On Naurz it was the custom for people to prsent each other sugar. 40 According to dharMdh, theMa'~adh of BaghdMh, the reason is this, that th sugar.cane was first discovered during the reign of Jam on th day of Naurz, having before been unknown. For Jam on seeing a juicy cr.ne which dropped Borne of )~ juice, tastcd it, a.nd found that it had pn agreeable sweetncss. Then he otjeled tho juice of the sugar-

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came to be pressed out and sugar to be made thereof. It was roady on the fifth day, and then they made each other prsents of sugar. The same was also the custom on Mihnun. They have adopted the time of the summer-solstice as the beginning of the year for this reason in particular, that the two sotstitia.t-points are casier to be ascertained by the help of instruments and by observa~ tion than the equinoctial points, for the former are th beginning of the advance of the sun towards one of the two poles of the universe and of his turnmg away from the muic pole. And if the perpendicula.r 10 shadow at the summer-solstice isobserved, and the level shadow at the winter-solstice, in whatsoever place of the earth the observation be made, the observer cannot possibly mistake the da.y of the solstice, though he may be entirely ignorant in geometry and astrononty, beca.use a variation of the level shadow takes place uotwithsta.nding the small amount of declination, if the H<&/ ia considerable. On the other hand the two equinoctial da,ye. cajmot be ascertained, uniess you have found beforehajtd the latitude of the place and the (?<;Me)'<')fc~'tM<oM. And J this nobody will find out unless he studios ast-'on~my and ha,s proBted something thereby, and buows how to place and how to use the instru20 ments of observation. Therefore the solstitial points a~e better ada,pted for marking the beginning of the year than the equinoctial points. And as thc stimmer. solstice is nea~'er to the zenith of the northern countries, ppople preferred it to the wintcr-solstice for this reason, nioreover, tha.t it ia the time of the ripening of the corn. Therefore it is more proper to p.217. gather the taxes at this time than at any other. Many of the seholars and sages of the Grceks observed the horoscope at the time of the rising of Sirius and commenced the ycar at that tune, not with the vernal equinox, because the rising of Sirius coincided in 30 bygone times with this solstice, or occurred very nea.r it. This day, 1 meMiNa.urz, bas receded from its original proper place, so that in our time it coincides with the sun's entering the sign of Aries, which is the beginning of spring. Whencc it ha,s become the eustom of the princes of Ehurusan on this da.y to dress their wa,rriors in spring -and summer-dresses. On the 6th of Fa.rwa.rdn, the day EhurdMh, is th Great Na.urz, for the Persians a fea.st of great importance. On this day-they sa.y God finished th creation, for it is th last ot th six days, mentioned before. On this God crea.tcd Saturn, therefore its most lucky hours 40 are those of Saturn. On the sinue d!),ythey sa,y th S'co-t~(!)-</tM~f(B came to hold communion with God, and EuiHntsi'a.u a.scenf'ed into tho air. On th sa,me day the l'appy lots atc distributt'd a.m mg th pcople of <,ne earth. Therefore the Persitms call it < ,?~ hope." T!tc chM-Jtt-mongeM s~y He who ta.stes sugar on the morning of

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this day before speaking, and anoints himself with oil, will keep off all sorts of mishap during the greater part of this same year. On the morning of t! ;s day, a silent person with a bundle of fra.gra.nt nowera in his hand Is seen on the mountain Bshanj he is visible for one hour and then disa,ppeare, and does not reappear until tho sa.Me tinn of the next year. Zdawaihi says that the cause of this was the nsing of the sun from the southern rgion, :.f. ~?Mft! For thc cursed 'IbJis had deprived eating and drinking of their benencia.I effect, so that people could not satisfy their hunger nor quench their thirot and he had prevented the 10 wind &'om blowing. So tho trees withered up and the world was near to utter decay. Then came-by the command and under the guidance of God-Jam to the southern region. He ma.rched towards the residence of 'Ibls and of his followers, and remained there for some time until he had extingnished that plague. Then people retumed into a state of justice and prosperity and were freed from that trial. Under such circumstamcea Jam returned to the world (i.e. Eran) and rose on that day like the sun, the light beaming forth from him, M though he shome like the sun. Now people were astonished at the rising of two suns, and all dried-up wood became green. So people said !-o~-t-tM!t,20 t.e. a new day. And everybody planted barley in a vessel or somewhere else, considering it as a good omen. Ever since, it haa been the custom on this day to sow around a pla.te seven kinds of grain on seven columns, and from their growth they drew conclusions regarding the corn of that year, whether it would be good or bad. On the same day Ja,msMd issued n. proclamation to those who were present, and wrote to those who were absent, ordering them to destroy the old temples and not to build a new one on that day. His behaviour towards the people was such as pleased God, who rewarded him by delivering his people from diseases and dcrpitude, 30 p.218. from envy and frailty, and sorro~-s and disa~ters. No being was sick or died, as long as he ruled-until the time when Bwarasp, his sister's son, appeared, who killed Jam and subdued his realm. In the time of Jam the population incre&sed a.t such a rate that the earth could no longer contain them therefore God made the earth thrice as large as it had been before. He (Jam) ordered people to wash themselves with water in order to clean themselves of their sins, amd to do so every year that God might keep them aloof from the eala,mities of the year. Some people maintain that Jam ordered channels to be dug, and that th water was led into them on this day. Therefore people rejoiced a.t 40 their prosperity, and washed themselves in the water that was sent them (by the channels), and in this respect the later gnrations have considered it a good omen to imitate the former ones. Others, again, maintain that he who let the water into the channela was Zu, after Afrasia.b had ruined ail the dw~Uings of Ernshahr.

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According to another view, tho c~use of the washing is thisthat this day is sacred to HardM, the angel of the water, who stands in relation to the water. Therefore people rose on this day carlv, at the rising of dawn, and went to the water of th aqueducts and wells. Frenuentty, too, they drew runnmg water in a vase, and poured it over themseh-ea, considering thia a good omen aud a means to keep off hurt. On the same day people sprinkie water over cach othpr, of which th cause is said to be th same as that of the washing. According to another report, th reason was thisthat during a long time the rain was with10 held from Erunsha-hr, but that they got copious t'ai]], whcN JamshH, having ascended the throne, brought them the good news of which wo have spoken. Therefore they considered thc rain a good omen, and poured it over each other, which has remained among them as a custom. According to another explanation, this water-sprMdmg simply ho]ds the place of a puriSca.tion, :'y which people eleansed their hodies from the smoke of the fire and from the dirt connected with attending to the fires. Besides it serves the purpose of removing from the air that corruption which produces epidemie and other diseases. On the same day Jam brought forward all kinds of mcasures there20 fore the kings considered Ms way of counting as of good omen. On the same day they used to prpare all the neeessafy paper and the hides on which their despatches to the provinces of the empire were written, and all the documents to which the royal seal was to be applied were sealed. Such a document waa called Bs~Hf?Mtt)o~7;<. After the time of Jam the kings made this whole month, i.e. Fa.rwardm-Mah, one festival, distributed over its six parts. The first five days were feast days for the princes, the second for the nobility, the third for the servants of the princes, the fourth for their clients, 30 the fifth for the people, and the sixth for the herdsnn'n. The man who connected the two Naurz with each other is said to have been Hormuz ben Shpr the Hero, for he raised to festivals all the days between the two Naurz. Besides he ordered fires to be kindled on high places, beca.use he considered it a good omen, aud for the purpose of purifying the air, since they consume all unwholesome elements in the air and dissolve and sca.tter those miasmata that produce corruption. In these nve days it was the eustom of the Eisras that the king opened the Na.urz and then proclaimed to aU that he would hold a 40 session for them, and bestow benents upon them. On the second day the session was for men of high rank, and for the members of the great familief. On the third day the session wa.sfor his warriors, and for the p.; highest Maubadhs. On the fourth day it was for his family, his relations and domcstics, and on the fifth da.y it was for his children amd clients. So everybody received the rank and distinction he was en-

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titled to, and obtained those rmunrations and benefits whioh ho had deserved. When the sixth d:ty came and he had done justice to all of them, he celebrated Naurz for himself and converaed only with his spcial friends and those who were admitted into his privaey. Then he ordered to be brought before him thc whole amount of prsents, arranged according to those who had pr~sented them. He considered them, distributed of them what he liked, and deposited what he liked in bis treasury. The 17th is the da.y of Sersh, who first ordered the ~tBiMma, !< epressing yourself by whispering, not by clear speech. For they said 10 prayers, praised and celebrated God, whilst handing to each other the food; now, speaking not being allowed during prayer, they express themselves by whispers and signs. Thus 1 was told by the geometrician dha.rkhr. According to another authonty, the ~mMMM is intendud to prevent the breath of the mouth from touching the food. This day is a blessed day in every month, because Sersh is the name of that angel who watches over the night. He is also said to be Gabriel. He is the most powerful of a.U angels against the Jimns and sorcerers. Thrice in the night he rises above the world then he smites the Jmna and drives off the sorcerers he makes the night shine 20 The air is getting cold, the water sweet bnUiajitIy by his appearance. th cocks begin crowing, and th lust of sexual intercourse begins to bum in aJI ~nimaJs. One of his three risings is the rising of dawn, when the plants begin to thrive, the flowers to grow, and the birds to sing when the sick man begins to rest, and the sorrowful to feel some. what relieved; when the traveller travels in safety; when th time ia agreea.Up when such dreams occur as will be fulfilled one day and when ail angels and dmons enjoy themselves. On the Mth, or Fa.rwajdn-Bz, there is a feast called -KtyMtn-fh~t on Mcount of the identity of the name of the day and of the month in 30 which it lies. A similar feast-day they have got in every month. ArdibaMsht-Mh, On the 3rd, or Ardbahisht-Rz, there ia a feast, ~r~oAM&tf~aK, so called on account of the identity of the name of the month and the day. The word ArdhaJusht means <~& M <~e best," or according to another explanation, ?<-utmost of good." ArdbaJusht is the genius of fire and light both elements stand in relation to him. God bas ordered him to wateh over thse elements to remove the weaknesses and diseases by drugs and nourishments to distinguish truth from fatsehood, the true man from the liar, by 60 means of those oaths that are manifest in the Avasta. The 26th, or Ashtadh-Hoz, is the firat day of the third Gahanb&r; it lasts five da.ys, the last of wMoh is the last day of the month. In these daya God created the earth. This Gahambr is called J'M<M&<~Mt-

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<?<?A.The six Gahimhars, each of whieh lasts five days, have been established by Zoroaster. Ehurdadh.Mah. The 6th day, or EhurdfMh-Bz, is a feast EhurdAdhngnn, so paUcd on account of the identity of the nune of th month and the day. The meaning of th name is"the stabit.ty of the creation." Har'dha is the genius instrueted to watch over th growth of the cration, of the trees and plants, and to keep off all impure substances from the water. The26th, orAshtMh-Rz, is the first day of the fourth Gahanb&r, th 10 last day of which is the last of the month. During this Gahanbar God created the trees and plants. It is called ~~M~KM-CaA. T!r-Mh. On the 6th, or Khurdadh-Bz, there is a feaat called C<M~M~a)-, considered to be of recent origin. On the 13th, or T!r-Bz, there is a feast so called on account of the identity of the name of the month andTntgan, the day. Of the two causes to whtch it is traced back, one is this, that Afrasiab after ha.ving subdued Ernshahr, and while besieging Mineihr in Tabaristan, asked him some faveur. Mineihr complied with his wish, on the condition 20 that he (Afrasiitb) should restore to him a part of Eranshahras long and M broad as an arrow-shot. On that occasion there was a genius present, eaUed Isfandanna.dh he ordered to be brought a bow and an arrow of such a aize as he himself had indicated to the arrow-maker, in confonnity with that which is in the Avast. Then he sent ~< for Arish, a noble, pious, and wise man, and ordered him to take the bow and to shoot the arrow. Ansh stepped forward, took off his elothes, and said: 0 king, and ye others, look at my body. 1 am free from any wound or disease. 1 know that when 1 shoot with this bow and arrow 1 shall fatt to pieces and my life wiU be gone, but 1 have detcr30 mined to sacrifice it for you." Then he applied himself to the work, and bent the bow with ail the power God had given him then he shot, and feU asunder into pieces. By order of God the wind bore the arrow away from the mountain of Ryn and it to the utmost frontier of Khnrsn between Farghna and brought Tabaristn, there it hit the tr<mk of a nut-tree that was so large that there had never been a tree like it in the world. The distance between the place where the arrow was shot and that where it feU was 1,000 Farsakh. Afrsib and Mincihr made a treaty on the basis of this shot that was shot on this <M.y. In consequence people made it a feast-day. 40 During this siege Mincihr a.nd the people of Ernshahr had been MfFmng from want, not being a.~ to grind the wheat and to bake the bread because the wheat was late in ripening; nnaUy they took the wheat and the fruits, unripe as they were, ground them and ate them. Thence it has become a rule for this day to cook wheat Md fruits.

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Accordin~ to anather report, the arrow was shot on thia day, i.e. Tir.Rz, and th festival of this day is the amall Tragn; on the other hand the 14th, or Gsh-Rz, is th great Trag&n, that day on whieh the news arrived that the arrow had fallen. On Tr-Rz people break their cooHng-vessels and fire-gratea, since on this day they were liberated from Afrsib amd everybody was free to go to hia work. The second c&use of the feast 'Kragan is the following: The DaM. ~tMRi'~o, which means "the office of guarding and watching over the world and of reigning m it," and th J)<t~tt)M, whieh means th office 10 of cultivating the world, of sowing in it, and of distributing it "thse two are twins on whom rest the civilMatioN of the world, and its duration, amd the setting nght of anything that is wrong in it. p.221. The ~<<?6a (the office of writer) followa next to them and is connected with both of them. The J)<t&K/<KM!'yya founded by Hsha.ng, the Da.hka.nK. by hie was brother Waikard. The name of this day is Tir or Mercury, who ia the star of the scribes. Now Hshang spoke in praise of his brother on this same day, and gave to him as his share the .DaA~MMt, wMch is identical with the Ettt6a. Therefore people made this day a feast in 20 On thia day he (Hshamg) praise and honour of him (Waikard). ordered people to dresa in th dress of the Scribes amdJ)~a<M. Therefore the princes, Dihkans, Maubadhs, etc., continued to wear the dresa of the SM-t6Muntil the time of Gushtaap, in praise and honour of both the .Et'/(!t(t and ~)a7iAa!M. On the same day the Peraiana used to wash themselres, of wMch th reason is this-that EaJHiusra.n, on returning from the war against A&asiab, passed on this day through the territory of Swa. He went up the mountain vhieh overhange the town, and sat down at a fountain quite alone at some distance from his encampment. There an angel 30 appeared unto Mm, whereby he was so terrified that he swooned. About that time TVjamben Jda~z arrived, when the king had already recovered himself so he sprinkled some of that water on his face, le&ned him against &rock, and said ie. do motbe afraid. Thereupon th Mng ordered which a town to be built around that fountain, and called it JM<tm<<M, afterwards was altered and m-utilated into ~Imf! Ever since, it bas been the custom of people to wash themselves in this water and in all fountain-waters, this being eonsidered a good omen. The inhabitants of mul go out to the .B<tAt'-ttH:/taz<H-, in the water, and make fun, and play 40 try to dip each other on this day the whole day long. Murd&dh-Mh. On the 7th, or Btnrdadh-B6z, there is the feast Murddhagttn, ao caJIed on account of the identity of the name of the month and the day. The meaniug of the word Murddh M <tte eoe)'!tM(Mt~!<n\ttt0tt of the <

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Kff'M tct'~oM< <7mt//ttH~f~es/f'KC~'oH."MnrdAdh is theangct appointcd to t gnard the world and to product) vegetable food and drugs that are remdies against hunger, misery, and diseaso. God knows best 1 Shahrewar-Mah. On the 7th, or Shahrewar-Bz, is the feast Shahrcwaragan, so called on account of tho identity of the name of thc month and the day. Shahrwar means sperma and love. It is th angel who is appointed to watch over the seven substances, gold, silver, and the other metals, on which rests all handieraft, and m consequence all the world and its 10 inhaMtants. Z&da.waHurelates that this feast was called -ffMaf-c'as~M, th feast << of the fires that are found in the human dwellhtg-places. It was thc hcginning of ninter, therefore people used to ma~e grt fires in their houses, and were deeply engaged m the worship and praise of God also they used to assemble for eating and merriment. They maintained that this was done for the pnrpose of hanishing the cold and dryness that arises in winter-time, and that th spreading of the warmth would keep off th attaeks of all that whieh is obnoxious to the plants in the world. In a.U thi&) their pt'ocecdmg was that of a man who marches out p.222. 20 to fight his enemy with a large annY. According to the Maubadh, Ehnrshfd dhar-cashn was the first day of this month, and on!y a feast for the nobility. It does, however, not belong to the feast-days of thc Persians, a.Ithough it was used in their months. For it is one of the feast-days of the people of Tukh&ristan, and is a custom of theu-s based on the tact that about this time the season altered and winter set in. In this our time the people of Khur&sn have made it the beginning of autumn. This day, !.e. Mihr-Rz, is th first day of the nfth (Mianbar, the last of which is Bahritm-Boz. Dnring this Gahamb&r God created the 30 cattle. It is ea.Ued JfaM/iy(?!)~m-GM/ Mihr-Mah. On the Ist of it, or Hurmuzd-Rz, falls the Spco)~ Allt1t1l1l1, feast a for the common people, agreeably with what bas been before mentioned. On the Mth, or Mihr-Bz, there is feast of great importance, called Mihrajn. The name of the day is identical with that of the month it means the love of the ~.M." According to others, Mihr is the name of the sun, who is aaid to have for the first time appeared to the world on this day that therefore this day was called Mibr. This is indica.ted by the custom of the Eisras of crowning themselves on this day with a 40 crown on which was worked an image of the sun and of the wheel on whieh he rotates. On this day the Persians hold a fair. Feople maintain that the spcial veneration in which this da.y is held is to be traced to the joy of mankind when they heard of Frd&n's

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coming forward, after KM ha~ attacked Aldahhak Bvaraap, expeHed him and caJted upon people to do bornage to Frdn. K&b! is the same whose standard the Persian kings adopted, considering it a good omen it was made of the sHn of a bear, or, as others say, of that of a lion; it waa eatled ~M'~t-t-~aM~K, and was in later times adorned with jewds and gold. On the same day the angels are said to have come down to help Frdn. In consequence it bas Lecome a custom in the houses of the kings, that at the time of dawn a. valiant warrior was posted in th court of the palace, who called at the higheat pitch of hia voice: 10 0 ye angele, come down to the world, strike the Dows and evil.doers and expet them f"om the world." On the same da.y, they say, God spread out the earth and created the bodies as mamaions for the sols. In a. certain hour of this day the sphre of Ifranjaw brea.thes for the purpose of rearing the bodiea. On the sajne day God is said to have clad the moon in her splendeur and to have illuminated her with her light, after He had created her as a black ball without any light. Therefore, they say, on MIhrajan the moon stands higher than the sun, and the luckiest hours of the day are those of the moon. 20 SaJman AIfris! bas said In Persian times we used to say that God ha~ created an omament for his slaves, of rubies on Na.urz, of emera.ids on Mihrajn. Therefore these two days excel all other days in the same way as these two jewels excel all other jewels. Aleransha.hr! says: God bas made the trea.ty between Light and Dajkness on Na.ur6z and Mihrajn. Sa,d b. Alfa~I used to say Persian scholars relate, that the top of p.823. the mountain ShaMn appears always black during the whole length of summer, whilst on the morning of Mihrajam it appears white as if covered with smow, whether the sky be clear or clouded, in any weather 30 whatsoever. AIMsra.w relates :1 heard the Maubadh of AlmutawatM say On the da.y of Mihrajn the sun rises in Hamn, in the midst between light and darkness. Then the sols die within th bodies; therefore the Persians called this day .Ma'o~<Mt. The cha.nn-mongere say He who ea.ts on the day of Mihrajn a piece of pomegranate and smells rose-water, will be free from much mishap. The Persian theologians have derived various symbolic imterpreta.tiona from these days. So they consider Mihrajn as a. sign of resurrection and the end of the world, beca.uae at Mihrajn tha.t which grows reaches 40 its perfection and bas no more material for further growth, and because <mima1cease from sexual intercourse. In the Mme way they make Na.utz a sigu for th beginning of the world, beca.use the contrary of aU these things happens on Naurz. Some people have given the preference to Mihrajn by as much as

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they prter autumn to spring. In their argumenta they chiefly rely upon what Aristotle said in reply to Alexander, when he was asked by him regarding them: "0 king, in spring the reptiles begin growing, in autumn they begin to die away. From this point of view autumn is prfrable." This day used in former times to coincide with the beginning of winter. Afterwards it advanced, when people began to neglect intercalatMn. Therefore it is atill in our time tho cnstom of the kings of Khursn, that on this day they dress their warriors in autumn-and 10 winter-dresses. On the 21st,or B&m-B~, is the in commemoration of C~jf~ Frdn's subduing and binding AJ-pahhak. People say, that when he WM brought before Frdn he spobe: "Do not kill me in retaliation for thy ancestor." Upon which Fredn answered, refusing his entrea.ty, "Do you want to be considered as equal to Jam b. W;ja.hn in the way of retaliation ? f By no meana. 1 shall punish you for an ox, that was in the house of my ancestor." him in fetters Thereupon he and impriaoned him in the mountain Dubwand. put Thereby people were freed from his wickedness, and they celebrated this event as a. 20 feast. Frdn ordered them to gird themselves with to use the & ~m~m<t (speaking in a whispering tone) and to abstain from speaking loud during dinner, as a tribute of thanks to God for made them their own masters with regard to their whole having again behaviour and to the times of their eating and drinking, after they had been living in fear so long as 1,000 years. This hM come down to posterity as a rule and custom on the day of Mihrajan. AJI the Persians agree that Bv~rnsp lived 1,000 years, although some of them say that he lived longer and that the 1,000 yeara are only the time of his rule and tyranny. People think that the Persia.n mode of 30 salutation, according to whieh the one wishes the other to live as long as 1,000 years-I mean the words ".H~?,. ~cornes down from that time, beeause they thought it was allowed and possible (that a man should live 1,000 years) from wha.t they had seen of AI-DaJihak God knows best Zardusht bas ordered that both Mihrajn and Bam-Bz should be P.224. held in equal veneration. In consequence, they celebrated both days as feast-days, until Hurmuz b. Shpr, the Hero, connected the two days with each other, and raised to feast-days all the days between them, as he had done with the two Naurz. Afterwards the kings and 40 the people of r&nshahr celebrated as feast-days all the days from Mihrajn till thirty days afterwards, distributing them over the several dassesof the population in the same way as we have hereto~ explained regarding Naurz. Each class celebrated its feast for nve days.

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~Mn-Jtf~. On the lOth, or b&n-Bz, there is a feast .46<!t!<~tht,so called on aooount of the identity of the name of the month and the day. On thia day Zau b. Tahmap Mcended the throne, he ordered the chamneia to be dug and to be kept in good prservation. On the same day th news reaehed aU the seven )t~MtTa of the world that Fredn had put in fetters B~varaap that he had aasnmed the royal dignity; that he had ordered people to take possession of their houses, their familles and children, and to call themselves Kadhkhudd, t.e. master of thif house that he ruled over hia family, his children, and 10 whilst before that, in the time of hia empire with supreme authority Bvarasp, they had been in a. deaerted state, and Dws and ye6e&had alternately been haunting their houses, without their being able to keep them off. Thia inatitute (that of a Kadhkhud) has been abolighed who made again the feteb partake of the by ji!<m' ~~n~, KadhHmddom together with the people. The last five daya of thia month, the nrat of which ia Aaht&dh, are called I~rwardaj&n. During thia time people put food in the halla of the dead and drink on the roofs of the houaes, believing that the apirits of their dead during these daya come ont from the places of their 20 reward or their punishment, that they go to the dishes laid ont for them, imbibe their atrength and suck their taste. They fumigate their houses with jnniper, that the dead may enjoy its amell. The spirits of the pious men dweU among their familiea, ehiidren, and relationa, a.nd oceupy themaelvea with their affaira, although inviaible tothem. Regarding these daya there haa been among the Persians a controveray. According to some they are the last five days of the month b&n, according to others they are the Andergh, t.e. the five ~pa~oBMtMB which are added between Abm and dh&r-M&h. When the controveray 30 and dispute increased, they adopted all (ten) days in order to esta. bliah the matter on a firm baaia, as this is one of the chief institutes of their religion, and because they wished to be earefnl, since they were nnable to aacertain the real tacts of the case. So they called the j6rst five daya the first Farwardajn, and the following five days the second Farwardaj&n; the latter, however, is more important than the former. The first day of these ~po~oMeK ia the first day of the sirth Gahanb&r, in whioh God created man. It is called .BiMtM~K~xM&~o~t. 40 The reaaom of the Farwardajn la said to be this-that when Cain had MUed Abel, and the parents were lost in grief, they implored God to reatore his aoul to him. God did so on the da.y Aahttdh of bn-M&h, and the aoni remained in him for ten days. Abel was sitting erect and

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looking at his parents, but it was not allowed to him to apea~. parents eolleoted(JMt'ssm~, <te end of ~Mtt-Ma&).

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[~(M&JtMA.] ] the This day was [1..BctMt--c<MA<t, feaat of the Riding of ~Ehm~. the beginning of spring at th time of the Kisr&s. Then a thin.bearded (Ea.usaj) man used to ride about, fanning himself with a.fan to express his rejoicing at the end of th cold season and the coming of the warm season. This cuatom is in Perais atill kept up for fun.] Its most lucky hours are those during which Aries is the horoscope. 10 People consider the hour of morning as of good omen-I mean the chM-m-inongemand they maintain that everything that ia mentioned during this hour exista absolutely. Besides they say that he who tastea a. quince and smells an orange in the morning of this day before speaking wiU be happy during that same year. According to Thir b. Thir, the Persians, in old times, used to drink honey on this day if the moon happened to stand in a fiery station, and to drink water if it atood in a watery station, always adapting them. selves to the character of the stations of the moon. Aler&nshahr! says 1 heard a. number of Armenian learned men relate 20 tha.t on the morning of the .Fo.e-<&ty there appears on the highest mountain, between the Interior and the Exterior country, a white ram that is not seen at any other time of the year except about this time of thia day. Now the inhabitants of that country infer that th year will be prosperous if the ram Meata that it wiU be sterile if he does not bleat. On the morning of th JRM-<&M~ Persiana thought it to be a goo~ th omen to look at the clouds; and from the fact whether they were clear or dark, thin or dense, they drew conclusions as to whether the year would be prosperous or not, fertile or barren. On the 9th, the day of dhar, is a feast called ~<&<trc<M~K, called so 80 on account of the identity of the name of the day and the month. On that day people wa.nt to warm themselves by the fire, for this is the end of the winter months, when the cold, at the end of the season, is most biting and th frost is most intense. It is the feast of the fire, and is called by the name of the genius who bas to watch over a!l the fires. Zardusht haa given the law that on this day people should visit the fire.temples, and that they should there offer offeringa and deliberate on the a~Mrs of the world. Dai-Mah, also called 'Kitur-Mah. The first day of it ia called j!~<tn~m.~oz. This da.y and the month 40 are both oalled by the name of God, t.e. (Hormuzd), i.e. a wise king, gifted with a creative mind. On this day the long used to descend from the throne of the empire, to dresa in white dresses, to ait on white carpets in the plain, to suspend for a time the duties of the ohamberlains and all the pomp of royalty, 14

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and cxoluMvply to give himself up to the eonsidemtinii of tho affaira of the realm and its inhabitants. Whosoever, high or low, wanted to speak to him in any matter, went into his prsence and addressed him, nobody preventing him from doing so. Besides, he held a meeting with th Dihkans and agriculturiats, eating and drinking with them, and then he used to say: To-day 1 am like one of you. 1 am your brother; for the existence of the world depends upon that culture which ia wrought by your hands, and th existence of this culture dependa upon government; the one cannot exist withont the other. This being the case, we are like twin brothers, more particularly as this (royalty and agriculture) proceeds 10 from twin brotheM, from Hshang and Waikard." This day is also called .MMMM-.B& <&~), and is celebrated M a (90 p.226. feast, because there are 90 days between this day and Naurz. The 8th, 16th, and 23rd days of this month are feast-days on account of the identity of th na.mes of these days with that of th month, as we have heretofore explained. The lith, or Ehur-Bz, is the nrat da.y of the (first?) Gahajibr its last day is the ISth, or Dai-ba-Mihr. This GahaNbar is called Maidhyzaremaya-gh. During it God created hea.ven. On the 14th, or Gsh-Baz, there is a feast called Sr-s~w:t, when people 20 ea.t garlic and drink wine, and cook the vegetables with pieces of mat, by which they intend to protect themselves against the devil. The original purpose of the thing was to rid themselves of their aBliction when they were oppressed in consequence of JamsMd's being killed, and were in sorrow and swore that they would never touch any fat. This bas remained aa an usage among them. By that dish they cure themselyes of the diseases which they attribute to the influence of the evil spirits. The 16th, or Dai-ba-M~hr-Bz, is called ~M~, when they used to make a human.like figure of paste or clay and posted it a.tthe gateways. This, however, was not practised in the houses of the kings. At present this 30 custom bas been abolished on account of its resemblance to idolatry and heathendom. The night of the 16th, or Mihr-Rz, is caJIed, (~U~ and alao J~. Its origin is this, that rAnshahr wM separated and liberated from the country of the Turk, and that they drove their cows, which the enemy had driven away, back to their houses. Further: when FredAn had put Bvarasp out of the way, he let out the cows of A~a~ (thwyna) that had been hidden in some place during the siege, whilst Athvn defended them. Now they returned to his house. Athnyan was a man of high standing and noble character, a benefactor of the poor, 40 busying himself wiih the affaire of the poor and taking care of them, and liberal towards ail who applied to him. When Frdn had freed his property, people celebrated a feast in hope of his gifts and presents. On the same day the weaning of Frdn took place. It was the 1irst day when ht) rudo on the ox in a night when the ox appears which drags

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the carria.ge ff the moon. It is an ox of light, with two golden horns and sHver feet, wMch is visible for an hour and then disappea.rs. The wish of him who looks at the ox when it is visible will be fulfilled in the aame hour. In the Mune night there appears on the highest mountain, M they maintain, the spectre of a white ox, that bellows twice if the year is to be fertile, and on.~e (if the year is to be barren). (Here ~oHoM<a !<tCKtt<t). [23. FeMt of the third day, DM.] 10 B~oM~-M~. [2. BaJuna.nja.. 5. Barsadhak, or Nausadhak. 10. The Night of Alsadhak.J They fumigate their houses to keep off miah&p, ao that ItmaUy it has become one of the customs of the kings to light fires on this night and to make them blaze, to drive wild beasts into them, and to send the birds flying through the names, and to drink and amuse themselves round the &res. May God take vengeance on aJt who enjoy causing pain to another 20 being, gifted with sensation and.doing no ha.rm After the Persians had neglected intercalation in their months, they hoped th~t the cold would cease at this time, as they reckoned as the p.227. beginning of winter the 5th of AbitN-M&h, and as the end the lOth of B&hmam-MaIi. The people of &u-f<) ca,lled this day i.c. ~-< the biting night, on aceount of its being so cold. Another report accounts for the lighting of the fires during this night in the following way When Bvaraap had ordered people to provide him every day with two men, that he might feed his two serpenta with their brains, he commissioned immedia,te]y after his arrival a man caJIed 30 Azm&l to attend to this. Now, thiti man always used to set free one of the two, giving hhn food, and ordering him to settle in the western part of mount Dunbawa.nd and there to build himself aome aort of house, whilat he fed the two serpenta with the brains of a ra.m InatHa.dof that prisoner whom he had set free, mixing them with the bra.ins of the other victim who was killed. When Frdn had conquered Bvarasp, he ordered Azm'l to be fetched and puuiahed in revenge for thoae whom he had killed. Thereupon AzmA' told hhn the tale of those whom he had set free, speaking the truth, amd asked the king to send out a. messenger with him that- he might show them to him. So the king did, and Azm' 40 ordered those whom he had set free to light nrea on the roofs of their houses, in order that their number might be seen. This ha.ppcued in the lOth night of Bammam. Thcrcfore the mcsiicugei-

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said toAzm&'t: "What a number of them thou hast setfree! May God give thee a good reward' Ho returned to Frdn and brought him his report. Frdn exceedingly rejoiced at the matter, amd set ont himself for DunMwand to see the thing himaelf. Thereupon he conferred great honour upon Azma' he gave him Dumbwand sa a fief, made him ait on a golden throne, and caUed him Jf<MM<~M!t. Regarding the two serpents of BvMMp, people that they came out of his shoulders, feeding upon brains; whilst say according to another view, they were two painful wounds which he besmeared with brains, hoping to get relief from them. 10 The two serpents are acmething wonderful-possible, but For worms are produced out of flesh, and indeed, hMdJy likely. in flesh lice and other Mimais are living. Further, there are other ajlimaJs that do not entirely leave their birthplace, like that one of which that it, living in India, peepa out of th womb of ita mother people relate to eat gra~s and then to return, that it does not leavethe womb of its mother entirely until it bas grown strong and thinks itaelf a.ble to run faster than ite mother, even if the mother should run after it; then it jumps out and runs away. People sa.y that the young Mlimal fears the tongue of its mother, whieh is the roughest thing imaginable. For the mother, 20 if she&tds the young one, licks it eontmuaUy, until the flesh is severed from the bones. And out of the hair of the head that bas been tom out together with ite white root which originally is Sxed in th flesh, snakes grow, in case the hair Ms into water or some wet in the midst of summer, growing within th time of three weeks or place less This fact cannot be denied, since it hM been witnessed, and the formation of other animais out of other matenals has also been witnessed. Ao-'Uthman AJjahiz relates, that he saw at 'Utbar a piece of p.228. one half of which was a part of the body of a field-mouse, whilst clay, the other half was stiU a common and unchanged piece of clay. 1 have 80 heard this aloo from a number of people in Jurjan who had observed something similar in that country. AIjaiban} relates that in the Indian Ocean there are th roota of a tree which spread along the sea-coast in the sand, that the leaf is rolled up and geta separated from the tree, and that it then a king. bee and flies away. The formation of scorpions out of <igs and mountain.bahn, that of bes from the flesh of oxen, that of wa~ps from the flesh of horses, is well known to all naturaliste. We ourselves have observed many animals, capable of propagating thoir species, that had out .fplants and other magnats by a clear process oforiginally grown 4.) formation, and who afterwards continued their species by sexual intercourse. Th :Mnd, or Badh-Bz, M caUed by this name (!<M~).

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On that da.y cei-t.ainusits a.r.' pra'-tispd in ~nmm and noghbourhnod that have a likeness to those festive customa of drinking and making fun which are practised a.t Ispah&n in th days of Naurz, when people hold a. fair and celebrate a. feast. At Ispahnn people call it How. ever, B&dh.Eoz is only otte day, whilst lasts a. whole week. The 30th, or Anran, is called ~~a~tt at Ispahn, wHch means pouring out the wa.ter." Its origin is this that once in the time of Frz, the grandfather of Anshirwn, the rain waa kept back, and people in rnsha.br suffered from barrenness. Therefore Frz remitted them th taxes of these years, opened the doors of his storehouses, borrowed money from the properties of the fire-temples, and gave all to the Lihabitants of r&nsha.hr, taking ca.re of his fmhjects as a. parent does for his children and the consequence was that during those years nobody died of hunger. Now, Frz went to the famous fire-temple in ~<!&<n-&/ttM Fars there he said prayers, prostrated himself, and asked in God to remove that trial from the inhabitant8 of the world. Then he went up to the altar and found there the ministers and priests standing before it. They, however, did not greet him as is due to kings. So he felt that there was something the matter with the priests. Then he went near the fire, turned his hand and arms round the flame, and pressed it thrice to his bosom, as one friend does with another when asking after each other's health the name reached his beard, but did not hurt him. 0 my Lord, thy names be blessed if the rain Thereupon Frz spoke is held back for my sake, for any fault of mine, reveal it to me that 1 may divest myself of my dignity if something else is the cause, remove it, and make it known to me and te the people of the world, and give them copious rain." Then he descended from the altar, left the cupola, and sat dowu on the \~J made of gold, simila.r to a throne, but smaller. It was a custom for a famous fire-temple to have a golden ~-3 for the purpose that the king should sit upon it when he came to the temple. Now the ministers and priests came near him and greeted him as is due to kings. The king hpoke to them What bas hardened ycur hearts, what bas offended you and made you suspicious, that you did not greet me before f They replied: "Because we were standing before another king more sublime than you. We were not allowed to greet you whilst p.229 standing before him." The king bdieved them and made them prsents. Then he startfu from the to~n dharkhr in the direction of the town DrA. But having corne as far as the place where is now th village caUed Kam-Ferz in F&rsit was at that time an uncultivated plaina cloud rose and brought such copious rain M had nover been witnessed before, till the water ran into all the tents, the royal t<;nt as well as the other ones. Frz tecognized that God had granted his prayer; he praised ~od, and oi-Aetfd that on that spot his tents shonid be pitcht'd. He gave alms, made libemi prsents, held assemblies, and wa~full of joy. He did not Ica-VL' place bfi'ure he htul built th M.muusvi)).~c which this

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he Xam.Fcrz. F.roz is tua name, and Mm mM.M M it ~& ~e. c~Ied had obtained his joy which everybody felt over this event, they poured the water over each other. InccMe~ queMethis has become a custom in Ernshahr ever since. In every town they celebrate this feast on that day when they got the ~m, and the people of Ispahn got the rain on this day. ~tt!(MMK<JMt. OntheSth there is a feast on account of the .rM~d&rm~h.B.z, identity of the names of the month and the day. The word meana "intelligence" and "ripeness of mind." 10 Maudam~dh is charged with the care of the earth and with that of the good, chaste, and beneficent wife who lev. her husband. In past times th~ was ..pecM feaat of the women, when the men used to make them hber~ p~ent.. This custom is still ficuriahing at Ispahn, Rai, and in the other districts of Fahla. In Persiau it is eaned Muzhaghtll. This day is famous for the inscribing of pieces of paper. For on this day common people ~t s~ and the kemds of pomegranates un. moistened and not kneaded with water, but pulverized, believing that to be an antidote against the bite of the scorpions, and, besides, they write in the time between dawnrise and sunrise upon square pieces of paper 20 the following T~ <Mthegr~u~hemer.~ ~d.rm~dhmah and I.f~darm~hrz-1 have bound (by the the going and coming-below and charm) above-except the cows-in the name of the Yazatae and in the n~e of Jam and Frdn-in the name of ~d-(I swear) by Ad~m and Eve, God alone is Bclent unto me! Three such paper pieces they & on this day on three w~s of the whilst they leave unmarked the wall opposite to the front of the house, also on this fourth wall the house, believing that if they ~ethmg reptiles get bewildered and do not find an outlet, and raise their heads t<~ the window, preparing to leave the house. Somethnes you find places 30 influenced by some cbarm where scorpions do not bite, as, eg. Dnr. ~t: there you find under every stone a number of large black scorpions, people touch and play with, are taken away and they brought over the frontier of that district, which ~r"' off than a bowshot, then they bite, ca-using instantaneous death. In the district of Ts there is said to be a village where the scorpions of Zanjn there are scorpions only in one pla,ce, called the ' Cemetery 40 of ~~=r= man when s~r~ that they huruedly retwn to their former places. Now, as regards these pieces of paper we somewhere mentioned, they are

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evidently useless, because the power of th incantation cannot affect th object of incantation, though its influence be strong, because the planetary cycles do mot agree with the Persian year, and because the conditions of talismans are not fulfilled in them. Perhaps we shall sppak of the incantations, charms, and talismans in the J~oot of physical and tecttH'ca! MOtt~f~ and cttt'M)s:<t'M, giving such explanations as will plant certain persuasions in the minds of intelligent men and remove doubt from the minds of those who seek for infonna.t'on, if God willmercifully poatpone the end of my life and by His grace remove mental oalamities. He has th power to do so. 10 The lith, or Khr.Rz, is the first day of the second Gahanbr, the last of which is Dai-ba-mihr-Bz. It is called Jtfa!MAetK<tDuring this Gahanbar God created the water. The next following day, th 16th, or Mihr-Rz, ia called JtfM~-t-MNt (freah musk). The 19th, or Farwardn-Bz, ia called ~atoM of tlte t-tt~fs and of all }~!t!:Mty w<tte)'s, when people throw perfumes, rose-water, &p. into them. The Zoroaatriana have no fasting at all. He whofasts commits a sin, 20 and must, by way of expiation, give food to a number of poor people. They have fairs in the days of the months we have mentioned, but as they differ in different places, we cannot &x them, as little as we can the watercourses of a torrent, it being impossible to count them. 'Adud-aldaula has founded two feast-days, each of which is called 6ashn-i.Kard-i-Fankhusrau. The one is the day Sersh in FarwardnM&h, when the water of the aqueduct coming from a distance of four farsakh reached the town, which he had built one farsakh below the citadel of Shrz, and which he had called Xard-i-Fan&Htnsra. The other is the day Hormuz in ban-M&h, the day when he commenced 30 building that same town, A. Yazd. 333. On both days people hold fairs of seven days duration, and they assemble for merriment and drinking. The Persiana divide aU the daya of the year into preferable and lucky days and into unlucky and detested ones. Besides they have other days, bearing names which are common to them in every month, which are festival days for one class of the people to the exclusion of the other. Further, they have certain rules regarding the appearance of snakes o.L th diffrent days of the month, which we unite in the following J<t&M~<tK&M~<M< (Table of Slections)

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!X THE UOXTHS OF THE PEBStAXS.

219

The day Mnh they consider to be a y)V~<< day from its heing called which God created for the purpose of distriby the name of the moon, the world. Therefure the waters buting what is good and agreeable over increase, and animals, trees, and ptar.ts grow from new-moon till the time when the moon begins to wa.ne. and onposition they hold to be tu~KC~ The two days of conjunction days. th Dmons and Sa~tans feel the lust of On the da.Y of conjunction in thc wor!d. Then madnesa intermingling viciously with th things The seas begin to the waters and epilepsy are brought about. 10 are suNerm:; from epilepsy. The to decrea.se, the male turtle-doves in the utrus M born as a child which on this day settles sperma hair which is toru out of th body will of imperfect structure; that is planted will only produce be replaced oniv spa.rsely everything so if there bu an eclipse on the same day. scamty fruit, more particularly If a hen sits hatching her eggs at new-moon, the eggs will be bad at new-moon a Dtrcissus is sure to wither. Al-Eind! sa.?s CbnjuBCtion 's fM''<M7 bernuse then th moon is beiue a.tid therefore people dread debumed, who is the guide of all bodies 20 struction and ruin for them. At the time of opposition, people say, the Ghls and sorcerers feel lu couse<)uen''e there is much the lust to mix with impure spirits. thf she-turtleThe seas begiu to flow, the waters to increase epilepsy. The sperma which settles in th utrus doves are becoming epileptical. on the day of opposition is born as a child of more than common strucAU that ture. The hair which is torn ont will he replaced a.bunda.ntly. is plajited on this day will produce worm-eaten fruits a.nd will he very so if there be an eciipse on the same day. impure, more particularly is detested because then the light of the Al-Kind! sa.ys: Full-moon 80 moon requires help from the light of the sun, who is the guide of the Therefore people fear lest the spirits should leave the bodies. spirits.

p.233.

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CHAPTER X.
ON THE FESTIVALStN THE MONTHS THE SUMDIANS. 0F THE months of th mhabitants of Sogdiana. were likewise distributed over the four quarters of the year. The first day of the Sughdian month Nausard was the nrst day of summer. There was no difference between them and the Persians regarding the beginning of the year and the beginnings of MMteof the months, but there was a difference regard. ing the place of the five ~a~oMte~MB,aa we have herctofore explained. And they did ao for no other reason but this, that they honoured their kings to such a degree tha.t they would not do the same things which the 10 kings did. They preferred to use as new-year tha.t moment when Jam retumed successfui, whilst the kings prefen~d as new-yca.r tha.t moment when Jam started (set out). Some people maintain that these two different new-years were to be traced to a difference tha.t was discovered in the a~tronomica.1observations. For the ancient Persians used a solar year of 365 days 6 hours 1 minute, and it was their universal practice to reckon these 6 hours ~M the 1 p.234. minute as a unit (t.e. to disrega.rd the 1 minute in reckoning). But a-ftersatds when Zoroaster appeared amd introduced the religion of the Magi, when the kings transferred their residence from BaJkh to 20 Persis and Babel and occupied themsalves with the affaira of their reli. gion, they ordered new observations to be made, and then they found that the summer-solstice preceded by five days the beginning of the year, which wa~ the third year after intercaJa.tion. In consequence, they gave up their former system and adopta wha.t astronomical observation had taught them, whilst the people of Transoxiana, kept the old System and disregarded the state of thatsame year (t.e. its deviation from real time),

HN THE FESTIVALS

THE MONTHS 0F

THE SUGHDANS.

22t

10

20

30

40

on whieh their calendar was based. Henee the diSerence of the beginnings of the Persian and Snghdian years. Other people maintain that originally both the Persian and Sughdian years had the same beginning, until the time when Zoroaster appeared. But when after Zoroaster the Persians began to transffr thc five ~<t~o. meMCB each of the leap-months, as we have before mentioued, the to Sughdians left them in their original place and did not transfer them. So they kept them at the end of the months of their year, whilst th Persians, after they began to ueglect intercalation, retained them at the end of Mn-Mah. God knows best The Sughdians hve ma.ny festivals and famous memorial days in the same way as th Persians. What we bave leamed of them, regarding this subject, is the following Nausard. The Ist day is their Naurz, which is the C)-cat ~Ki~. The 28th is a feast for the Magians of BuHmra, caUed ~tMMA-Jy/tf!)):, during whieh they assemble in a nre-tem)']e in the village Ramush. These gh&ma are the most important of their festivals, whieh they celebm.te alternately in each village, assembling in the house of each ehieftain, eating and drinking. Jirjin. Nothing mentioned. Nsanaj. The 12th is the first M&khraj. Bas&kana.j. The 7th is the ;.& ghm, a feast of theirs at Baikand, where they assemble. The 12th is the second Mkhiraj. The 15th is the feast (~e ~itc(:)-o, when they eat leavened bread after abstaining from eating and drinking &ndfrom everything that is touched by the nre except fruits and vegetables. Ashnkhanda. The 18th is the feast Bba-Khwara, also called BmEiwara, :.e. drinking the good, pure must. The 26th is E:arm-Khw&r&. Mazhikhand. The 3rd is the feast Kishmn, when they hold a fair in the viUage M~ On the 15th they hold a fair in AJ-tawaw!s. There the merchants of ai) countries gather and hold a fair of seven days duration. The Ist is called JVt'm-MfAt, i.e. the half of thc vear. Faghakn. The 2nd is a feast called (~* Khwra, when they assemble in their p.235. fire-temples and eat a certain dish whieh they prepare of the nour of millet, of butter and sugar. Some people put ~:M-s([t-t?<tnve days earlier, :.e. on the Ist of Mihr-Mah, to make it agree with the Persian calendar, whilst, in fact, the middle of the year ought to be celebrated when a~ter its beginning 6 months and 2~ days have paased. The 9th is the feast ,j-~ gham. The 25th is the first day of Karm-Khwara.

AMB~. Th 9th ia the last day of Karm-Khw&m. Fgh. Nothing mentioned. From the 5th tiM the 15th of thia month ~fgh. they have a feast. After that the Muhammadans hold a fair of seven days in Alahargh. ~Mmadanaj. The24thistheBitdh-Amgham. EMim. On the last day of this month the Sughdiana cry over thoae who died in past timM, they lament over them and eut their faces. They out for them dishes and drinks, as the PeMims lay do in mrwMd&~ For the five days, which are the to th Sughdiana, they 10 ~r~~ fia at the end of this month, as we have mentioned before. Beaidea, they hold faire in the villages in the districts of BakMr& and have only one name in every month (. the 8th, iSth, 23rd, which are called Dast).

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CHAPTER XI.
ON THE FESTIVALS THE MONTHS THE KHW~BIZMIANS. IN OF THE Ehw&rizmians agree with the Sughdians regarding the beginnings of the year and the months, and they disagree with the Persians in the same subjects. The cause of thia is the same which we have described when speaking of the Sughdians. Their usages in their months are sinular to those of the Sughdians. The beginning of their summer was the lat of Nusrj. They had festivals in their months which they celebrated before the time of M&m. They maintain that God Almighty 10 ordered them to celebrate those festiva.ts. Besides they celebrate other days in commemoration of the deeds of their ancestors. But at th present time there are only very few of the Magians among the Ehwrizmiams left, who do not particularly care for their religion they know nothing of it except its outward forms, and they do not inquire into ita spirit and real meaning. In consequence, they regulate their festivals by the knowledge of their distances from each other, not according to their real places which they occupy in the single months. Those, now, of their days and festivals that <N'enot connected with their religion are the following Nusarj. The lat day is the &ast of new-year, the new-day, as we 20 have a.iready mentioned. Ardiwisht. Nothing mentioned. p.236. Har&ddh. The Ist day is called Q~ ~t. In amte-Muhammadan times this day WMth time of extrme heat; therefore, they say, it was originally called Q~ u*~<~ which means the dreM Mt!! be put off, signi. fymg that it was the time for baring and undressing themselves.

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In our time this day coincides with the time of the sowing of sesme and what ia sown together with it. So people have come to use it as an epoch. CM. The 16th is called ~Mi-, which means: the ~rewoof! and the ~Me. In bygone times it was the beginning of that season when people felt the need of warming themselves at the are, beeause the air WM changmg in autumn. In our time it coincides with the middle of anmmer. From this day they count 70 days, and then commence sowing the autumn wheat. Hajnddh. Nothing mentioned. 10 IkhahMwaj!. The lat but originally, they say, ly is called ~*t it waa called J't6s~, i.e. the &et<tMof the ~Mt. For about this time the kings of Khwrizm used to march out, bec&uae the hea.t wM them decreasing and the cold drawing near; then they went into wintorquarters outaide their residence, driving away th Ghuzz-Turks from their frontiers and defending the limita of their empire against their inroads. ~S* Th lat day is the feast Aa~ X<ttt~ ~~MM< i.e. the day of eating ~e &M~ prepared with fat. On that day they sought protection from the coJd, and assembled forthe purpose of eatmg the breadprepared 20 with fat, around the burning nre-grat~a. The 13th is the feast Ctt-t-Bo;, which the Ehw&rMmia.ns hold in the same veneration aa the Persians their Mihrajn. The Slat is likewise a feast, called Bm-Rj. a~&~MM. Nothing mentioned in this month. Ad. Nothing mentioned. B!mMhd. The lith M eaUed y<mi!~<!&. People say that it was originaUy called afHt<M'.~M6, which was then wrongly altered for the sake of casier pronunciation, as it was freqnently used. It means the M~&< o~~ftMt. Now, some of them maintain that JCna was one of their 30 queens or chieftains, that she left her castle intoxicated, dressed in a silk dress, at spring time. She fell down outside the castle and lost all self-control; she fell asleep, was smitten by the cold of thd night, and died. Now people were astonished that th cold had killed a human being abont this time in spring. So they used it M an epoch for some. p.237. thing miraculons, extraordinary, that does not happen at its proper time. This day haa been advancing beyond its proper time to such a degree, that now-a.da.ys people consider it as the middle of winter. On this day and about this time the people of Khwrizm 40 and incense, and they make the smells rise up from the useperfumes dishes which they lay out for the purpose of keeping off all the injuries of the demons and evil spirits. This proceeding M necessary, by way of careful precauon, if some

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225

spiritual matters are connect~d with it. 1 mean charms, incantations, and prayers, which the most distinguished philosophers have ucknow. ledged and allowed, after having wituessed their effects, eg. Galenus, and othera like him, though they are few. These precautions are likewise to be recommended if people in doing so derive some help from astronomicat occurrences, as, e.g. th TeMipo-ft.P<M-<!<e[ the TeBtpoM&~c<<t, with and the constellations that are mentioned for such purposea. We cannot help taking notice of thoae who try to prove that all such precaution is futile and false by no other arguments but by mockery, derision, and 10 aneera. The existence of jinns and demons bas been acknowledged the most famous philosophera and scholars, e.g. by Aristotle, when by deha scribes them as beings of air and fire and calls them "~tM~K &e<)~ Likewise Ya.hy& Grammaticus and others have acknowledged them, describing them as the impure parts of the erring souls, afterthey have been separated from their bodies, who (the souls) are prevented from reaching their primat origin, because they did not find the hlowledge of the truth, but were living in confusion and stupfaction. Something similar to this is what. M&n! indica.tes in his books, although his indica20 tiona are expressed in subtle words and phrases. Akha.mman~ Nothing mentioned in thia month. Ispajtd&rmaj:. The 4th is caUed .KM~, ie. the rising. The lOth M a feast called WaNM~m. WaHish is the name of the ange] who has to watch over the water and especially over the river Oxus. The 20th is called which means: houses that are built close together. Besides they have other festivals whioh they want for the anajrs of their religion they are the following six 30 I. The first is called -t) on the lith of Nusarj. Common people call it JM!M(:f[Mm?&by the month in which it occurs. n. The second is called (~. ~-y. on the let of C:r:. It is also called ~MM).<&tBnma;, ~s!~ and ~AorM~ i.e. so called from the month Ajghr, because it faUs 15 days before that feast (on the 15th of CM). ni. The third is caUed on the 16th of Hamddh. It is also called <a~M. IV. The fourth is called on the 16th of mr. also called p.238. 40 V. The fifth is called (lacuna) on the Ist of Rmazhd, also called tdt<A~. VI. The sixth M called on the Ist of Akhamman, also called M~~j (~<. 15

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In the five last days of Iapandrmaji and the following five J~xt~oM<at<B do th same which th Persians do in Farwarda.j&n, t.e. they they lay out food in the temples for the spirits of the dead. (The Lunar Stations with the ChorMmians).They were in the habit of using the stations of the moon and deriving from them the mies of astrology. The names of th stations in their language they have preserved, but those who made use of them, who knew how to observe them and how to draw conclusions from them, have died out. Their using the lunar stations is clearly proved by the fact that in the Khwrizm dialect an astronomer is called .4&M<M'-tfe'ma! looking to -10 i.e. the lunar <<a<!<MM, ~Mfn- means a station of the moon. for They used to distribute these stations over the twelve signa of the Zodiftc, for which they also had apecial names in their language. They knew them (th signa of Zodiac) even better than the Arabs, as you learn by the fact that their nomenclature of them agrees with the names given to them by the original designer of their figures, whilst the names of the Arabs do mot agree, amd they reposent thse signa as quite diffrent figures. For instance, they count Alja.uza among the number of the Zodiacal signa inateadof Gemini, whilst Aljauz is the figure Orion. The people of 20 Khwrizm call this sign (Gemini) jl(~!tp<M&tn-&,i.e. ~tw~ tMo~wes, which means the same as Gemini. Further, the Arabs represent the figure of Lo as composed of a number of figures. In consequence, Lo extends in longitude over something more than three signa, mot to mention its extension in latitude. For they consider th two heads of Gemini as his outstretched forefoot, and the nebula, in the foremost part of which is Cancer, 1 mean ~:M&<t, as his nose. The breast of Virgo, 1 mean ~<n<w~, they consider as his two loins; the hand of Virgo, 1 mean ~M!K~; ~ft'z~ as one of his shanks and AIr&mih as his other shank. According to thir opinion, the 80 figure of Lo extends over the signa Cancer, Lo, Virgo, amd part of Libra, and a number of constellations both of the northem and southem hemispheres, whilst in reality the matter is not what they assume. If you, likewise, inquire into the names of the Arabs for the fixed stars, you wiU see that they were very far from an acourate Imowledge of the Zodiacal signe and the star-figures, although 'Ab&.Muhamnmd 'AMaIlh b. Mus!im b. ~utaiba AIjabaI used to make a great to-do and to be very verbose in ail his books, and specially in hia bock on the superiority of the Arabs over the Persians, maintauling that the Arabs were the best-informed nation regarding the atars and 40 the times of their rising and setting. 1 do not know whether he waa reaNy ignorant, or only pretended to be ignotMtt, of what the agriculturists and pensants in every place and district have got in the way of knowledge regarding the beginning of the agricultural worka and other things, and of knowledge of the proper times for similar

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subjects. For he whose roof is heaven, who has no other cover, over whom the stars continually rise and set in one a.nd tha same eMu'M, p.239. ma.kes the heginnings of Ma aNairs amd his knowledge of time depend upon them. But the Arabs had, moreover, one advantage in which othera did not share; this is the perpetuation of what they knew or believed, right or wrong, praise or blame, by means of their poetry (~ada,s), by Ra.jaz poems, and by compositions in rhymed prose. These things one generation inherited from the other, so as to remmn among them and after them. If you atudy those traditions in the 'Anw books, a~d T&eScience of the Appearance of the 10 specially hia book which he called of wMch we have communica.ted to the reader a.t the end of S<<tM,"part thM book, you will find that the Arabs ha,d no particular knowledge on this subject beyond that whieh is familiar to the peasants of every country. The man (i.e. 'AbdaUah b. Musiim Aijaba~!), however, is extravagant in the subject into wMch he plunges, and not free from Jabal (t.e. mountaineer) character, as far as obstinacy of opinion is concemed. The style of his book wMoh we have mentioned shows that there must have been enmities and grudges between him and the Persians. For ho is not sa.tisned &t exalting the Araba at. the expense of the Persians, but 20 he must needs make the Persians the meanest vilest, and most degraded of all nations, attribute to them even more ~~nt of belief and obstinacy against Isl&m than God attributes to the Alab Bedouins in the SM. ~M~tTt6<t (Sra ix. 98), and heap upon them all that is abominablc. If he had only taken a moment's considration and had called to mind th first period of those whom he preferred to the Persians, he would have given the lie to himself in most of what he says about both parties from aheer want of moderation and equity. In th following we give the names of the lunar stations in the dialect both of the Sughdiana and the Ehwarizmiams. Afterwards we shall 80 describe the constellations in wMch they appear, when we speak of the Marnesof their rising ajid setting.
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CHAPTER XII.
FEST~L B ON KBWANZM-SHAH'S EFOBMOF THE XHWABIZMIAN CALENDAR.

p.241.

'ABu.SA'm 'AnMAD b. Muha.mmad b. 'Irak followed the exemple of Ahnu't&did-bUl&h regarding the intercalation of the QioM.smiam montha. For on having been freed from his fettem &t BukhrA, and having returned to his residence, he asked the ma.thema.tieia.ns a.t hie court regarding the feast AjgMr, whereupon they pointed out to him its place in the calendar. Further, he asked with what day of Ta.mmuz it corre10 sponded, and this aho they told him. This date he kept in memory, and when seven yea,ra later a,t the same time of the year he again came to think of it, he rejected thia aort of calculation. He was not as yet acquainted with the intercalations and all matters connected with them. Then ho ordorod Alkha.r&j! and Alhamdak and other tMtronomcra of hia time to be brought before him, and asked them as to what was the reality of the case. Thse scholars then gave him a minute explanation and told him how the Persians and Chora.smiama had ma-na.ged their This is a System whieh haa become confused year. Thereupon he said: and forgotten. The people rely upon these days (t.e. certain feast-days, 20 ~Mf, JftmMMt6, tc.), amd thereby they find the cardinal points o th e four sea.sona,since they believe that they never change their places in the yea.r tha.t Jj'yMf is a-twa-ysthe middie of summer, ~tmH<t& the middie of winter certain distances from these days they use as th proper timea for sowing and ploughing. Something likethis (i.e. the deviation of the Chorasmia.n yea-r from proper time) is not perceived except in the course of many yeare. And this is ono of the rea.sons why they disa.greo among each other regarding th fixing of those distftnces, so that some maintain tha.t 60 days after A]gh&r is the proper time for sowing the wheat, whilst others put this time carlier or later. The proper thing would be that we should find some means to fix thoae things uniformly and to

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ALBBON.

invariable timea of the year, M that the proper times for thse things should never differ." Now, the scholars told him that the test way in this matter would be to &xthe beginnings of the Chorasmian months on certain days of the Greek and Syna.n months-in the s&me way as Abmu'tadid ha.d dme and after that to intercalate them as the Grera and Syrians do. This pla.n they carried out A. Atex. 1270, and they arranged that the Ist of Nusarj: should f&U on the third of the Syrien Naan, so that ~'gM<would always fall in the middie of TMmnz. And accordingly they regula.ted the times of agricultural works, <.y. th time of gathering 10 grapes for the purpose of making raisins M 40-50 days after ~M)'} the time of gathering grapes for the purpose of hanging them up, and the time of gathering peMa, is 55-65 days after ~Mf. In the same way they fixed all the times for sowing, for the impregnation of the pahn-trees, for planting and binding together, etc. If the Greek year is a tea.p-year, the ~p~omeMB at the end of Ispamdrmaj are six days. If people had made thia reform of Khw&rizm.Shah the epoch of an era, we should have added it to the other eraa which we have before mentioned. p.248. Regarding the festivals in the mom-intercala.ted months of the Egyp. 20 tians, although it is likely that they had similar onea with the other nations, we have not received any information. Likewise we have no information regarding their festivals in the intereaJa.ted months whieh they use now-a-days, except this, that people say that new-year of the Egyptians M the Ist of Thth, amd that the water of the Nile begins to aweU and to increase on the 16th of Payni, a~ording to another report on th 20th of Fa.yni. It is likely that they would celebrate the same festivals as the Greeks and Syriams, beeause Egypt lies in the midst between them and because they all use the sajne kind of year. Some mattera, however, are quite peculiar to the Egyptians, og. their country, ~0 Egypt, bas certain peculiarities, in which no other country shajea appeajamces of -the water, the ajr, the rain, etc. The famous days of the Greeks and Syrians are of two Hnda, one for the aitMm of any sort of secular life, for cartain aerial appearances, etc., as we have already mentioned, and another kind for th matters of their religion, which is Christianity. We shall describe in ita proper place as much as we have learned about both kinds, and as bas been reported to us, if God permits

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BOTHAMONO THE AS ON THE DAYS0F THB GREER CALENDAR KNOWN SBEEKS ANDOTHEBNATIONS. THE Greek year agres with the solar year its seasons retain their it revolves proper places like the natural aeMons of the solar year; to correspond paraJIel with the latter, and its single parts never cease with ILoM of the latter, except by that quantity of time (the Portio which, before it becomes perceptible, is appended to the jM<e)-<Kt!e<tOttM) and added tn it as one whole day (in every fourth year) by meana year of intercaJa.t~jn. Therefore the Greeks amd Syriajis and all who follow their exampie fix and arrange by this kind of year all annual, consecutive occurrencea, amd ajso the meteorologica.1 and other qualities of the single days that exprience bas taught them in the long run of time, which are caNed'~lm<0t! and .B<MtMA. Regarding the cause of these '~M<c< scholars do not agree among each other. Some derive thcm from the rising and setting of the fiaed stars, among them the Arabs. (Some poet sa.ys) Those are my people (a bad set) like the Ban&t-Na'sh, Who do not bring rain like the other stars; whose rising t.. they are good-for-nothing people like the ~(tKa<-y(t' and setting do not bring rain. Others, again, derive them front the days themselves, maintaining that on an they are peculiaritiea of them, that such is their nature, at least, and that besides they are increased or diminished by other average, cautit~. Tt~y sa.y, for instance: The nature of the season of summer is heat, the nature of the season of winter is cold, sometimes in a higher degree, sometimes less. The excellent Chdenua says: To decide between p.243.

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thse parties is only possible <mth basis of experiment and Maminat'on But to examine this diffrence of opinion is n.t possible in a long of time, because the motion of the nxed stars is except space very little known and because in a short space of time we find very little difference in their rising and setting." Now, this opinion has filled Sinan b. Thabit b. !tun-awith surprise on th?L'~ which hc composed for the Khalif 1 do not know how Menus came to make such Ahnu~d. a mistake, skilled as he was in a~-onomy. For the rising and setting of the stars differ greatly and evidently in different countries. E.g. M~~ rises in .tBagh~d.ntheSthoflM..tWMttwcd~y~ter,~B~r.~e~~ earlier than at Wasit. People say: the differ in different countries.' But that is not the case. On the contrary, they occur on one and the same day which p~ (every~here) that the stars and their rising snd setting have to do with this matter." nothing Afterwards he h~ given the lie to himself, though it correct what he said, viz., that the rising and setting of th stars are not to be con. sidered sa forming one of the causes of the 'Anwa, if you limit his Mserhon by in which he eertain conditions and do not underatand it in that generality has proclaimed it. 20 <~y correct for AUujaz and the neighbourhood, those of the for Egypt and the coasts of the sea, those of Ptolemy for Greece Egyptians and the neighbourmgmo~tams. If anybody would go to one of those countries and examine them there, he would find correct what Galenus says regarding the d~culty of an examination of th '<~ in & short space of time" In thM respect he (Sinn) is Galenus mentions and believes right. only what he considers as a truth, resting on certain and keeps aloof from everything that is beset ~ith doubt and arguments, &nn relates of his father, that he exammed th obscurity 'Anw in .Ir&k about 30 thirty yeara with the view of finding certain principles with wMch to of other countries. But fate overtook him compare the before he could accompliah his plan. Whichever of the two theories may be correct, whether the are to be traced back to the days of th year or to the rising and setting of the 2~~ S~oM, in any case there is no room for a third theory. To each of these theories, whichever you may hold to correct, certain conditions attach, on which the correctness of the depends, to prognosticate the character of the year, the season, the month, whether it will be dry or moist, whether it wiU answer to the expectations of 40 people or not, to prognosticate it by means of the signs and proofs, of which the astronomical books on meteorology are full. For if the agree with those signa and proofs, they are true and will be fulfilled in their entire extent; if they do not agree, something different will occur Thue the ma.tter stands between these two theories.

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Sman b. Thbit prescribes that weshould take into regard whether the Arabs and Persians agree on a ~tM'. If they do agree, its probability ia strengthened and it is sure to take place; if they do not agree, the contrary is the case. 1 shall mention in this book th comprehensive apcount of Sinan iu his book on th *<M and the proper timcs for secular affairs occurring in the Greek months. Of the rising and settinfi of the Lunar Stations 1 shall speak in a special chapter at the end of this book. For since the astronomers have found that their rising and setting proceed 10 a~cording to one and the same uniform order in these months, they ha.Ye assigned them to their proper days, in order to unite them and prevent p.244. them from getting into confusion. God lends support and he]p TM/tnn J. (October.) 1. People expect rain (Euctemon and Philippus) turbid air (Egyptians and Callippus). 2. Turbid winterly air (Callippus, Egyptians, and Euctemon) rain, (Eudoxus and Metrodoms). 3. Nothing mentioned. 4. Wearing wind (Eudoxus) winterly air (Egyptians). 5. Winterly air (Democritus) 20 beginning of the time of sowing. 6. North wind (Egyptians). 7. South wind (Hipparchus). 8. Nothing mentioned. Winterly air, according to Sinn. 9. 'ETrto~~mtfft(Eudoxus) east wind (Hipp:n\'hus) wpst wind gyptians). 10. Nothing mentioned. 11. Episemasia (Eudoxus and Dositheus). 12. Bain (the Egyptians). 13. Unsteady wind, Episemasia, thunder, and rain (Callippus) north Sinn attests that this 30 wind or south wind (Eudoxus and Dositheus). is frequently true. On this day the waves of the sea are sure to be in great commotion. 14. Episemasia and north wind (Eudoxus). 15. Change of the winds (Eudoxus). 16. Nothing mentioned. 17. Bain and Episemasia (Dositheus); west wind cr south wind (Egyptia.ns). 18. Nothing mentioned. 19. Bain and Episemasia (Dositheus) west wind or south wind ~0 (Egyptians). 20, 21. Nothing mentioned. 22. Unstea.dy, changing winds (Egyptians). On this day th air begins to get cold. It is no longer time for drinjdng medicine and for

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phlebotomy excepta caseof need. For the ~H. K~ for .u.h thmgs M~~ then, when you intend thereby t. preserve the heatth of the body. For if you are oompelled t. use auch means, you cannot On ~fora~ght.rd.y.forheat.r~d.foralu.kyorunlu.tyday the oontrary, you use it as soon M possible, before the evilt~ root, when it would be dimcult to eradicate it. 23. Episemasia (Budoxus); north wind or south wind (CesM-) 24. Episemasia (Oa.Uippus and Egyptiana) 25. Epiaemaaia (Metrodoru.) change in the air (Callippus and Euc~. mon). 10 26. Nothing mentioned. 27. Winterly air p.24)!. (Egyptiana). 28. Nothing mentioned. It is a favoumble day for taking a warm bath and for eating things that are of a sharp, biting taste, nothing that M salt or bitter. J' eontinual south wind (Hipparehus); tempMtaNdwmterIyajr(Egypti&na). 30. Heavy wind (Euctemon and The kites, the white PhiMppu.). carrion-vnltures (vultur percnoptems), and the swaUows migrate to the lowlands, and the ants go into their nest. 20 J~ wind and winterly air Euctemon) (Metrodorus and C.B~), south wind (Egyptia,ne), God knows bJt rM~!t{ II. (November.) 1. Clear (lit. unmixed) winds (Eudoxus and Conon). 2. Clear air with cold north wind and south wind. west wind (Egyptians) north or south wind (Eudoxua); rain (Euctemon, Philippus, and Hipparchus). 4. Episemasia (Euctemon) rain (Philippus). 5. Winterly air and rain (Egyptians). 6. South or west wind (Egyptians); winterly air (Dositheus). Sinn ao aa.ysthatthM is borne out by practical exprience. whirlwind (Meton); cold wind This ia (Hipp~us). the firet day of the rainy seaeon, when the sun entera the 21st degree of Cancer. Astrologers take the horoscope of thia time and derive there. from Mmdication as to whether the year will have much rain or little. Herein they rely upon the condition of Venus at the times of her rising 1 believe, however, that this is and setting, only peculiar to th climate of Syria, not to other countries, for very it rama with us in Eh~nzmeven before this time. 'Ab-a&mn frequently aUah b. Ehurdadhb~h relates in bis Kitb-almaslik 'Ubaid-AIlah b. 'Abd. walmamlik that in 40 ~hjazMd Yaman it rain. during ~azirn, T~nmAz, and part of ll. T have been dw~Hing in Jurjn myscif during the aummer montha, but there never passed ten conscutive d~ys during which th sky was clear and

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free from clouds, and when it did not rain. It is a rainy country. People relate that one of the khalifs, 1 think it was Alma'mun, stayed there during forty days whiist it rained without any interruption. So he said Lead us out of this pissing, splashing country The nearer a district is to Tabanstan, the more its air is moist, the more rainy it is. The air of th mountains of Tabaristan M ao moist that if people break and pound garlic on the tops of th mountains, rain is sure to set in. As the cause of this subject, the vice-judge, At&muU, mentions this, that the air of the the author of the X;H6.M)'< country is moist and dense with stagnant vapours. If, now,the smell of p.246. garlic spreads among these vapours, it dissolves the vapours by its sharpness and compresses the density of the air, in consequence of which rain follows. Granted, now, that this he the cause of this appearance produced by the pounding of garlic, how do you, then, account for the famous well in the mountains of Farghna, where it begins to rain as soon aa you P throw something dirty into this well ? the And how do you account for the place called the shop of <SMo!)t<M' Bon of David," in the cave called Ispahbadh&n in the mountain of T&~ in Ta.harisTan, where heaven becomes cloudy as soon as you dnie it by nith or by mi&, and where it rains until you clean it again P And how do you account for the mountain in the country of the Turks? For if the sheep pass over it, people wrap their feet in wool to prevent their touching the rock of the mountain. For if they touch it, hea.vy rain immediately follows. Pieces of this rock the Turka carry about, and contrive to defend themselves thereby against all e\il coming from the enemy, if they are surrounded by them. Now, those who are not aware of these tacts consider this as a bit of sorcery on th part of the Turks. Of a similar character is a fountain called the pure one in Egypt in the lowest part of a mountain which adjoins a church. Into this fountain sweet, nicely-smelling water is nowing out of a source in the bottom of the mountain. If, now, an individual that is impure through pollution or menstruation touches the watcr, it begins at once to stink, and dces not cease until you pour out the water of the fountain and clean it; then it regaina its nice smell. Further, there is a mountain between Her&t and Sijistn, in a sandy country, somewhat distant from the road, where you hear a clear murmur and a deep sound as soon as it is defiled by human excrements or urine. Thse things are natural peculiarities of the created beings, the causes of which are to be traced back to the simple elements and to the beginning of all composition and creation. And there is no possibility that our knowledge should ever penetrate to subjects of this description. There are other districts of quite another character from that of the mountains of Ta.baristn, e.g. Fustt in Egypt, andthe adjacent parts, for

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there it rains very seldom. And if it rains, the air is infeoted, beeomes pestilential and hurta both animais and plants. Such things (t.e. such climatica1 diffrences) depend upon the nature of the place and its situation, whethor it lies in the moulins or on the sea, whether it is a place of great lvation or a low country; further, upon the degree of northern or southern latitude of the place. 8. Bain and winterly air (Euctemon) winterly air and whirlwinds (Metrodoras) south wind or <ot, ie. south-east wind (Buctemon) east wind (Egyptians). 9. Nothing 10. Winterly memtioned.. air and whiriwimds (Euctemoi and Philippus); north wind, or cold south wind and rain (Hipparehas). 11. Episemasia (Callippus, Conon, and Sinn saya that Metrodorus). thia is borne ont by exprience. 12. Winterly air (Eudoxus and Dositheus). 13. EpMemasM(Eudons); winKrJyairon}and)&dsea(DemocritM). Ships that are at sea on this day put in to shore, and navigation to Persia and Alexandriais auspended. For the sea bas certain days when p.247. it is in uproar, when the air is turbid, the waves roll, and thick darkness lies over it. Therefore navigation is impracticable. that at 20 this time there arises the wind at the bottom of the People say sea that puts the sea in motion. This they conclude from the appearance of a certain sort of nshes which then swim in the upper ragions of the sea and on its surface, showing thereby that thia storm is blowing at the bottom. Frequently, people say, this submarine storm rises a day earlier. Every saHor recognizes this by certain marks in his special sea. For instance, in the Chinese sea this submarine storm ia the nshing.nets rising of themselves from the bottom ofrecognized by th sea to its surface. On the contrary, they conclude that the sea bottom is quiet if a certain bird sits hatching her eggs-for they hatch in a bundle of 30 chips and wood on the sea, if they do not go on land nor sit down there. They lay their eggs only at that time when the sea is quiet. Further, people maintain that any wood which is cut on this day does not get worm-eaten, and that the white ant does not attack it. This peculiarity perhaps stands in connection with the nature of the mixture of the air on this spcial day. 14. Winterly air (Ctesar) south wind or Eurus, M. south-east wind (Egyptians). 15. Nothingmentioned. 16. Winterly air (CeMar). ~o 17. Bain (Eudoxus) winterly air (Csar) north wind during night and day (Csar). 18. Nothingregistered. 19. Sharp winterly air (Eudoxus). 20. North wind (Eudoxus) j severe winterly air (EgyptitUts). People say

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that on this day at animal that have no bonea perish. This, however, ia different in different countriea. For 1 used to be molested by the gnats, t.e. animals without boues, in Jurjn, whilat the aun waa moving in the sign of Capricom. 21. Winterly air and rain (Euctemon and Dositheus). On thia day people forbid to drink 22. Very winterly a.ir (Eudoxus). oold water during the night, for fear of the Yellow Pi~e)-. 83. Bain (Philippus) winterly air (Eudoxua and Conon) continual south wind (Hipparchus and Egyptia.ns). On thia day falls the feast of 10 gathering the olivea, and the fresh olive-oil is presaed. 24. Light ra.in (Egyptians). 25, 26. Nothing mentioned. 27. In moat cases a disturbance of the air on land and sea (Democritus) Episemasia (Doaitheus) south wind and rain (Egyptians). 28. Nothing mentioned. People say that on this day the waves of the sea roll heavily and that there is very little fishing. 29. Winterly air (Eudoxus and Conon) west or south wind and rain (Egyptiacs). 30. Nothing mentioned by the authorities 20 others. ~Ntt~ L (December.) hitherto quoted, mor by

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1. Winterly air (Callippus, Eudoxus, and Ca'Bar). On this day people hold a fair in Damascus, which is called "the fair of the cutting of the ben-nut," i.e. J~M.): <t!~ttett<a<T<t. 2. Pure wimds (lit. not mixed) (Euctemon and Philippus); sharp, winterly air (Metrodorus). 3. Winterly air (Conon and Csa.r) light rain (Egyptians). 4. (Missing.) 6. Winterly air (Democritue and Dositheua). The same is confirmed 30 by Sinn. 6. Winterly air (Eudoxus) vehement north wind (Hippa.rchus). 8. Nothing mentioned. 9. Winterly air and rain (Callippus, Euctemon, and Eudoxus). 10. Sharp winterly air (Callippus, Euctemon and Metrodorus) thunder and lightning, wind and rain (Democritus). 11. South wind and Episemasia (Callippus); winterly air and rain (Eudoxus and Egyptians). According to Sinn this is borne out by praetical exprience. Continued sexual intercourse on this day is objected For sexual intercourse ia not apto, whioh 1 do not quite understand. 40 proved of in autumn, in the beginning of winter, and at the times of epidemie diaease on the contra~y, at auch times it is most noxious and pernicious to the body. Although we muet say that thc conditions of sexual intercourse depend upon a great many other things, as, e. ge,

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time, place, cuatom, chMacter, nourishment, the Mnesa or emp~neaa of th atomaah, the deaire, the female genitals, etc. 12. Winterly air (Egyptitma). 13. Vhment south w&d ornorth wind (HippaMhwa). 14. Winterly air (Endoxua) rain and wind 15. Cold north wind or south wind and rain (Egyptiane). (Egyptiana). M. Winterly air (Caar). 17. Nothing mentioned. People forbid on thie day to take of th Neah of cows, of oranges, and mountain balm, to drink water after yon lie down to sleep, to amern-the camels with JMm (a depN&toty ungnent 10 made of Msemo and quick-lime), and to bleed anybody except him whose blood is feverish. The reason of aJl this ia the cold and.the moistnesa of the season. This day people call the e~t J?tr& meaning th ~nmter.solatice. People say that on this day the light leaves those Jimita within whieh it deoreMes, and entera those limita within which it in. Meaaes, that human bemga begin growing md mcMMing, whilat th demoma begin withering and periehing. Ea'b the Rabbi relates that on thia day th sun was kept back for YoaNa the son of Nmduring three houra on a clouded day. The same etory ia told by the aimpletoma among the SM'a. regarding the prince of 20 the belierera, 'AU b. 'Ab T&Hb. Whether, now, this story hve amy foundation or not, we muet remark that those who are beset by eaLunity find ita dnration to be very long and think that the moment of libration ta very a]ow in ooming. So, e. 'AI b. Aijahm aaid in a aleepleaa night, when he had gone ont to war against the reeka, oppressed by wounda and fatigue p.249. HMa etream awept away the morning, Or bas another night been added to the

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Afterwa.rda on being released he indulged in ha]lncinationaamd lying reports. 80 similar frequently happens on faat.daya, if heaven Something dnring the latter part of them be clouded and dark then people break their &at, whilst ahortty afterwarda, when th sky or part of it deara np, th aun appeara atiU atanding above the horizon, having not yet set. Th chann-mongem say that it ia a good omen on thie day to riae from sleeping on th right aide, and to fnmigate with frankincense in the mommg before BpeaHng. It ie aho conaidered deairable to watk twelve consecutive stepa towarda th eaat at th moment of sunrise. Ta~yA b. 'A3!, the Christian wnterof'Anb&r, the ria~g.place of the aun at the time of the wnter-aolatice aayathat ia th true eaat, that he 40 rtaea from the very midat of paradiae that on thia day the sages lay the foundattona of th aJta~. It wM the je!icf of thta ~nMi tlM.t.paradiae M situated in the southern regiona. But he had no knowledge of the

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diSerence of the zniths. Besides, the dogma of his own religion proves his theory to be erroneous, for their law orders them to turn in praying towards the eaat (t.e. the rising-place of the su]~),whilsthe told them that the sun rises in paradise (t.e. in the south acxording to his theory). Therefore the Christians turn to no other rising-place but to that one of the equator, and they fix the direction of their churches accordingly. Thia theory is not more curioua than his view of the sun. For he maintains that the degrees through which the aun ascends and descends are 360 in number, corresponding to the days of the year; that during the 5 days which are the complement of the year th sun is neither ascending nor descending. Those are 2' days of Ha.z!rn and 2~ days of K&n&nI. A similar idea hovered in th mind of 'Ab-at'aMtas AlamuM when he saMt in bis book On the Proofs for <7teKibla that the sun bas 177 rising and aetting places, thinking evidently that the solar year has got 354 days. He, however, who undertakes what he does not understand, incurs Those crotcheta of hM are brought into connection with ignominy. the argument regarding the 5 supernumerary days of the solar year and the 6 deficient days of the lunar year, of which we have already spoken. 18. Nothing mentioned. 19. South wind (Eudoxus, Dositheus, and Egyptians). 20. Winterly air (Eudoxus). 21. Episemasia (Egyptians). 22. Nothing mentioned. 23. Nothing mentiored. 24. Winterly air (Csesar and Egyptia~s) Episemaaia. and rain (Hipparchus and Meton). 25. Middling winterly air (Democritus). 26. (Missing.) 27. Nothing mentioned. 28. Winterly air (Dositheua). 29. Episema.8ia.(CalIipptH,EucteTnon,aNdDemocntU8). People forbid p.250. on this day the drinking cold water after rising from sleep. They say that the demons vomit into th water, and that therefore he who drinks of it is affected by stupidity and phlegm. This serves as a warning to people against that which they dread most. The cause of all this is the coldness and moistnre of the air. 30. Winterly air on the sea (Egyptians). 31. Winterly air (Euctemon). ~Kmt!m II. (January.) 1. Nothing mentioned by the Pf!y(!pfgm<t<t'<<t. 2. Episemasia (Dositheus). Some people say that wood which is eut on this day will not aoon get dry.

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3. Changeable air (Egyptians). 4. Epiaemaaia (Egyptians) south wind (Democritus), which observation ie confirmed by Sinn. 6, & Nothing mentioned. People say that on th 6th there is an hour during which all sait water of the earth is getting sweet. AU the qualities occurring in the water depend exclusively upon the nature of that soil by which the water is enclosed, if it be standing, or over which th water nows, if it be running. Those qualities are of a stable nature, not to be altered except by a process of transformation from degree to degree by means of certain media. Therefore this statement of the 10 waters getting sweet in this one hour ia entirely unfounded. Continut and JeMureIy exprimentation will show to any one the futility of this assertion. For if the water were sweet it would remain sweet for some space of time. Nay, if you would placein this hour or any other-in a well of salt water some pounds of pure dry wax, possibly the saltishness of the waterwouiddiminish. This has been mentioned bythe expenmenters, who go so far as to maintain that if you make a thin vase of wax and place it in sea water, so that the mouth of the vase emerges above the water, those drops of water which splash over into the vase become sweet. If all salt water were mixed with so much sweet water as would over- 20 power its nature, in that case their theory would be realized (i.e. all salt watera would beoome sweet). An example of this process is afforded the lake of Tinnrs, the water of which is sweet in autumn and winter by in consquence of the great admixture of the water of the Nile, whiist at the other seasons it is salt, because there is very little admixture of Nile water. 7. Winterly air (Eudoxus and Hipparchus). 8. South wind (Callippus, Euctemon, Philippus, and Metrodorus) south wind and west wind and winterly air on the sea (Egyptians). 9. Violent south wind and rain (Eudoxus and Egyptians). 80 The authors of talismans say that if you draw the BguMS of grapes on a table, between the 9th and the 16th of the month, and place it among the vines as a sort of offering ;at the time of the setting of the Tortoise, ie. jl!tt<Mf the fruit will not be injured by anything. 10. Violent south wind and Episemasia p.251. (Cfesar and Egyptians). 11. South wind (Eudoxus andDositheus) mixed winds (Hipparchus). 12. Nothing mentioned. 13. Winterly air (Hipparchus) a north wind or a south wind blows (Ptolemy). 14. Nothing mentioned. 40 15. East wind (Hipparchus). 16. Nothing mentioned. 17. Violent wind (CtBsar). 18. Winterly air (Euctemon and Philippus) change of the air (Metrodorus).

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19. Winterty Mr(Eudoxus and CsM); suNoca.tiug air (E~yptta.ns). 20. Clear sky (Euctemon and Democritus) north wind (Hippa.rchus) winterly air and rain (Egyptians). l. Middling winterly air (Eudoxus). 22. Episemasia (Hipparchus) rain (Egyptians). 23. Nothing mentioned. On this day people do not smea.r the cMneIs with Nilra (a depilatory unguent of arsenie and quicHime), nor bleed anybody except in cases of specia.1 need. 24. Clear sky (Callippus a,nd Euctemon); middling winterly air (Demo10 critus). Besides, the rule of the preceding day as regards the use of Nra and phlebotomy refers also to this day. 25. East wind (Hipparchus). 26. Rain (Eudoxus and Metrodorus) winterly air (Dositheus). 27. Severe winter (Egyptians). 28. South wind blows and Episemasia (Ptolemy). 29. Nothing mentioned. 30. South wind (Hipparthus). 31. Nothing mentioned. S&ttt~. (February.) It is th leap-month. It appears to me that the following is the reason but God knows best !-why people have shortened this month in pajticular so that it haa only 28 days, and why it hM not had assigned to it 29 or 30 or 31 days: If it were assigned 29 days amd were then to be increased by the leap-day, it would have 30 days and would no longer be distinguish&ble from the other months in a lea.p-yeaj'. The saine would be the case if it had 30 days, whether the year be a leap-year or not. Likewise if it had 31 days, the same similarity with the other months in all sorta of years woldd exist. For this reason the lea.p-month has been assigned 28 days, that it might he distinguished from the other months 30 both in leap and common years. For the sa.me reason it waa necessary that in the Greek year two months of more than 30 days should follow each other. For at the beginning they intentionally gave to each month 30 days and took a,wa.y 2 from Shubt. So they got 7 supernumerary days (i.e. the 6 Epa.gomenee and the 2 days of Shubt), which they had to distribute over 11 months, beca.use Shubt had to bo left out. Now, it wa~ not possible to p.262 distribute the complete months of 30 days so a~ to fall each of them between two months of 31 da.ys, for the la.tter (i.e. the months of 31 Therefore it was necessary days) are more in number than the former. 40 to let several months of more than 30 days follow each otber. But the most important subject of their deliberation WM to add them in the places which would be the most suitable to them, so that the sum of the days of both spring and summer is more tha,n the sum of the days of 20
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autumn and winter, a fact which isthe result of both ancient and modern observations. Further, their months Me proportional to each other in most cases; I mean to say thf sum of each month and of the seventh following one ia 61 days, which is nearly equal to the time of the sun'a mean motion through two signs of the zodiac. However, the sum of the days of b and Shubt is 59 days. This could not have been otherwise, for the reason we have mentioned for Shub&t. For if b had been assigned more than 31 days, it would have been different from all the other months, and people would have thought that this in particular waa the 10 tea.p-month. As for Tammz and E&nn the La.st, the sum of their days is 62. This, again, was necessary, because the number of the n. 'ntha of more than 30 days is greater tham that of the months of 30 days. Wherever the supernumerary day is plaeed th eireumstameea are always the same. And, further, intercalation has been applied to Shubt to the exclusion of the other months only for this reaaon, that Adhr I., which is the leap-month in the Jewish leap-year, falls on Shubt and near it. 1. Bain (Eudoxus). The cold decreases a little. 2. West wind or south wind intermixed with hail (Egyptians). Sinn 20 says that this is frequently the case. 8. Clear sky and frequently th west wind blows (Budoxus). 4. Clear sky and frequently the westwind blows (Dositheus); severe winterly air, rain and unmixed winds (Egyptians). 5. Nothing mentioned. People say that the fuur winds are in uproar. 6. Rain (Ca'saj-) winds (Egyptians); the west wind begins blowing (Democritus). 7. Beginning of the blowing of the west wind, frequently the air is winterly (Eudoxus and Egyptiams). On this day the firat Coft! Mis, called the minor one. g0 8. The thne of the blowing of the west wind (Ca.Uippus, Metrodoms, and Hipparchus) rain (Eudoxus and Egyptians). This is connrmed by Sinn as borne out by his observations. 9,10. Nothing mentioned. 11. Winterly air (Fhilippas and Metrodorus) west wind (Eudoxus and Egyptiams). 12. North and east wind (Hipparchus) east wind alone (EgypHams). 13, 14. Nothing mentioned. On the 14th falls the second Coal, called p.263. the middle one. As the poet says When Christmas bas passed and Epiphany after it, And ten days and ten days and Eve complete days, And five days amd six and four of Shubt, Then, no doubt, the greatest cold vanishes. That M the titrn of the falling of thc two Co~b a.fterwa.rds The cold romains only a few nights."

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15. Winterly air (Euetemon, Philippus, and Dositheus) changing south wind (Hipparchus). This day is cold (Arabs), wind (Egyptians) Th Summerhas during which the coal is kindled. The Persians say put hie hamds into the watar." On this day the moisture of the wood M nowing from the lowest parts of the trees to the highest, and the frogs begin croaking. 16. A change in the winds and rain (Egyptians). People say that on this day the interior of the earth is getting warm. In Syria the mushrooms are coming forth those which stand near the root of the olive-tree This may be true, for it is not are deadly poison, as people maintain. of to take much of the muahroom and fungus, nor of that which approved is prepared from them. Its phajmaco~ogicaJ trea.tment ia mentioned in most of the mdical compilations in the chapter of preparing poisons from these materials. 17. Nothing mentioned. 18. West wind, and hail falls, or Kun (Egyptiens). 19. Cold north wind (Hipparchus). 20. Winds (Egyptians). 21. Nothing mentioned. On this day the third Coa! falls, called the great one. Between the falling of each of the two Coala there is an interval of one complete week. They were called Co<th because they are days characterised by the spreading of the heat from the interior of the earth to the surface, according to those who hold this theory. According to those who hold the opposite view, this change is brought about by the tur's receiving heat instead of cold from the body of the sun, for the body of the sun and the near approach of a column of rays are the first cause of the heat. With this subject also the question is connected why the earthen jars or pipes of which subterranean chamnels are formed, and th water of wells, are warm in the winter and cold in the aummer. Between 'Ab-Bakr b. Zakariyy Alr&z! and 'Abu-Balo- Husain Altammr several questions and answers, expostulations and refutations have been exchanged that will satisfy the euriosity of the reader and inform him of the truth. The Arabs used these three days (the so-called Cotth) in their months until thcy got into confusion, as wc have mentioncd, and thcsc days no longer fell at their proper times. Thereupon they were transferred into (t.e. fixed on certain days of) the Greek montha which keepalways their are proper places. On the first day, people say, the Ist and 2nd Kt'/jMttt getting warm, on the second the 8rd and 4th, on the third the remaining K~naa. Further, they say that on the Coc~days vapeurs are rising p.264 from the earth which warm the earth on the Ist Coal-day, the water on the 2nd, and the trees on the 3rd. According to another view, they are days noticeable for the rising of Lunar Stations, or some special parts of them whilst other subtle people
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maintain that thoy are th ~moit of the cold in winter, and serve to dnote th diSerences in the beginning of heat and cold as known in the diffrent countries. Some inconsidera.te and over-zealous people of onr aneestors have introduced these Coal.days into Khwrizm, so that th first fell on th 21st of Shubt, the second a week later, and the third two weeks after the second one. 22. A cold north-east wind begins blowing and th swallows appear (Euctemon and Hipparchus). 23. Winds are blowing and the awatlowa appear (Callippus, Philippus, and the Egyptians) rain at the time of the appearance of the swallows, 10 north.east wind during four d~ys (Endoxus, Conon, Callippus, and Philippua). 24. Cold north wind and west wind (Hipparchus) north-east wind with other winds (Egyptians) daya with ehangcaMe air (Democritus). 25. Winterly air (Ceesar and Dositheus). 26, 27. Nothing mentioned. 28. Cold north wind (HippMchiM). In this month fall the Days of the Old Woman, !.e. seven comecutive days beginning with the 26th; if the year M a leap-year, four days fan into ShuMt and three into Adhr; if it is a common year, three f&U 20 into ShubAt and four into Adhr. They Me called by the Arabs by special names; the lat is called ~MMt, t.e. the severity of the eold, the 2nd is called ~tt<t6y, t.e. a man who leaves things as &!t&a~, t.e. as something that is coame and thick. The Nn in this word is not radical, the same as in ,~tt tc~~a, the plur~ of u.~ M<Mt:e. The third is their brother ~<M~, so called from the verb J~, i.e. he ~Bo~ trace of t~e &t~. The 4th is called jlMo:!tbeeause he coMm<tm<& (e<'wm<m~My), people to beware of him. The Pth is Al-mu'tamir, t.e. he bas an impuiM of doing harm to mankind. The 6th is i.e. he diverts people by some relief whieh he abords. SO The 7th is J~p:M!(the extinguisher of coals), the most severe of them, when the coals used to be It is also called extinguished. .M~-t~). (who turns the kettle upside down) in consequence of the cold wind of this day. Some poet has connected these names in a oefMM memoyt<t!M this way in The winter is closed by seven dusty (days), Our Old PbMMUt't ctye of the month U When her days cf.me to an end, NMt:t,~<M6f, and Wabr, ~mt}-, and his brother Mu'tamir, ~'<t!M, and Jtf)t~mr, Then the cold retires, passing away with the end of the P.255. month, And a burning (wind) comes to thee from the beginning of th next tnonth."

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the 7th JJtM~x. These days Theothdavisalsocalled.S'/tff~'M.ant) Me scarcely ever free from cold and winds, the sky being dark and varioualy ooloured. Mostly during theso days the cold is most vehement, because it is about <o<)-? <MM~ (t.e. to cease). And hence the Lunar has got its name, because its setting occurs about thia Station ~<t time. Nobody need be astonished at the fact that the cold towards its end, when it in about to cease, is the most severe and vehement. Quite the Similar same is the case with the heat, as we shall mention hereafter. 10 observations you may make in quite eommon physical appeMances. Eg, if the lamp in near the moment of extinction, because there is no more oil, it bums with an intense light, and flickers repeatedly, like the Siek people fnrnish another example, quivering (of human limbs). specially those who perish by hectic fever or consumption, or the disease of the belly, ot similar diseases. For they regain power when they are near death; then those who are not familiar with these things gain new hope, whiist those who know them from exprience despair. 1 have seen a treatise of Ya'~&b b. 'Ish&k Alkind on the cause of this appearance in these days (i.e. of the vehemence of the cold during them). 20 Ris whole argument comea to this, that the sun then reaches the quadrature of hia apogee, which is the place of all changes, and that the sun'a influence upon the atmosphere is greater than that of anything else. In that case it would be necessary that that change which the sun effects in its own aphere should be proportional to that one which it effects in the atmosphere, and that this effect should on an average continue as long as the moon stands in that quarter (of her own course) in whic~ the effect commenced, and in thatqua.rtcrof the sun i!! which the effect tt'c')! place. I have been told that 'AMaHahb. 'Al!, the mathematiciau, in Bukhr, 30 on having become acquainted with this treatise of Atkindi, transferred these days into the calendar of his people in conformity with the amount of the progression of the apogee. Therefore they were called the Days of the OH Woman of '~6~c[K.M. J [Z~cKMtt.J the reason why these days were called the Days o/' ~p Old Regarding Woman, the ancients relate the following They are the days which God mentions in his Book (Sra lxix. 7), tecett Kty/t~euM!e~M days, M~fC~y ones," and the people of 'Ad perished by their cold wind, their whiriwinds, and the other terron which happened during them. Of all of them ouly ~0 one old woman remained, lamenting the fate of her nation. Her story is well known. Therefore these days are said to have been called the Days of the OH M~omaM. People say that the wind wbicb destroyed them was a west wind, for th prophet says 1 have been assisted by the east wind-viz. on the

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The west wind hM destroyed th sandy tracts of 'Ad So they perished, thrown down like th trunks of pahn-trees." Further, people say that the mM~ days mentioned m the Coran (S&ra h. 15) coincide, each set of four of them, with a day of the month in the date of whioh there M a 4, i.e. the 4th, or the 14th, or the 24th from beginning or end of the month. p.256. Some people maintain that the j)~ of the Old ~tMtt received their name from thM, that an old woman, thinking that it wM warm, threw 10 off herj~~<t' (a sort of garment) and perished in the cold of these days. Some Arabs maintain that the ~y<, of the Old ~m<tw (~<M&) were given this name because they are the i.e. para postica, of the winter. We find that the Arabs have names for the five J~between Aban-Mah and Adhr-Mh like those of the Days of the OM Woman. The IstM called Bt~~r, the 2nd Himabr, both words meaning the injury from cold the 3rd is caJIed ~M.a~r (i.6. turning the bmying. ~onpupsidedowm),TM!. through the vehemence of the wind the 4th, 20 (<.e. cutting the nail), for they mean that the wind is so to cut the nail th 5th is called sharp as Jft~S~ about the dung), viz. in the plains, so that the vehemence of (whirling the wind carries it to human habitations. Somebody bas brought them into a verso in this way The first of them is .BMMM~ an excessive After him comes Hinzabr, one who strikes day, the with fore-foot, StnMng till he cornes who exercises justice. And j~oM-a~f is justty called thus; And ~H~.ctHM~. who evidently euts And splits the rocks by the cold. After them th last of them, the fifth, the biting and licking one. JM~e~a'f, There is no aixth name after it." ~~Mr. 1. Nothing mentioned by the Parapegmatists. People say that on this day the locusts and aUcreeping animala come forth, and that the heat of heaven and the heat of earth meet each otker. This is a somewhat hyperbohcj expression for the beginning of the heat, its inerease and spreading, and for the air's preparing itself for the reception of the 40 heat. For the heat is nothing but the rays of the sun detached from

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the body of the aun towards the earth or from the warm l'ody which touches th inaide of the Lunar sphere, which ia called Fire. forEegarding the raya of the sun many theories hve been brought ward. Some say that they are fiery particles similar to the essence of tbe sun, going out from his body. Others say that the air is getting warm is by its being situated opposite to the sun, in the same way M the air to the fire. This is the theory of those getting warm by being opposite who maintain that the sun is a hot, fiery substance. Others, again, say that the a.ir is getting warm by the rapid motion of 10 the rays in the air, which is so rapid as to seem timeless, i.e. without time that the nature of (" Mtt!M "). This is the theory of those who maintain the sun has nothing in common with the natures of the four elements. Further, there is a difference of opinion regarding th motion of the since the rays are not bodies. rays. Some say this motion is (t'm~M, Others say this motion proceeds in very short time; that, however, there is nothing more rapid in existence by which you might measure the B. the motion of the sound in the air is not so degree of its rapidity. fast as th motion of the rays; therefore the former ha.s been compared with the latter, and thereby its time (i.e. the degree of its rapidity) bas 20 been determined. As the reason of the heat which exists in the rays of the sun, people is aasign the acuteness of the angles of their reNexion. This, however, not the case. On the contrary, the heat exists in the rays (is inherent in them). i.e. the fire, Regarding the body that touches the inside of the sphre, that is a simple element like earth, water, and air, and peoplemamta.in that it is of a globular form. According to my opinion, the warmth of the air ia the result of the friction and violent contact between the a sphere, moving rapidly, and hia body, and that its shape is like body p.257. T 'lich you get by making a crescent-like figure revolve around its chord. 30 This explaN&tion is in conformity with the theory, viz. that none of the existing bodies ia in its natural place, that all of them are where they are only in consequence of some force beiug employed, and that force must of necessity hve had a beginning. On this subject 1 have spoken in a more suitaMe place thau this book is, apeci&Uy in my correspondence with the youth 'Ab-'Al! Alhusain b. 'Abdallah b. Sm, consisting of discussions on this subjpct. Both sorts of heat are brought to bear upon the earth in an equal mauner th earth consista either of the during th four seasons. The heat of solar raya that are reflected from its surface, or of the vapeurs that are 40 of the produced-a.ccording to one theory-by the heat of the interior that heat which accidentally cornes eajth, oraccording to another-by to the earth from outaide, for the motion of th vapeurs in the air causes them to get warm. The heat of the &re (i.e. the body touching the inside of the sphere)

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remains always at the same distance (from us, t.c. is always of the same degree), bcause the rotation of the celestial sphre proceeda always at the same rate. And the reflected rays are not to be referred to the earth (i.c. the earth is not to be conaidered as their source), and the vapoura reach only to a certain limit whieh they do not go beyond. 'L'heauthor of thie theory, 1 think, must believe that within the earth heat is contained which proce<ds from the interior to the outside, whilst the air hM become warm through th raya of the sun. !%M the two Mf<N tea< t;tee<each other. This, at all venta, is a of theory, if there M any; one muet aocept it. 10 2. Cold north wind (Hipparchna) south wind and taU of bail (Egyptiana). 8. Nothing mentioned. 4. Cold north wind (Euctemon). Sin&n aaya that this is mostly true. 5. Winterly air (Egyptians). Beginning of the X<A~.Ho. (Otasar) they blow during ten days. 6. Troubled air (Egyptiane). Beginning of the cold ~t6u, whioh Mow during nine days (Democntus). 7. Nothing mentioned. Some people say that a change of the violent winde takes place. 20 8. Episemasia and cold north wind (Euctemon, Philippus, and Mtro. dorus) awaHowa and Htea appear (Eudoxua). On the same day is the feast of the Small Lake of Alexandna. 9. North wind (Euctemon and Metrodorus) violent south wind (Hip. parchus); light rain (Egyptians) the kites appear (Dosithens). 10. Nothing mentioned. 11. The ancients do not mention an apparent change on this day. Sinn says that there is frequently winterly air. 12. Moderato north wind (Callippus). People say that on this day the traces of the winter disappear, and that 80 phlebotomy is adviaable. 13. '0~ p.258. begin blowing; the kite appears (Euctemon and Philippus). 14. Cold north wind (Euctemon and Hipparchns) west or south wind (Egyptians) o~M~Mn begin blowing (Eudoxua). 15. Cold north wind (Euctemon and Egyptians). 16. North wind (CaUippua). This Sinn connnna from hie experience. 17. Nothing mentioned. People say that on this day it is agreeable to go out on the aea. The anakes open their eyea, for dnring the oold sea.son, ae 1 have found them myself in Khwrizm, they gather in the 40 interior of the earth and roll themselves up ono round the other ao that the greatest part of them ia viaible, and they look like a bail. In thia condition they remftm during the wintcr until this time. On thia day (the 17th) in a leap-year, and on the 18th in a common year, takes place the equinox, called the first equinox. It is the first day

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of the Persian spring and of the Chinese autumn, as we have mentioned. This, however, ia impossible, for spring Mid autumn or winter and aummer cannot at one and the same time altemately exchange their And China, places except in countriea north or south of the equator. few degrees of latitude, does not lie south, but north of the having only the east. equator, in the farthest end of th inhabited world towarda The country south of the Une is not known, for the equatorial part of Parts of the inhabited the earth is too much burned to be inhabitable. world do not reach nearer the equator than to a distance of several days' 10 journey. There the water of the sea is dense, because the sun so intensely vaporises the small particles of the water, that fiahes and other animaJs keep away from it. Neither we nor any of those who care for those things have ever heard that any one has reached the Lino or even passed the Line to the south. Some people have been beguiled by the expressions "~tt<o*- Diei so and "Linea ~E~M<e[<M," as to think that there the air is equal (moderate), just as day and night there are equal. So they have made the equator the basis of their fictions, describing it as a sort of paradise and as being inhabited by creatures like angels. As to the country beyond the Line, someone maintains that it is not 20 inhabitable, because the sun, when reaching the perigee of his eccentric burns sphre, stands nearly in its utmost southern declination, and then over whieh he culmintes, whiist all the countries of all the countries 65 degrees of southern latitude have the climate of the middle zone of the north. From that degree of latitude to the pole the world is again inhabitable. But the author of this theory must not represent this as because excessive heat and cold are not alone the causes which necessary, render a country uninhabitable, for they do not exist in the second the world is quarter of the two northern quarters, and still that part of So the matter is (and will be), because the apogee and 80 not inhabited. perigee of the eccentric sphre, the sun's greater and lsa distance from the earth, are necessitated exclusively by the difference in the aun's rotation. 'Ab-Ja'far bas designed a figure different from the eecentric sphre p.259 and the epicycle, in which the sun's distance from the earth, notwithstanding the difference of its rotation, is always identical. Thereby he each other in gets two rgions, a northern and a southern one, equal to heat and cold. The day of the equinox, ascalculated by the Hindsaccording to their which they are impudent enough to pretend that it is eternal, 40 C<MM)tt,of without beginning and end, whilst ail the other C<motMare derived therefrom,is their Naurz, a great feast among them. In the first hour of the day they worship the sun and pray fur happiness and bliss to thc spirits (of the deceased). In th middle of the day they worship the sun again, and pray for the resurrection and the other world. At the

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end of the day they worahip the aun again, and pmy for heaith and happmeaa for their bodies. On the same day they make prsenta to eMh other, consisting of precious objecta and domestio animala. They maintain that the winds blowing on thia day are apiritual beinga of grt uee for mankind. And the people in heaven and hell look at eaoh other affeetionately, and light and darkneaa are equal to eaoh other. In the hour of the equinox they light mrea in sacred placea. The omina of thia day are the following, viz. to riae from a!eep lying on the back, the tree &tK)! ~~p<M and to fumigate with ita wood before speaking. For he who performs thia will be free from all aorta of 10 pain. People say that a man who has no children, on looking to the atar ~&<M in the night of this day and then having intercourse with Ma wife, wiU get children. Muhanunad b. Mi~yar maintaina that in the hburwhea thia day begina to decline, (M. after noon,) the ahadow of everything ia hat ita aize. Thia, however, ia only partially th case, not in general It ia tme only for auch placea of which the latitude is about 27 degrees. On thia day the crocodile in Egypt ia thought to bo dangerous. The crocodile ia said to be the water-lizard when it has grown up. It ia an 30 obnoxious animal peculiar to th Nile, as the theaHng ia peculiar to other rivera. People say that in the mountaina of Fnstt there waa a taliaman made for that diatrict. Aronnd thie taliaman the crocodile could not do any harm. On the contrary, when it came within ita limita, it turned round and lay on ita back, ao that the children could play with it. But on reaching the frontier of the diatrict it got up again and carried all it could get hold of away to the water. But this tatiaman, they aay, has been broken and loat ita power. 18. Winterly air and cold winda (Democritus and the Egyptiana). 19. North wind (Hipparehua); winds, and cold in the morning n (Egyptaama). 80. North wind (Ceaar). 21. North wind (Eudoxua). 22. Nothing mentioned. 23. North wind (Cmaar) rain (Hipparohua). 24. Bamandmizzle(CaUippua,Euetemon,andPhiHppua); Epiaemaaia thunder and Episemasia (Egyptiana). (Hipparehua) On thia day people like to purify the children by circumcision. The fecundating vinda are said to blow. 25. North wind (Eudoxua); Epiaemaaia (Meton, Co m, and the 40 p.260. Egyptiana). 26. Bain and anow.atonn (Cailippua) wind (EgyptNms). 27. Bain (Callippus, Eudoxus, and Meton). Of the rest of the month nothing ia mentioned. Sinn that the 30th frequently bringa an Epiaemaaia. God knowa bat says

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JMM. 1. Bain (CaDippua, Euotemon, Meton, and Metrodorus). 2. Nothing mentioned. 3. Wind (Eadoxua); rain (Egyptians and Conon). 4. West wind or south wind; bail falla. Sinn says that this is frequently the case. 5. South wind amd changing winds (Eipparchus). This ia confirmed by 6. Episemasia (Hipparchus and Dositheus). Sinn. 7. Nothing mentioned. south wind (Egyptians). 8. Bain (Eudous) unmixed winds (Egyptians). 9. Bain (Hippajohus) rain (Hipparchus and 10. Unmixed winds (Euctemon and Philippus) The raining is confirmed by the exprience of Sinn. Egyptians). 11. West wind and mizzle (Eudoxua). 12. Nothing mentioned. 13. Bam (Csar and Dositheus). 14. South wind, rain, thunder, and mizzle (Egyptia.ns). Sinn says that this is frequently the case. unmixed winds 15. Bain amd hail (Euctemon and Eudoxus) (Egyptians). hail falling (Metrodorus). 16. West wind (Enctemon and Philippus) 17. West wind and rain (Eudoxus and Cmsa.r) hail falling (Conon amd Egyptians). 18. Winds and mizzle (Egyptians). 19. Nothing mentioned. 20. Wind, south wind or another one, the air unmixed (Ptolemy). Sinn maintains that this is 21. Cold south wind (Hippajchus). frequently the case. The water begina to increase. People 22. Bain (Eudoxus) winterly air (Csar and Egyptians). fear for the ships at sea. People hold a fair at Dair23. South wind amd rain (Egyptians). b. Xun&sa. says that the Pleiades disappear under 'Ayyib. 'Ab-Tahya the rays of th sun during 40 da.ys, and this fair is held when the Pliades appear. So the Syrians make them rise 15 days earlier than in reality they rise, because they are in a hurry to settle their affairs. This fair lasts 7 days. Then they count 70 days until the fair of Buer. in certain places, the com- p.261. Through these fairs, that are.held altemately of tho poople of these countries bas been p.'omoted and their merce wealth been increased. They have proved profitable to the people, to both huyers and sellers. Episemasia 24. Frequently bail falls (Callippus and Metrodorus) rain (Egyptians). (Democritue); south wind, or a wind akin to it, and The Euphrates begins to rise.

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25. Mizzle and rain (Eudoxua and Egyptiana). 26. Bain and frequently hail (CaIIippuaandEuotemon): Episemasia and west wind (Egyptians). 27. Dew and moisture (Oeeaar) winda (Egyptians). 28. Wind (Egyptiana) rain (Eudoxus). Sin&n connrms the rain from his own observations. On this, they say, the south wind blows, amd then the streama and rivera begin to me. This increase of the water, however, does not apply to all streams and rivera uniformiy on the contrary, they greatly differ from each other in this respect. JF. the Oxus bas high water when there ia little water in the and other rivera. The fact is this, that those rivera theTigris, Euphrates, 10 sources of which are aituated in cold places, have more water in aummer and lsa in winter. For the greateat part of th ordinary volume of their water ia gathered from springs, and an increase and decrease of them exclusively depend upon the faU of dew in those mountains where the rivera originate or through which they flow thereupon the apringe pour their volumes into the rivers. Now it is well known that dew-fall ia more in winter and beginning of apnng than at any other season. Infrquent the countries far up to the north, where the cold ia intense, this dew-water freezea at those seasons. But when the air is getting warm and the snow melta, at that 20 time the Oxus rises. As for the water of the Tigris and Euphrates, their sources are not so high up in the north. Therefore they have high water in winter and spring, because the dew that falls nowa into th rivera, and that portion of water that may have instantaneoualymelta been frozen away in the beginning of spring. Th Nile, again, bas high water when there is low water m both Tigris and Euphrates, because ita source liea in the JfMM J~!MB,as haa been said, beyond the Abyasinian city Asauan in the southern region, either exaetty from the eq~ator or from countries aouth of the coming equator 30 This is, however, a matter of doubt, because the equatorial zone is not as we have before mentioned. It is evident that in those inhabited, rgions there is no freezing of moist anbstancea at all. If, therefore, the high water of th Nile ia caused by falling dew, it is evident that th dew doea not stay where it bas fallen, but that it directty nowa oS to the Nile. But if the high water is caused by the apringa, these have the most abundant water in spring. Therefore the Nile bas high water in aummer, for when the aun is near us and our znith, it is far diatant from the zenith of thse placea whence the Nile originates, and whioh in consequence have winter. As to the question why the aprings have the most p.a62 copious water in winter, we must observe th all-wise and almighty Creator, in creatins th moun~ams, destined them for various purposea and uses. Some of them have been mentioned by Thbit b. ~urra in bis book on the reaaon why the mountains were created. It is the same cause which

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renders complete the intention (of the Creator) which he had in mailing th sea-water salt. Evidently more wet falls in winter than in summer, in the mountains more than in the plains. When, now. the wet falls and part of it flowa the channels in away in the torrents, the remaining part sinks down into the mountain caves, and there it M stored up. Afterwards it begins to now out through th holes, called springs. Therefore the springs hve th most copious water in winter, because th substance by which they are nourished is then most copious. If, further, thse mouct~in caves 10 are clean amd pure, th water flowa out just as it is, i.e. sweet. If that ia not the case, the water acquires different qualities and peculiajthes, the causes of which are not known to us. The bubbling of th fountains and the rising of the water to a certain height are to he explained in this way, that their reservoirs lie higher tham they themselves, as is the case with artificial well-springs, for this M the only reason why water rises upward. not know of Many people who attribute to God's wisdom ail they do ~a~ M physical sciences (t.e. who excuse their ignorance by saying on this subject. In support of their <tB-<cMe.),ha.vearguedwithme 20 view they relate that they have observed the water rise in rivers and other watercourses, that the water the more it flows away (from its of source) the more it risea. This they assert in complete ignorance the physical causes and because they do not su&ciently distinguish between the higher and lower situations (of the springs of rivers and of the rivera themselves). The matter is this, that they observed water at flowing in mountain streamiets, the bed of which waa goingdownward the rate of 50-100 yards and more for the distance of one mile. If the this channel 1s peasants dig a channel somewhere in this terrain, and if the channel is rising), made to incline a little towards the country (i.e. 80 at first the water flows only very little, until it rises to an enormous flow height above th water of the river; (then it commences to strongly). If, now, a man who bas no training in these things believes that the natural direction of the river ia to flow in a horizontal line or with a MafJl inclination (upwarda), he must of necessity imagine that the river is rising in height. It is impossible to free their mind from this illusion unless they acquaint themaelves with the instruments by which pices of soil are weighed amd determined, and by which divers are dug and if they weigh th earth through which the water flows, excavatedfor 40 the reverse of what they believe becomes evident to them ;or unlesa they study physical sciences, and learn thatthe water moves towards the centre of the earth and to any place which is nearest to the centre. There is no doubt that the water may rise to any place where you want to hve it, even if it were to the tops of the mountains, if previously it descends to a place which is lower than its maximum of ascent (which it

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nltunately reaches), and if you keep away from it any substance which might occupy the place instead of the water when it finds the place empty. Now, the water in its natural function is only assisted by the co.operation of something forcible which actsiike an instrument, and that is the air. This bas frequently been carried out in in the midst of which there were mountains which it was canals impossible to perforate. An illustration of this principle is the instrument called ~Mf For if you mi it with water and K~p.. put both its ends into two p.26S. vessels, in both cf which the water reaches to the same level, then the 10 water in the ~~Sp. stands still even for a l<mgtime,MtaowmgoS into either of the two vessels. For the one vessel is mot nearer (to the water) than the other, and it is impossible that the water should flow off equally into both vessels, for in that case the instrument would get empty. Now, emptiness is either a non-ens, as most philosophers or it is am etMwhich a.ttracts bodies, as othera suppose, believe. If, now, theMc~ cannot exist, the matter is impossible, it is something which attrMts bodies, it keeps back the water and or if does not let it now off, except its place be occupied by some other body. But if you then place the one end of the K~ a little lower (thm th other), the water 20 flows immediately oS into that direction. For if its bas once become lower, it hM come nearer to the centre of th place earth, and so it ttows towards it, nowmg continually in consequence of the adhesion and connection of the water-atoms amongst each other. It flows so long until th water of that vessel, whence the water is drawn, is finished, or until the level of the water in the vessel where it B.ws ia equal to th level of the water in th veasel whence it is dja.wn. So the question returns to its original condition. On this principle people hve proceeded in the mountaina. Sometimes even the water rises in artinciat fountains out of wells, in 30 case they have got springing water. For one sort of well.water, which is gathered from droppings from the sides, does not rise at all it is taken from neighbouring masses of water, and th level of th water which is gathered in this way is parallel to th level of those waters by which it is nourished. On the other hand there is one kind of water whieh bubbles (springs) aireadyat the bottom. Of this water people hope that it may rise to the earth and flow on over its surface This latter hnd of water is mostly found in countri.~ near to mountains in the midst of which there are no lakes or rivers with deep water' If the source of such water is a reservoir much above th level of the 40 earth, the water rises springing, if it M connned (to a narrow bed or channel); but if ita reservoir be lower, the water dues not succeed in rising to the earth. Frequently the reaervoir ia higher by thousands of yards in the moantama; in that case the water may rise up to the castles, and, e.g., to the tops of the minarets.

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1 bave been told that people in Yaman often dig until they come to a. certain rock under which they know that there is water. Then they knock upon this rock, and by tho sound of tho knocking they ascertain the quantity of the water. Then they bore a small hole and examine it if it is all right, they let the water bubble out and flow where it likes. But if they have some fear about the hole, they hasten to stop it up with gypsum and quicklime and to close it over ropeatcdly. For frequently they fear that from such a bole a spring similar to the 'o)Te<t< of ~'<ntnt might originate. As to th water on the top of the mountain between Abrashahr and Ts, a small lake of one fa.rsajig in eircumference, caJIed S&bzaj6d, one of the following three things must be the case 1. Either its material is derived from a reservoir much higher than the lake itself, although it may be far distant, and the water nows into it in such a quantity as corresponds to that which the sun a.bsorba and vaporises. Therefore the water of the lake remains in thj same condition, quietly standing. 2. Or its material is derived from a reservoir which lies on the same level with th lake, and therefore th water of the lake does not rise above that or the reservoir. 3. Or, lastly, the condition of Its sources in some way resembles that of the water of the instrument called ~~<Ay', and the sey~dt~ lamp. p.264. The case is this You take a water-jug, or an oil-vase in several places of the edge or lip of the vase you make fine splits, and you bore a narrow hole in it deeper tha.n th mouth by so much as you wish th water to remain in the jug and the oil in the vase (i.e. the hole is to represent the line to whieh pcople wish tho water or uil to risc). Thereupon you tum the jug upside down in the cup and the vase in the lamp. Then both water and oil flow out through the splits, until they reach th level of the hole. When, then, so much bas been consumed as the hole allows to pass, then cornes forth that which lies next to the hole. In this way both oil and water keep the same level. Similar to this little lake is a sweet-water well in the district of the IBm&k in a mounta.in ca-UedMtmk&r, as large as a great shield. The surface of its water is always on a level with its margin. Frequently a whole army drinks out of this well, and still it does not decrease as much as the breadth of a finger. Close to this well there are the traces of the foot, two handa with the fingera, and two knees of a man who had been worshipping there; also the traces of the foot of a child, and of the hoofs of an ass. The Ghuzz Turks worship those traces when they see them. Moreover, similar to this is a small Iake in the mountains of Bmiyn, one mile square, on the top of the mountain. The water of the village whieh lies on the alope of the mountain comes down from that lake but they are through a small hole in such a quantity as they require not able to make it flow more copiously.

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Frequently th springing (rising of water) occurs also in a plain country whieh geta its water from a reservoir in a high situation. If the rising powor of the water wore kept down by an obstacle, and then this obstacle is removed, t~e water begins at once to spring (rise). AIjaihn has mentioned a village between Bukhra and AHcarya Alhaditha, where there M a hill that was perforated by diggers for hidden treasures. Suddenly they hit upon water which they were unable to keep back, and it bas been flowing ever since till this day. If you are inclined to wonder, you may well wonder at a place caUed Ftlawan (Faihwan) in the neighbourhood of This place is Ahniiujan. like a portico dug out in th mountain, from the roof of which water ia 10 If the air geta cold, the water freezes and always dropping. hangs down in long icicles. 1 have heard the people of Ahmhrjam maintain that they frequently knock the place with pickaxes, and that in consequence the spot which they knock becomea dry; but the water never increased whilst reason would demand that it should always remain in the same condition if it does not increase. More wonderful even than this is what AIjaihan relates in bis .K~BMm<~ <M<-M<M~te f the two eolumns in the grand o mosque of ~airawan, the material of which people do not know. People main. 20 tain that on every Friday before sunrise they drop water. It is curions that thM should take place just If it occurred on any onaFriday. week-day in general, it would be combined with th moon's such and such a place of the sun's orbit, or with the like of it.reaching This, however, is not admissible, since Friday is a conditio aine non of this occurrence. The Greek king is said to have sent to buy them. He said It is better for the Musiims to utilize their prize than to have two stones in the mosque." But the people of iKairawAn refused, saying: "We shall not let them pass out of the house of God into that of the devil." 80 Still more marvellous than this ia th self-movimg column in Akaira.p.266. w&n. For it inclines towards one side. People put something underneath when it inclines, and tHs you can no longer take away if th column again stands erect; if glass is put undemeath, you hearthe sound of breaking and crushing. This is no doubt a got-up piece of artifice, as also the place where the column sM.nds seems to indicate. We retum to our subject, and say 29. Winterly air (Csar) winds, or moisture of the ground, and rain (Egyptians). 80. Bpisemasia. (Egyptians) winds and dew, moisture and mizzle 40 (Callippus and Euctemon). ~y~<!< 1. Mizzle (Egyptians). 2. Nothing mentioned. 3. Wind, mizzle, dew, moisture, and thunder (Egyptians).

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4. Rain (Eudoxus), mizxlH (Egyptiens). 5. Bain (Dositheus). Sinn says tha.t this is frequently the case and that it brings a strong episemasia. 6. Vind(Egyptians),rain(Eudoxus),mizzleandepisem!Mia.. (Lacuna.) Some people extend the rainy season as far as this day. It is the time when the sun passes the (first) 20 degrees of Lo. In this respect the matter stands as we have explained it at the beginning of the rainy season, when the sun moves in Cancer. 7. Winds (Egyptians). Sinn says that this is frequently the case, 10 more particularly so if on the preceding day heaven has a. rainy appearance. 8. Gushes of rain (Eudoxus and Dositheus), rain (Egyptians). 9. Bain (Egyptiens). 10. Episemasia and wind (Callippua and Euctemon), rain (Egyptiens). 11. Episemasia (Dositheus). Sinn says that it is true. 12. Episemasia (Eudoxus, Metrodorus, and Hipparchus) rain (Ceesaj-); west-wind (Egyptians). People say that on this and the following day there is no fear of frost doing harm to the fruits. This 20 remark can, however, only apply to one particular place it cannot be meant in general. 13. Bain (Eudoxus) north wind and hail (Egyptians). 14. Episemasia (Callippus, Euctemon, and Egyptians). 15. Rain (Cmseo-). 16. Episemasia (Ceesaj-). People say that on this day the first &mt!!M is blowing. 17. South wind or ea~t wind aud rain (Hipparchus and Egyptians). 18. Episemasia (Eudoxus) rain and thunder (Egyptiams). 19. Episemasia and mizzle (Hippajchus and Egyptians). 30 20. Nothing mentioned. 21. Episemasia (Cesar); south wind (Dositheus), west wind (Egyptians). 22, 23. Nothing mentioned. 24. Episemasia. (Callippus, Euctemon, and Philippus) winds (Egyp- P-266. tiajia). 25. Episemasia (Euctemon, Philippus, and Hipparchus). 26. Episemasia (Callippus and Euctemon) cold north wind (Egyptians). 27. Dew and moisture (Callippus and Euctemon) episemasia. 40 (Egyptians). 28. Bain (Metrodorus a.nd Egyptians). 29. South wind or west wind (Hipparchus). SO. South wind (Ctesa~-). 31. Nothing mentioned.

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~MiMtt. 1. Dew and moisture (Eudoxus and Dositheus) weat wind (Egyptians). 2. West wind (Egyptians). S. Wind and mizzle (Egyptians), and thunder. 4. Bain (Caar). 5. Mizzle (Egyptians). Con&nned by Sin&n. 6, 7, 8. Nothing mentioned. 9. West wind and thunder (Egyptians). 10,11,12. Nothing mentioned. The lith ia the NaurSz of the EhaUf, when people in Baghdd splash in the water, strew about d~t, and play other games, M is well known. 12. Sinn aays that frequently a change of the weather takes place. 13. West wind and mizzle (Egyptiana). 14. Nothing mentMned. IS. Mizzle (Egyptifms). 16. Nothing mentioned. People say that on this day the water sinka into the earth, whiist the Nile begins to rise. The reason of thie ia, as we have mentioned before, the difference of their sources and of other circnmstances, those of the Nile standing in direct opposition to those of all other rivera. On this day in a. leap-year, and on the 17th in a common year, the f!e<tt<(!o Maxima takes place, wMch is celebrated by Arabs and Persians. SMtt'a~et<t~~tB, t.e. the They call it J(fn'& which means summer-solstice. On this day light subdues dar~ness. The light of the sun is falling into the wells, as Mu~ammad b. MityAr menions j but this is only possible in countries the latitude of which is like the greatest declination, over which, therefore, the sun culmintes. The ~<[y<Mfx!!Myy<t-sect maintains that on this day th sun takes breath in the midst of heaven that, therefoie, the epirita recognise each other in the greatest heat. It is considered as a good omen to look into the intense heat. People eat pomegranates before having eaten anything eise, and Hippocrates is said to have ta.ught that he who eats a pomegranate on this day before having eaten anything else, enlightens hia constitution and hia j~M; is pure during forty morninge. People relate, on the authority of Hanna the Hindi, that Eisra Parwz has said Sleeping in the shadow of.a pomegramate cures a man of bad diaeaae and makes him safe from the demona." It belongs to the o-minaof thia day to riae in the morning & ~m sleep on the left aide, and to fumigate with aaSTon before apeaking. 17. Bpi6emasia(DoaithetM); heat (Egyptians). p.267. 18. West wind and heat (Egyptiama). 19. Bain (Egyptians).

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20. West wind, rain, and thuuJer (Egyptians). 81. Nothing mentioned 22. Episomasia (Democritns). 23. South wind or west wind (Hipparchus). 24. Nothing mentioned. People say that on this day the SamKHM begin blowing during fifty-one days. Thc Oxus rises and frequenUy s. injures the shores and their inhabitants. 25. West wind and heat (Egyptians). 26. West wind (Democritua and Egyptia.ns). 27. Nothing mentioned. 10 28. Episemasia (Eudoxns) west wind and south wind and rain (Democritus) then th north wind t'pgins to blow during seven days. 29. Nothing mentioned. People s~T that prarth-a! obvervem examine on this day th dew if it is copioos,the Nile nses if it is not copions. the Nile does not riae, and they get a barren year. 30. Winds (Egyptiana) and unmixed air. 31. Nothing mentioned. T<M)tt)tM. 1, 2. Nothing mentioned by our authorities. 20 3. South wind and heat (Csar and Egyptians). 4. Wind (Egyptians) frequently it rains in their country. 5. South wind (Callippus, Mptrodorus, and Hipparchus) west wind and thunder (Egyptians). 6. South wind (Callippus and Metrodorus) west wind and thunder (Egyptians). 7. Episemasia (Ptolemy). According to Sinn the weather frequently changes. 8. Dew and moisture, according to Meton, in his countrv. 9. Dew (Euctemon and Philippus) west-by-west wind (Egyptians). 30 10. Bad air (Egyptians). On this day they begin to hold the fair of Bu?r during 25 da.ys in thc time uf the Ban-'Umavya this fair used to last 30-40 days. 11. Nothing mentioned. 12. West wind (Metrodorus); winds (Egyptians). 13. Unmixed winds (Hipparehus). According to SiuAn the weather frequently changes. 14. Heavy wind (Ctesar); the north wind begins to blow (Hipparchus) heat (Egyptians). 15. Nothing mentioned. 16. Frequently it rains in rainy countries (Ptoleny); rain and whirl40 p.268. winds (Democritus) heavy wind (Egyptians). 17. Dew and heat (Dositheus and Egyptians). 18. The Etesian winds (~<rmt) begin to blow (Hipparchus). According to the general consent of seamen and peasants, and all those who 17

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havo exprience in this subject, this is thf first day of tbc dog.da.ys, i.e. seven conscutive days, th last of which is the ~4,th of this month. On each of these daya they draw conclusions from certain changes of the weather regarding the months of the autumn and winter and part of spring; these changes mostly occur in th evening and morning. People maintain that these days are to the year what the critical days are to acute diseases, when their o'i'~i'if! appear, in consequence of which people conceive either hope or fear as to the end in which they will issue. Both words &<?~M<- 6!fA)'uK in the Greek and Syriac and languages are derived from a word which means the decision of the 10 rulers (v. K/)M~t; ~urt~o; ~<jpa). According to another view, &K~t'<!tt and is derived from bahr (the Arabie for aea), because the o'~tca~ state of a aick person resembles the motion of the sea, called ebb and flow. This derivation is very likely correct, because of both appearances the motions of the moon, her cycles and phases, are the cause, whether the moon revolves in a Great Cirele, as it ia in the case of the flow, for the flow sets in when the moon reaches the western and eastern point of the horizon. The same is the case with the ebb, for it sets in when the moon reaches the sphre of the meridian of noon and midnight. Or whether it be that the moon revolves from one certain point of her cycle back to the 20 same, or from the sun to that point. So the flow is the etrongest in the Srst half of the lunar month, the weakest in the second half. Besides, also, the sun bas an influence upon this. It is curious what people relate of the WM<e)'K Sea, viz. that there is flow from the side of Andalusia always at sunset, that then the sea, decreases at the rate of about 5-6 farsang in one hour and then it ebbs. And this appearance takes place always precisely at this tune. If on the evening of the 18th there is a eloud on the horizon, people expect cold and rain at the beginning of Tishrn I. If the same is the case at midnigbt, th cold and rain will come in the middle of Tishrn I. 30 and if it is the case towards morning, the same will come in the end of that month. The matter is the same, if you observe a cloud on the horizon during (~a~ttme; however, the changes of the sky in the night are more evident. And if you observe tbose changes on all foursides of the compass, the same, too, will occur in Tishrn I. Herein the nights are counted after the days, as we ha. ntioned in the beginning of this book, in consequence of which tho' who countthe nights before the days think that the night of the 18th is the 19th therefore they consider the 19th as the firat of the dog-days and the 25th as the last of them. The lat of thse seven days serves to prognosticate the character of Tishrn I., the 2nd that of Tishrn H., the 3rd that of Enn L, etc. etc., and lastly, the 7th, that of Nsan. Practical observera prescribe the following Take a plate some time before the dog-days, sow upon it all sorts of seeds and plants, and let it

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etand until the 85th night of Tammz, i.e. the last night of the dogp.269. days; then put the plate somewhere outside at the time whon the stars riae and set, and expose it uncovered to the open air. All seed~, thcn, that will grow in the year will be yellow in the morning, and aU whose This experiment the growth will mot prosper will remain green. Egyptiens used to make. FrMtical observers have produced many contrivancfa for the purpose of prognosticating the character of th year by help of these (the dog) have even gone as far as to use incantations and charms. Sn days they 10 some people maintain that if you take the leaves of twelve different olivetrees, and write upon each leaf the name of some Syrian mouth, if vou then put them, in th night we have mentioned, somewhere in a wet place, you will find that, if a leaf bas dried up in this night, the month whic~ was written upon it will be rainless. According to others, you learn whether the year wil: have much rain or little, by this method You look out for a level place, around which there is nothing that might keep off the dew, wind, and light rain; then you take two yards of a. cotton dress, you weigh it and keep in mind its weight. Then you spread it over that place and leave it there during 20 the first four hours of the night. Thereupon vou it WL-igh a second thn'then each MfY/i~ which it weighs more the second time than the first time signifies one rainy day in that month which stands in relation with this particular dog-day of which we have heretofore spoken. Th<:se dog-days are the time of the rising of Sirins (~<t?6-n~'f<6Mr or ~Mt'fa ~~f!Hi.?M~-< ~[P(t&)-). Hippocrates, in his book of the seasons, forbids taking hot drugs and bleeding twenty days before and after the rising of this star, hecause it is the hottest time of summer and th heat reaches its maximum, and hccause sumnx'r time bv itself warms, dissolves, and tabs away ail moist substances. However, Hippocrates SO does not forbid those things if you take but very little of tht'm. Afterwards, when autumn comes with its cold and drvness, you cannot be sure whether the natural warmth may not be entirely cx:in<r)nahcd. Some people who hve no pNctice in physical sciences and no knowledge of the ~trempa, thin'; that the influence we have mentioned must be attributcd to the body of this star, to its risiu~ aud r'volutiuu. They go even as far as to make people imagim' that the air is warmed bv its great mass that, therefore, it is neeessary to indieate and to explain its proper place and to dtermine t!'e time of its rising. The same opinion is indicated by the verse of 'Abn-Nu'as 40 JN has gone and the hot nigbt-wind passed away, And Sirius bas extinguished his fire." For this reason 'AI! b. 'Al, the Christian secretary, maintains that the &rst of the dog-days is the 22nd of Tammz, suggesting that the dog-

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days have changed their place along with the star itself, whiist 1 maintain that Sirius always revolves during the whole year in one and the same orbit parallel to the equator. Hippocrates, however, meant by this time tho central portion of the summer, the period when the heat is greatest p.270. in consequence of the sun's being near to our znith, whilst he at the same time begin~ in his eccentrie sphere to descend from the apogee of his orbit. And this event was in the time of Hippocrates contemporaueous with the rising of Sirius. Therefore he has only said in general at the tinte '~t NH-MM t-Mfa, tntowing that no sfientinc man coutd misunder. stand the tmth. For if Sirius changed its place so as to advance 10 even as far as the beginning of Capricom or Aries, the time during which he forbids taking drugs would not therefore advance in the same way. Sin&n says in his ~Mt-<traK:<f: that the shepherds have seven specia] days of their own, beginning with the Ist of Tammz, which they use like the dog-days, drawing from them conclusions regarding the single winter months. They are known as <Ae <?o~<tya of the eA~erfb." The weather of these days is always different from, that of th time immediately preceding and following. During aU or at least some of them heaven is never free from a speck of clouds. 20 19. West wind or heat (Egyptians). The water ~oys are getting strong and do much damage. 20. West wind or a similar one (Egyptians). Practical observers say that on this day frequent cases of inflammation nf the eyes oecnr. 21. The Etesian winds are blowing (Euctemon); the heat begins (CaUippua, Euctemon, and Metrodorus). 22. Bad air (Euctemon) beginning of the heat west (Hipparchus~ wind and heat (Egyptians). 23. Winterly air on sea, winds (Philippus andMetrodoras) beginning of the blowing of the Etesian winds On this day 'Abu. 30 (Egyptians). Ja'far AImansr began to build Baghdd, that part which is called on the western side of the Tigns in the present Ba~hd&d. J~t)t?M)''<t.<<MC!t, This was A. Alexandri, 1074. Astrologers are obliged to know dates like this, and muut date from such an epoch bymeans of their knowledge of the Fe)TK<t<<t<t()tMS, Tet-mMmMMM')!, u Cycles, and DiMectionea, ntil they find the horoscopes of those people who were bom at those times. It was Naubakht who determined the time (for the commencement of building). The constellation which heaven showed at the time, and the stations of the planets which appeared on heaven, were such as are indicated in the following ngure.

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(Eudoxus) j different winda blow together S~L~ a change of the weather is always on this day. He says l do not know whether we, l and all those who make meteorologica1 eorreet in describing a are day like this. On this day there observations, is o.lmost alwaya a change of the weather for the better. It is the first of Allirfik begina to be day when the air agreeable. Sometimes this change is most evident, whilst at other times it is only slightly perceptible. But that the day ehould be free from such a change, almost noyer occurs. Some of the ancienta Mmsider this 20 day M the beginning of the .f .u~ Sinn says: Thbit used to day. say: If in a rare year that which. we have described does not take p1ac on this dav it is not to take place on the 1Sth or 14th, but rather in the y.;3dle of Ab.likely it If takcs place of the month, though it be short. may 12. Hea.t (Euctemon and only Egypt~M) 13. Episemasia and still air Sinn says that on thia (Omur). day an 80 14, 15. Nothing mentioned. 16. Episemasia (CtesM-). 17. Episemasia (Endoxus). 18. Nothing mentioned. The S~mi~ are ~d t. ~e. 19. Epiaemaaia, rain, and wind (Democritus) West wind (Egyptians). p.273. 21. Nothing mentioned. S:=S~S: J~ and thunder and Egyptians). (c~ 23. West wind (Bgyptiams) The heat relaxes a.little &t the time when the sun passes the first 6 degrees of Virgo. ~p~ tiane). &p~ 26. B.~ (Hipp~~). B~n day of

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the Daye of the OM fbNMM (!.e. 26 Shubt) lies one half of a complte year. On this day the heat, at the time when it is atout to disappear, returne once more with renewed force, as does also the cotd at the time when it is about to disappear. It is a time of seven days, the last of which M the lat of IM, called by the Arabs Wt~<-NMt< (t.e. the burning of Suhail). It is the time of the winda that Meompamy th riaing of ~l~/Mt (J''roM Leonis, the lOth LuBa.r Station), but as Suhail rises in its neighbourhood, it bas become the prevailing use te call the time by jM<tt! and mot by Aljabha. The heat of thse days is more But after this time the 10 imteMe tham at any time before or afterwards. mghts begin to be agreeable. This is an occurrence genemUy known among people, which scarcely ever fails. Muhammad b. 'Abd-almauk Alzayy&t says The water had become cold and the night long, And th wine was found to be sweet ~azr&n had left you, and Tammz and b." 27. Episemasia (Philippus). 28. West wind (Egyptians). 29. Bain and thunder the Etesian winds are about to ceaae (Eudoxus 20 and Hipparchus). 30. Episemasia (Hipparchua). 31. The Etesian winds are about to cease (Ptolemmus) changing winds (BndoMs); winds, rain, and thunder (Csa.r); eaat wind (Hipparchus). M. 1. Episemasia and th Etesian winds are getting quiet (Callippus). A fair is he]d at Manbij (Mabbug) 2. Density in the air (Metrodorus). Conon says that on this day the Etesian winds cease. 30 3. Wind, thunder, and denaity in the air (Budoxus) wet and dew (Hipparchus) fog, heat, rain, and thunder (Egyptians). On this day people begin to light tbeir fires in cold countries. 4. Dense and changing air (Cauipp~, Euctemon, Philippus, and Metrodorus) rain, thunder, and <'h~,nging wind (Eudoxus). 5. Changing winds and rain, and the Etesian winds are getting quiet (Csar) rains and winceriy air at sea, and south wind ~Egyptians). On thia day midsummer ends, and a time comes which Is good for bleeding p.274. and for taking drugs during forty days. 6. West wind (Egyptians). 40 7. Density in tbe air (Philippua) episemasia (Dositheus). 8. West wind and episemasia. (Egyptians). 9. Nothing mentioned. 10. The air M not troubled (mixed) (Dotitheus).

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11. The north winds are ceasing (Ceesar). 12. South wind (Eudoxus). 13. Episemasia (Callippus and Conon). 14. The north winds are ceasing (Eudoxus), episemasia (Democritus and Metrodorus). After thia time no swallow is seen. 15. Wet and dew (Dositheus) rains and episemasia (Egyptians). 16. Density in the air, and rain at sea (Hipparchua). On the l6th in a common year and on the 17th in a leap-year occurs the second equinox, which ia the first day of the Persiau autumn and the Chinese apring, as people maintain. But we have already explained 10 that thia is impossible. The winds, now, blowing on this day are said to be of a psychical nature. To look towards the clouds that riae on thia day emacia.tes the body and affects the sol with disease. I think the reaaon of this is that people conceive fear on account of the cold and the disappearance of the agreeable time of the year. It is one of the omina of this day to rise from sloep in a worshipping attitude, and to fumigate with tamarisks before apeaking. People sa.y that if a woman who is sterile looks on this day at the star ~bttM and then bas intercourse with her husbamd, she is sure to 20 conceive. Further, they aa,y, that in the night of this day the wa.ters are getting sweet. We have already heretofore shown the impossibility of such a thing. This second equinox is, according to the Canon Sindhind, a great festival with the Hinds, like the Mihrjn with the Fersiams. People make eaeh other presents of aU sorts of valuable objecta and of precious stones. They aasemble in their temples and plaMS of worship until noon. Then they go out to their pleasure-grounds, and there they assemble in parties, showing their devotion to the (Deity of) Time and 30 humbling themselves before God Almighty. 17. Bain at sea and density in the air (Metrodorus). 18. West, then caat wind (Egyptians). 19. Wet and dew (Eudoxus) west wind, mizzle, and rain (Egyptians). On this day the water retum from the upper parts of the treea to the roota. 20, 21. (Missing.) 22. Nothing mentioned. 23. Bain (Eudoxus) west wind or south wind (Hipparchus). 24. Nothing mentioned. On this day the fair of Thu'libaisheld. 40 Practical observera sa.y that people mark on this day what wind is con. stantly blowing -intil night or until the time when the sun begins to desline; for this will be the moat constant of all the winds of the year. Thia day they called the TtOtK~ of the t~Kt~. The white-a~dblack crows appear on this day in most countries.

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25. Episemasia (Hipparchus a.nd Eudoxus) west wind or south wind p.275. (Egyptians). 26, 27, 28. (Missing.) 29. Episemasia (Euctemon and Eudoxua) west wind or south wind (Hippa.rchus). 30. Nothing mentioned by the ancients, either about the air or anything elae. This, now, is the calendar uscd by the Greeks, to whieh we hace added all that Sinn has mentioned iu his J?!'Mt-a!'HH!<M. This is the concise we have 10 summary of hM book. We have not kept back ~nything which the days of th calendar. We quote them by the leamed regarding names of the Syrians (i.e. M the Ist of Tishrn, Kanan, etc.) only, beca.use serves the same they are generally known among people, and because thie purpose (a.s if we were to call them by the Greek names). Next we shall speak of the memorable days in the montha of the Jews, if God Almighty pemuta

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CHAPTER XIV.
Or THE FESTJTAMAND FAST-DAYS THE MONTESOF THE JEWS. tN AFTEB having explajned th method how to learn the beginning of the year of the Jews, and its character,-after having solved this problem by the help both of computation and tables,after having shown the arrangement of the months according to their beginnings and to the number of their da.ya,we hold it now to be necessary to explam their festivals and memorable days. For getting acquainted with them we shall a.t the same time learn the reaBon why they, even New-Year's Da.y itself, are not allowed to fall on certain days of the week. We begin M with the first month, i.e. ~shB. It ha~ 30 days amd only one ~o<&(!es&. As we have explained before, the Ist Tishr cannot fall on a Sunday, Wednesda.y, or Friday nM. When, according to calculation, it ought to fall on one of thse days, it is disregarded, aud New-Year's Da.y is either the fe'lowing day, if it is a.DtM Zicita, or the preceding day, in case the following one is not a .Meo licita according to the conditions that have been laid down in the Tabula TetWMtO!-tM'. the first part of this book. This in proceeding of theirs they caJI ~n~. The Ist is the fea.st of New-Year, when blow the trumpcts and trombones, which a.re ra,ms-homs. AU work they on 20 ceases this day as on Sabbath. On this day, the) maintain, Abraham offered his son Isaac, but then Isaac was ransomed by means of a ram. According to Jews and ChristianB, the person offered was Isaa.c, whilst there is a passage in the Coran in the Sra, ~(t!-s<~< (Sra xxxvii. 99113), showing that it wa~ Ishmael. And, according to tradition, the Prophet is repoited to have said "I am the son of the two sacrificed ones," m<~nmg 'AbdaJMh b. Almuttalib and IshniMl Ho~cTcr, the discussion of this question is a subject of great extent. God knows best 30 80

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S. Fasting of CtedaJy b. 'Atn~&m, the governor of Nebucadnezar over Jerusalem. On this day he was killed, together with eighty-two p.276. people, in a cistern in which the watcr colleetcd until it rose a.bove their heads. In consequence the Israelites were stricken with sorrow, and have ever since fasted on the day of his death. 5. Fasting of 'Akbh. People wacted to compel him to worship the idol; he, however, did not suhmit So they put him into a cagn where he died of hunger, surrounded by twenty fellow prisoners. Its 7..FcMHny of ~MH'<A))MK<. origin is this, that David, on having counted the Israelites, rejoiced in their number, and people themselves were puffed up on account of their great number, so as to go astray. Therefore God became angry with them, and sent the prophet Nathan to David and the assembly of the tribes to threaten them with the sword, with famine, and sudden death. His threa.tening wa.sfnl&lled. So they were stricken with fright, and have ever since fasted on this day. On the sajne day the Israelites killed each other on account of the worahip of the calf. They say that it was Aaron who made the calf, and so it is related in the Thora.. The Jew Ya.'k~b b. Ms Alnikrisi (i.e. the physician) told me in Jurjn the following Moses wanted to leave Egypt together with the Isralites, but Joseph the prophet had ordered that they should take his coffin along with them. As he, however, was buried in the bottom of the Nile and the water flowed over him, Moses could not get him away. Now, Moses took a piece of a paper and eut it into the figure of a Rsh over this he recited some sentence, breathed upon it, wrote something upon it, and threw it into the Nile. Waating for the result he stayed there, following the course of the river, but nothing So Moses took another piece of paper and eut it into the appeared. figure of a ca.lf, wrote upon it, recited over it, brea,thed upon it, but then, when he was just about to throw it into the water, as he ha,d done the first time,the coffin appeared. So he threw away the figure of the calf which he just held in his hand, but it was taken up by one of the bystanders. Afterwards, when Mnaps disa.ppcarpd OT' th mountitin to speak with the Lord, and when the Israelites became anxious at his staying there so long, they pressed Aaron and demanded of him that he should give them a. viceregent instead of Muses. Aaron, no doubt, did not know what to do; so he sa,id Bringme all the precious ornaments of your women." So he spoke in order to gain time, knowing that the women would not be in a. hurry to part with their ornaments. Possibly Moses might retum before that. But it happened that the women gave up their ornaments most speedily. They fetched Aaron and he melted the orIiaments and poured them into a mould; but the result was nothing but broken pitres uf Ingut.!). The same work he repeated in a hurry, hoping for the retum of Moses and for news of him. Now he ha.ppened to have with himself the figure of tha.t calf (whieh Moses had eut out of paper). So

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he said to himself By the figure of the fish once a wonderful miracle has been wrought. Now, let me see what the figure of the calf will He took the figure and tbrew it into the molten gold; when produce then the liquid mass was pound into a mould, it was formed into a calf which roared. Thereby the people were at that time seduced from the tme belief without Aaron's having intended it. 10. Fasting of Kippr, aleo called ~M<-o. This fast-day M p.277. obligatery, whiist all otber ones are voluntary. X~pMf-fMting begins half an hour before aunset of the 9th and laats until half an hour after sunset of the lOth during 25 houra. In tbis way, too, ait the voluntary 10 fast-days are held. Therefore it is impossible that two of their fast. days should immediately follow each other, bcasse one hour would belong to both of them in common, and because there would be no possibility of breaking the faat between them. Ta.'k&b, however, main. tains that this is a. peculiarity only of thia fast-day, whiist in the case of aJl the other fast-days it is allowed to fast in the sajne way (t.e. the same length of time) that the Musiims do. On thia day God addressed Moses the son of Amram. The faatmg of this day is an atonement for aJl sins that are eommitted by nuBta&e. The Jewish Ia.w orders everybody to be killed who doea not ast on thia 20 day. They recite five prayers on this day, proatrating themselves upon th earth, which is not the custom on the other festivals. 15. The feast of Tabernacles, laeting seven conscutive days, during which they rest under the sha.dow of willows and reeds and other branches on the roofs of their houses. This is obligatory only for him who dwells a.t home, not for the traveller. On these days all work ceases, as God says in the third book of the Thora (Levit. xxiii. 34-43) "And on the fifteenth of the seventh month is the feast of Tabernacles. Then yon shall not work during seven days. You shall celebrate a feast before God a-nd you shall sit in the tenta, the whole house of Israel, during seven 30 days, that your (future) generations should know that it was 1 who made the Israelites dwell in tabernacles, when 1 led them out of Egypt." This feast is celebra.ted by the whole Jewish nation, whiist 'Abu-'s Alwarrk says in his &'M6-f~m<tjt<!M< the Samaritans that they do not of celebrate it. The I)tst or aeventh day of the [ea.st of Ta.bema.cles, the 21st of the month, ia called '~if~6M. On this dav the clouds stood over the heads of the Israelites in the desert Alth. On the same day is the feast of ?< Cottg~a~MMt, whem the Jews assemble in B<)-&<M-<~Jerusalem, carrying around in procession the ~) of Ark of the Covenant, which in their synagogues is like the pulpit (~fnt5<t!-)in a mosque. 22. The /etM< of Benediction, by which this fea~t-time is completed. AU work ce&aes. They maintain that on this day the communication of the Thora wa~ finished, and that th Thora waa handed over to their

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ohiefs to be deposited in their synagogues. On this day they take the Thora out of ita shrine, they Mess themselvea by it, and- try to derive auguries from unfolding and reaiing it. Marheshw&n. It bas aiways two JBoeA-~f~Mt, and it has 30 days in a Perfect year and 29 days in an Intermediate year or in an Imperfect one. On these two Bosh-E[odesh there is no feast. 6. Fasting of Zedekia. Its origin ia this, that Nebukadnezar killed the children of Zedekia, whiist he stood before them, patient and enduring, 10 not T oeping nor manifesting any sign of despair. Then both his eyes p.278. were put out. Therefore the Israelites were stricken with sorrow, and have ever since fasted on this day. Din'enng herefrom, other peoplefix this fast-day on the Monday falling between the 8th and the 13th of this month. This, however, is not like a method suitable to Jewish ways; it is rather like Christian theories. The generality of Jews fix their fast-days on certain dates in the months, not on week-days. Eislew. It has ouly one Roah-Hodesh in a Perfeet year. It has 30 da.ys in a 20 Perfect and Intermediate year 29 in an Imperfect year. 8. A fast-day. Its origin is this, that Yehoya.khn burned the papers, ca~led f)*''p i.e. the J/ameata~oM. They contained a promise of God, and were brought by the prophet Jeremia. They treated of the condition of the Israelites in future times and of the calamities that would befall them. Jeremia sent the book through Barukh b. Neriyya., but Ychoyakim threw it into the fire, ajtd therefore there arose manifold lamentations. Other people Ex this fasting on the Thursday falling between the 19th and the 25th of this month. 25. Beginning of the feast //<t!t!t<:M, i.e. ~Mr~cnh'OK. It lasts eight 30 days, during which they light lamps at the door of the hall on the first night one lamp for each inhabitant of the house, on the second night two lamps, in the third three, etc. etc., and finally eight lamps on the eighth night, by which they mea,n to express that they increase their thankf) towards God from day to day by the~)tH't/M<t</(~aud SMictISca.tion of Jerusalem. The origin is this Antiochus, the king of the Greeks, had subdued and maltreated them during a long period. It was his custom to violate the women, bcfore they were led to their spouses, in a subterranean vault. From this vault two cords led outside, where two bells were fixed at their ends. When, now, he wanted a woman, he rung 40 the right beH, and the woman entered; when he had done with her, he rung the left bel! and dismissed her. Further, there was an Isralite who had eight sons, and one d~ughter whom another Israelite had demanded in marriage. Now, wanting to marry her, the father of his

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bride said: "Give me time; for 1 stand between two things. If we lea.d my daughter to you, sho will be dishououred by the oursed tyrant, and she then ia no longer a lawful wife for you. And if sho does not submit to him, he will make me perish." For this state of things he blamed and reviled his sons, who beeame greatly excited and angry. But th youngest of them jum~d up, dressed like a womfm, hid a. dagger in his garments, and went to the gate of the king, behaving like th whores. Now, the tyrant rang the right heU, and he was ushered into his prsence there, being alone with him, he killed him and out off hie head then ho rang the left beU and was let out, and stuck up the 10 head (somewhere). Therefore the Israelites celebra.te a.feast on tha.t and th following days (t.e. seven days), corresponding te the number of the brothera of this youth. God knows best ) p.279. tebeth" It has one Eosh.~odesh in an Imperfeet year, two in a Perfect and Intermediate year. It has 29 days. 5. J'M-~ appearance of dcn-~teM. Ptolemy, the king of the Greeks, had asked them for th Thora, compeUedthom to translate it into Greek, and deposited it in bis treMury. They maintain that this is the version of the Seventy. In consquence darkness spread over the world during 20 three days and nights. 8. A fast-day, the laat of the three D<t<-& daya, so called for the reason just mentioned. 9. A fast-day wbiehthey are ordered to keep, the origin of wMch they are ignorant of. 10. A fast-day, the day on wMch Nebukadnezar arrived before Jerusalem and laid sige to it. Sheb&t. It bas only one Bosh-Hodeah and 30 da.ys. 5. A fast-day on acconnt of the dea.th of the samts in the time of 80 Josua b. Nn. Other people fix this fast-day on the Monday between the lOth and ISth of this month. 23. Fasting of ?<! BeteNtoM. Its origin is this The tribe of Benjamin were a. godiess and !a.wleas set of people, who behaved like the people of Lot. Now, there came a. man who wanted to pass through their country with his wife and maid-servant, making his pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Some coumtryman of his received him in his house, but scarcely had darkness faJIen wheu the people of th place surrounded the door of his house, demanding bis guest for their lust. Now, the master of the house offered to them his own daughter; but Wedo not 40 they said: want her." Then he gave up to them the servamt-gM of his guest, and then they ra.ped her the whole night. The girl expired tow. 'da dawn. Then her master eut her into pices (12) according to th number of the

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tribes of Israol and to each tribe he sent one of hcr limbs, in order to rouse their wrath. Now, they a.=sembled and made war upon that tribe, but thoy could not conqner them. Thereupon they fasted on this day and humiliated themselves before God. FinaUy He gave them victory over Benjamin forty thousand mon of this tribe were killed and seventy thousand of the others. Adh&r I. It is the leap-month in the leap-year. It does not exist in common years, and is not counted among their months. It has two Rosh-~odesh 10 and 30 days. There is not fast or feast day in this month. Adhar n. This is th original Adhr, which ia called so in general (without the addition of I. or II.) in common years. There cannot be any ambiguity a.bout what wejustmentioned.apea.Hngof another Adhar precediRg this It has two Eosh-Htodesh one (because this only relates to leap-years). and 29 ('i.ys. 7. A ast-day, because on this day Moses b. Amram died, and because with his death the manna and the quails ceased to appear. 9. A fast-day which the Israelites established for themselves at the 20 time when the war between the people of Shammi and of Hillel took p.280. place, in which twenty-eight thousand men were killed. Others fix this fast-day on the Monday between the lOth and 16th of this month. 13. Thefasting of ~1!6:M (Prim), t.e. casting lots. Its origin is this Once a man called Haman, a man of no importance, travelled to Tustar in order to undertake some o&ee. But on the way thither he met with an obstacle which prevented him from reaching the end of his journey, and this happened on the identical day on which the oBices (in Tustar) were bestowed. So he missed this opportunity and fell into utter distress. 80 Now, he took his seat near the temples and demanded for every dead This went on until the body (that was to be buried) 3~ dirhams. When people came with her daughter of King Ahashwerosh died. body, he demanded something from the bearers, and on being refused he did not allow them to pass, until they yielded and were willing to pay him what he asked for. But then he was not content with his first demamd; he asked for more and more, and they paid him more and more, till at last it reached an enormoua sum. The king was informed of the matter, and he ordered them to grant him his desire. But after a week he ordered him into his prsence, and asked him Whoinvested 40 you with such an omce ? But Haman simply answered this: "And who forbade me to do so ? When the king repeated hif) question, Haman said: If 1 am now forbidden to do so, 1 shaH cease and give it up, and 1 shall give you with the greatest pleaaure so and so many ten 18

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thousands of denMs." The king was astonishxd ai thf grpat. snm of money whieh he mentioned, beca.use he with all his suprme power had nothing hke it. So he said Aman who gathered so much money from th rule over the dead, is worthy to bo made wazr and couneillor." So he entrusted him with all his affairs, and ordered his subjects to obey him. This Haman was an enemy of the Jews. He asked the Haruspices and ~~M)- which was the most ~~nIuc~ytime for the Jews. They s~d "Im Adh&r their master Musft died, and the most uniucty time of this month is the 14th and t5th." Now Haman wrote to all parts of the empire, 10 ordering people on that day to seize upon the Jews and to kill them. The Jewa of the empire proatrated themselves before him, and ~ppeared before him, crossing their hands upon their breasts, except one man, the brother of Ester, the Hng's wife. Haman hated Mordekhai, her, and planned her destruction on that day but the Mng's wife understood him. Now she reccived (in her palace) the king and his wazr, enter. taining them during three days. On th fourth day she asked the king permission to lay before him her w~shes. And then she asked him to Bpare her life and that of her brother. The king said "And who dares toa.ttemptanythinga.gamstyouboth?" Now 20 ShepointedtoHaman. the king rose from his seat in great wrath Haman dashed towards the queen, prostrating himself before her, and then kissing her head, but she pushed him batk. Now the king got the impression that he wanted to seduce her; so he turned towards him and said: "Hast tbou in thy im. pudenee come so far as to raise thy desire to her? So the king ordered him to be killed, and Ester asked him to have him crucified on the same tree which he had prepared for her brother. So the king did, and wrote to all parts of the empire to kill the partisans of Haman. So they were killed on the same day on whieh he had intended to kill tho Jews, i.e. on the 14th. Therefore there is great joy over the death of Haman on <t0 this day. This feast is called the Feast of and further ~M~~< ao. p.281. For on this day they make ngures which they beat and then burn, imitating the burning of H&man. The same they prcise on th ISth. Nsan. It bas only one Eosh-Hodesh and 30 1. Fasting over the death of Nadab days. and Abihu, the sor.s of Aaron, who died because they introduced foreign nre into the temple of God. 10. Fasting over th death of Maryam, the daughter of Amram, and over the sinking and disappearing of th water, a miracle which occurred 40 on account of her death, as the manna, and the quails ceased to appear in consequence of the death of Moses b. Amram. Some people fix this day on Monday between the 5th and the lOth of the month. 15. FassoYer-feast, of which we have already treated at such length

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that there is no necessity for a repetition. This day is the nr. of the Days of Unleavened Bre-t~, during which they are not allowed to eat leavened bread. For such is the command of God in th thit d book of the Thora (Levit. xxiii. 6), where He says On th fifteenth of this month ia the feast of the unleavened bread unto God. Then you shall eat unleavened bread dm-ing seven days, and you shall not work during them." These days end witl sunset of the ~lat. On this day God drowned Pharao it is also called )~M<. ~ar: 10 It has two Bosh-Hodesh and 29 days. 1<XFasting over </M~)-&. It is the day when the Isralites were deprived of the ark, and when thirty men of them were killed. The priest E!i then managed their affairs. His gall-bladder split, and he fell dead from his sea.t, when he heajd the newa. Others fix this fasting on the Thursday between the 6th and lith of the month. 28. Fasting, because on thia day the prophet Samuel died. Siwam. It haa only one Bosh-Hodesh and 30 days. 6. The .F<!M< the CoK~)-ey<t~om, great festival, and one of the of a of the Israelites. 20 Q'n On this day their elders were present at Mount Sinai, where they heard the voice of God from th mountain ttpeaidng to Moses, ordering and forbidding, promising and threatening. They were ordered to celebrate a feast &n thia day as a thanksgiving to God for having preserved them from all mishap in their country, and their crops from thunder, cold, and rain. God says in the second book of the Thora.: "And you shall make a pilgrimage to me thrice in every year nrst, at the time of th unleavened bread; secondly, when the Thora was sent down, this is the pilgrimage of theFeast of Congregation; and the third time, at the end of the year, when you bring in your fruit 30 from th fields. Your feaating and your devotion to God shall be in sacred houses." On this day they oBer the rst-fruita. Then they read prayers over them and invobe the bleasing of God upon them. Between the first of the Days of the Unleavened &-e<~ and the J-'<-<M/ of the Congregation there are nfty days. These are t.he celebrated weeks during which they received their commamdments, when their law was completed, and they were tanght all knowtedge relating to God. Fasting on the Monday between the 9th and 14th. 23. Fasting. They say that on this day Jerobeam b. Nebat ordered the p.282. 40 ten tribes to worship two golden calves, and that they obeyed him. IIie children ruled over them about twohundred and fifty years, until Salmn 18

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Al'a'shar, the king of J~~su!, conquered them and led them into captivity. Then they were united with the other tribes in the time of HtzHe~ Ye~beam b. Neb&t was one of the slaves of Solomon, the son of David he fled from his master, and the Isralites made him their king. Then he kept them from making pilgrimages to Jerusalem by the worship of these two calves, knowing that if they weD. to Jernsalem they would come to consider why they had made him their would learn the reality of his case, and would depose and Mil king they him. 25. Fasting over the death of Simeon, Samuel, and 10 Hanany. 2<. Fasting, for this reason one of the Greek kinga wanted to force Babha ~ananya b. Teradhyon to worship the idol he, however, did not yield. Therefore the king ordered a Thora to be wrapped round him, and him to be burned in it. Besides he put in prison EabM 'Akh, and forbade people to foUo'T him, and he etrove to abolish the Sabbath. Taunnuz. It has two Rosh-Hodesh and 29 days. It has no feast. 17. Fasting, for on this day Moses broke the tables, and the fortifications of Jenisalem began to be destroyed at the time when Nehubdnezar besieged them. Further, on this day they put up an idol for worship in 20 Jerusalem, and placed it in the altar-place of tho temple, from sheer insolence and rebellion against God. On this day the Thora waa burned, and the sacrifices ceased to be practised. ~bE It has only one Bosh-~odesh and 30 da.ys. 1. Fasting, because on this day Aaron b. Amram died, and the cloud was raised as a. miracle in his hono'jr. 9. Fasting, because on this day they were told in the desert that they should not enter Jerusalem, and were sorry in consequence. On this day Jerusalem was conquered and entered by Nebukadnezar, who destroyed 30 it by Sre. On this day it was destroyed the second time, and its soi! ploughed over. 25. Fasting, because the Sre was -tinguished in the temple. On this day Nebukadnezar left Jerusalem, and the conBagration of its storehouses and temples w~ put an end to. 28. Fasting, because the lamp of the temple was extinguished in the days of the prophet Ahas, which was a sign of God's wrath against them. Blu!* It has two Eosh-Hodesh and 29 days, but no feast.

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7..FM<M;jf of Me Spics. On this day the spies retumed to Moses, and brought him th report of the giants. Therefo'e tho Israt'Utes were For this re~sou th fast-day was sorry, but Josua b. Nun rufmcd them. estabUshed. Other Jews, however, p)acc this fast-day on the Monday or Thursday which falls within the last seven days before the beginning of the next year. (On the n~m of the Jowish Calendar.)The reason why they did not allow that10 Thefirst of Tishr should ever be Xippur be Porim or HamaD Sir Passover 'A~ereth n~ tj~ ~-a -)-Q tnj (I. IV. VI. days of the week), (I. III. VI.), (11. IV. VII.), (II. IV. VI.), (III. V. VII.),

was this, that they wanted to prevent a day for any work falling on a. Sabbath for in that case they would not have been able to celebrate it, sipne they are not allowed to work on a Sabbath. For God says in the second book (Exod. xxxv. 2) "He who works on a Sabbath shall be killed." And in tbe furth book (Num. xv. 32-36) it is related that they found a 20 man of the Israelites in the desert working on a Sabbath and gathering wood. He was brought before Moses and Aaron, and they put him in Kill him," and so he was stoned to prison. But God said to Moses, death. A second reason (why they did not allow the feasts to fall on the daya mentioned) was this, that they wished to prevent a Sabbath and another day on which ail work ceases following each other. As for Sunday, they did not allow it to beNew-Tear's Day, becauM God says in the third book (Levit. xxiii. 24-25) Onthe~t-~ day of the seventh month you shall have rest, and a memorial of blowing of trumpets. 30 Then you shall not work on that day, but yon shall offer sacrifices." If, now, this day follows a Sabbath, the Jew gets two consecutive days of rest th means of his maintenance are retting scanty, and he is brought to a condition in which it is dimcutt for him to make good th denciency. I" this case, '~)-(!M~ falls on a Sabba!,h, and almsgiving, and the other jrks prescribed for this day, could not be carried out. For the same reason ~p~)';r cou!d not fall on a Tues-lay, nor the preceding Passover on a Friday, nor the preceding '~so-~ on a Sabbath, because if thia were the case the Ist of Tishr would faU on a Sunday. The reason why they do not allow Ncw-Teaj's Day to be aWednesday 40 (t), is that God says in the third book (Levit. xxiii. 27-32) On the tenth day of theseventh month shall be remission. On this day you shall not do the least wor]i:from the evening of the ninth of the month till the (next) evening." Therefore all work is suspended on Kippr (the lOth,

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in this case and th following Sabbath is likewise a ~~y)' day FSon~ a Friday, nor the preceding Passover of on a mnday, nor the on a Tuesday. preceding 'r~ The ~~hy~y do not allow New-Year's Day to faU on a Friday (1) is ~y followed by Sabbath, and because in that case &pprw..Id M a Sunday, following upon a Sabbath, and th j~ of Benediction would a Friday preceding S.hb.th, an order of days whieh is forbidden by the law. For the ~e~nXippr cannot fall on S~y nor the preceding P~over on a Wednesday, nor the P-284. S~& because all this would New-YeMs Day being Fnd&y, and thence would result those con- 10 sequences which we have mentioned. Therefore people endeavoured t. eonstruct the c<dend.r in such a way ~~r~ two days following each other, and 'Arbh falling on a Sabbath, because on this day they must give and must make a pilgrimage around the pulpit, which they call 'rn, or rto prevent EXe~~ which would them from burning HM~n andfalling on S.bb~ keep uttering their joy thereat. And had topant ~they falling on fs.bb~b~i.~ .M.th.y~dn.t bring their seeds and their Tst-fruits, and other 20 things that are prescribed for this day. <~d~i~~ apeaks in his ~f Jewish sect called the M~hnbi8, who maintain that the fe~ are not legal unless the moon rises in Paleatine as fuU moon in the night of Wedneaday, fclkw..fter the day of Tuesday, at the time cf aun~t. Such is their New-Year's are counted, and here begins the rotation point the days and month, of the annual festivals. For God created the two great lights on~Wednesda.y. Likewisethevdon~ allow Passover t. M on any other day except on Wed~y~~ obligations and rites prescribed for Passover they do n.tMd~be .n necessary, except for those who dwell in the country of the Israelites. AU this stands in opposition to the custom of the majority of the Jews, y~Mejews, and to the prescriptions of the Thora. The Ananites fix the of the months by the observation of the beginning appearance of new moon, and settle intercalation by that sort of prognos. tication which we have mentioned. They do not mind on what days of the week the feasts fall, except as regarda Sabbath- For ~th~c~e they postpone th feasts to the following Sunday. This postponement they call On a Sabbath they d.not touch any~S~ even the circumcision of the children theypostpone till th following 40 ioiiowmg w day, in opposition to the practice of the Babbanites With the suspension of work on a Sabbath certain curious aSairs are connected. In the first in the Coran (Sura vii. 163)" ? ~~PPeMmg on the surface of the water come to them on the day when they celebrate Sabbath; but on a day on which they

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do not celebrate Sabbath the nshes do not come to them." Further, t Aljaihn relates in Ma Liber ~no)-!M: e< ~Mn-MM,hat eastward of Tiberias lies the city of Balinas (Apollonia.si*), where the Jordan bas ita source. There the river drives mills, that stand still on a Sabbath and do not work, because the water disappears beneath the earth until the end of Sabbath. For this occurrence am unable to find a physical exis based upon the days of planation, because its repetition and rvolution the week. Annuel occurrences are accounted for by the sun and his rays, monthly occurrence" by the moon and her light, as e.g. the altar in Greece 10 whieh ofitaelf burned the sacrifices on one certain day of the year, under the influence of the reflected solar rays which were concentrated on a certain spot of the atta etc. that a Jewish sect, 'Abu-'a Aiwarrat: relates in his ~tM~m~aMt the Alfniyya (.~HeKa)-~), reject the whole of the Jewish feasts, and p.285. maintain that they cannot be learned except through a prophet, and that they keep no other feast-day but Sabbath. The following table, the Tabula ~t'yMtMeH~oNis, illustrtes what we have stated before regarding the feasts, and shows that New-Year's Day cannot fall on the days mentioned, :.e. the days of the sun, of Mereury 20 and Venus. The red ink indicates a Dies illicita, the black ink a Dies licita. If, now, the transversal line of numbers which correspond to the feasts mentioned at the tops of the single columns is black from beginning to end, all these numbers signify Dies ~cf<<E if, however, some of those numbers, or all of them, are written in red ink, these some or all of them are Dies illicitee. Opposite the numbers we have placed a special column ~or the term Possible," and ".Zm~oMtHe." The ~ecesM~ terms necessary and impossible do not need an explanation. The term means that if New-Year's Day falls on a Dies licita, but some of ~)o<M6!e the numbers indicating the single feast-days in the transversal line are in 30 written in red ink, those days ar Dies !7Hc</<B common years, whilst they are Dies Kct/ in a leap-year of the same quality, and vice <?)'<< This table shows clearly why some of the (three) kinds of Jewish years can follow each other, whilst others cannot, as we have mentioned before. For if Bosh-hashsMnA of a year following after a year of a certain quality (3 or <C) is such as could not be the beginning of a year of another quality, these two kinds may follow each other; in any other case they cannot follow each other. From this rule, howevfr, we must except the Jtttper~ect years (n), because th fact that two years cannot follow each other rests on another ground; hereof we have 40 already apoken in the preceding part.

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CHAPTERXV.
P-288. THE FESTIVALS ND MEMOBABIE A DAYSOF THE SYRIANCAMNDAB, CBLEBBATED THE MBLKITBCHBISTIANS. BY

THE Christians are divided into various sects. The first of them are th MeUdtea (~o~M<s), t.e. the Gh-eeks,so called because the Greek king M of their persuasion. In Greece there is no other Christian sect beside them. Th second sect are the Nestoriana, M called after Nestorius, who brought forward their doctrine between A. Alex. 720 and 730. The third sect are the Jacobites. These are their principal seets. They differ among ea.ch other on the 10 dogmas of their faith, as e. on th persons (. ~.(n~t in Christ), on the divine nature, the human nature, and their union (&'m<r<;). There is another sect of them, the A-MMt, whose theory regarding Christ comes more near that of the Muslims, whiist it is most different from that of the generality of Christians. Besides there are other sects, but this is not the place to enumerate them. This many subjeet bas been exhaustively trea.ted and followed up into its moat recondite details in the books treating of philosopbical and religious categories and doctrines, and whieh at the same time refute those sects. 20 The most numerous of them are the Melkites and Nestorians, beca.use Greece and the adjacent countries are all inhabited by Melkites, whiist the majority of the inhabitants of Syria, 'Irk and Xhurasn are Nestorians. Th Jacobites mostly live in Egypt and around it. Certain days of the Syrian months are celebrated among them; on some of them they agree, on others they differ. The reason of their agreeing is this, that those days were spread through the Christian world before the schism in their doctrines was brought about. The reason of the difference ia this, that some days belong ta one sect and to one province in particular. 30

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Besidea they have other days depending upon their Great Fast, and weeks depending upon th most famous days. On this category of days, as on th former, they partty agree, partly disagree. 1 shall now enumerate the calendar days of the Melkites in Khwrizm according to the Syrian calendar. You find very rarely that the Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians in different countries agree among each other in the use of festivals and memorial days. Only regarding the greatest and most famous feasts they agree, whilst generally on all others they differ. 10 Secondly, I shall apeak of their fasting, and aJl the da.ys connected with it, on which the various sects agree. La.stly, 1 shaH treat of the feasts and memorable days of the Nestorians, if God pennits Tishrn I. 1. Commemoration (jtn~n~) of the bishop and martyr Ananias, the pupil of St. Paul. It ia a Christian custom on these commemoration days to celebrate the memory of the saint to whom the day is dedica.ted they pray to Ctod for him, and pra.ise him, and humble themselves before God in his name. To every child which is born on this day or later, 20 until the next commemoration day, they give the name of the saint of the day. Frequently, too, they give each other the names of two commemorations, so as to say X, also called N from the commemoration of the saint N. When this commemoration comes, people assemble in his house, and he receives them as his guests, and gives them a repast. 2. Arethas (H&rith) of Najrn, martyr with the other martyrs. 3. Mary the nun, who wore man's dress she lived like a monk, and p.28P. concealed her sex before the monks. Being accused of fornication with a woman, she bore thia wrong pa.tient)y, and her sex did not become known before her death. When they, then, wanted to wash her body, 30 and saw the genitals, they found out the reality of the case, and-her innocence. 4. Dionysius, the bishop and astronomer, the pupil of St. Paul. These titles (like bishop, etc.) indicate clerical degrees, of which they in their religion have nine 1. Cantor, ~oT))!. 2. Beader, ~0~0 3. Hypodiaconus. 4. Diaconus, in Arabie fS'&<tt)tWu<. 6. Prcsbyter, in Arabie ~(Me. He stands under the ox~t'opoMa. t0 6.Bishop,inArabic't~h~ who 7. Jtfe<)'opoH<<t, stands under the c~/to~cw~. The rsidence of the metropolita of th MeUdtes in KhorasAn is Marw. 8. Cathr'lieus, in Arabie JiMM~. Tho rsidence of the cathoticus of

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th Melkites in Muhammadan eountries is He stands under the Patriarch of Antiochia. The Nestorian BaghdAd. catholicus M appointed by th KhaJif on the prsentation of the Nestorian community. 9. Patriarch, in Arabie B~y?A. Thia dignity exists only among th Melkites, not among the Nestorians. There are always four patriarchs in Chnstendom as soon as one dies, at once successor is created, being ehosen by the remaining pa.tri:trehs, the c~/MMc:, and the other digMtiu-lea of the Church. One patriarcli resides in by Constantinople, M~her in Borne, the third in Alexandria, and the fourth in Antiochia. These towns are called CpoMt. 10 There is no degree beyond that of the patriarch, and none below th't of the cantor. Frequently they count only from the diaconus upwards, and do not reckon the Hngers and altar-servants among the oSciaJs of th Church. To each degree attach certain rules, usages, and conditions, on which this is not the proper place to eularge. 'Ab-AIhusain 'Ahmad b. AIhusa.in Al'ahwaz}, the secretary, reports in his Book of the &te?tCM the of Ct-ee~, what he himself has learned in Constantinople of the degrees of the service both of Chureh and State. His report is this I. Patriarch, highest Chureh dignitary, suprme authoritythroughout 20 the empire. H. X,-)w~;(i') the prefect of the greatest monastery. III. 'ErwKmra:, t.e. bishop. IV. M~pMrotD~,t.e. the governor [or ruler]. V. 'Hyo~o!, prefect of a monastery, highly revered by them. VI. Kttoy~ot. His degree comes near to that of th Hegoumenos. ~~1- n(nra9, in Arabie .~<Mo. Tin. AtMo~ot, in Arabie SAo'MMa<. However, the more trustworthy account of th matter is the one given above. Becanse 'Ab-Athusain bas mixed up with the men of the official 30 degrees other people, who, although important personages, are not exactly dtgnttanes of such and such degree or pcrhaps they belong to one of those degrees, but then his description does not fit. The laie degrees cf the Stato service are the following I. B(nrt\m:, t.e. Csar, king of the Gtreeks. II. AoyoOT'7J, vazr and his p.290. dragoman. m. napaxot/Mi~o;, the first of the chamt erhins. IV. Ao~Kn-txo;,commMder of th army. V. A~~(?),amanintheHng's spcial confidence in Mnularto the ~MM<!CM,both being of the ~merank. thearmy 40 VI. Ap~~(p~ (!'), the head of the MptMM. Vil. na~o:, in Arabie 6~ Thse batd)<.s M'e in the army some. thing hku chief-coMmandt-r, not t.. ).c confoundpd with the

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batrks whom we have mentioned as clerical dignita.ries. Those who fear the ambiguity of the words call the clerical dignitary &<<!A. VUU. 'PoyaTm/),who has to review th army and to pay the stipends of the soldiers. IX. STpmT~yo;. lus ra.nk is ha.lf that of a ILtr~Kto?. X. npmrcfrfra~mpto!, man in the king's confidence in the army of a the n<tTp'*<fto!, whom th IIarpucto! consults in every affair. XI. MKya.SM- the officer of the royal whip (P)'ce/ec<!M Ke~or;)t). 10 XH. 'E~op~o!, an officer over 1,000 men. XTTT. 'ExaTo~-aptos,a commander of 100 men. XIV. net~KotTopu)!, a.commander of 50. XV. Tf<rcr<tpaxofTapK);, a couutmnder of 40. XVI. TpMUTnjMO!, a comma.nder of 30. XVII. 'EtKotrm~Ko, commander of 20. a XViil. A(ap~o!,a commander of 10. Now we return to our subject. 5. Commemoration of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesua, wbo Me mentioned m the Cora.r:. The KhaJif Almutasim had sent along with hia 20 a,mbass:tdor another pel'Eon who saw th place of the Seven Sle*:pers with his own. eyes, and touched them with his own ha.nds. This report Is known to everybody. We must, however, observe that he who touched them, i.e. Muhammad b. Musft b. ShitMr himself, maltcs the rea,der rather doubt whether they arc really the corpses of those seven youths or other people,-in fact, son:" sort of dception. 'Al b. Ta.hya, the astronomer, relates that on returning from his expedition, he entered tha.tidentic<ttpt!Me,a.sma.H mountain, the diameter of which at the bottom ia a litttc Icss than one thousand yards. At th outside you see a. subterraneau chimnet which goes into the interior of in 30 the mountain, and passes through a dccp CM.TM the ca.rth for a distance of three hundred pMes. Then the cimmicl runs out into a sort of half. opL'n hall in the niouatj.in, th roof being supported by perfora.ted columns. And in this hall there is a number of scpamte compartments. Thcre, he says, he 6~.wthirt4-,en pcopte, Mnong them a bea.rdiess youth, dressed in woollen co~ts and uther wooHcn ~fu'mcnts, in boots an(l shoes. He tuuched &111eha,u-s on the forehea.d of une of them, and tried to flatten them, but they did not yield. That their number is more than scven, which is *he Muha.mmitda.n, and moro tlian eight, which is the Christian tradition, is pcrh~ps to he exphuned in this way, that some 40 monks have been addcd who died there iu th sa-me spot. For the eorpses of monks last particularly long, because they torture themselYes to such a degree that Sna.~y .]) thf))' moist substances perish.a.nd bct~ccmbonc:! and skin only very little Ncsh romains. And therctore thcir life is extinguished like ia.nip when it has no mure oil Frequently they remain

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for generations in the same posture, leaning on their sticks. Such a thing you may witness in regions where monks live. According to the Christims these youths siept in their cave three hun. dred and seventy.two years according to us (Muslims) three hundred solar years, as God says in the Coran in the chapter which speciaUytreats of their history (!.e. Sraxviii.). As for th addition of nine xviii. 24: "And they remained in their cave three hundred yeara (Sra years and nine yeara more "), we explain them as thoae nine years which you must add if you change the three hundred solar yeara into lunar yeara. To speak accurately, this addition would be 10 9 years, 75 days, 16~ hours. However, according to the way in which people reckoned at that time, p.291. they counted the 300 years as 15 Cycles (of 19 yeara) plus 15 yeara of the Mth cycle. The number of months that were to be intercatated for mch a. apaoe of time was 110 according to anyone of the Of<!t~ jMe!-<:<tMM:M which they may have applied to the reat of th (15) years. And 110 months amount to 9 years and 2 montha. Such factions, however, (as 2 months or year) are neglected in a historicat aceount. 7. Commemoration of Sergius and Bacchus. ` 10. Commemoration of the prophet Zacharias. On this My the angels 20 announeed to him the birth of his son John, aa it is mentioned in the Coran, and in greater detail in the (Gospel. 11. Cyprianus, the biahop, the martyr. 14. Gregory of Nysaa, the bishop. 17. Coamas and Damianus, the phyaiciana, the martyrs. 18. Lucas, author of the third Gospel. 23. Anastasia, the martyr. 26. Commemoration of the sepulture of the head of John the son of Zacharias. TiahrmII. 30 1. Cornutus, martyr. 11. Menas (M~fS;), martyr. 15. Samonas, Gurias, and Abibos, the martyra. 16. Beginning of the fasting for the nativity of Jesus, the son of Mary, Messiah. People faat forty conscutive days before Chriatmas (16 Nov.-25 Dec.). 17. Gregorius Thaumaturgos. 18. Bomanus, th martyr. 20. Isaac, and his pupil Abraham, the martyrs. 25. Petrua, bishop in Alexandria. ~o 27. Jacob, who waa eut to pices. 30. Andras, martyr, and Andreas the apostle.

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Kanun I. 1. Jacob, the first Msbop of ~lia,. 3. Johannes, the Faiher, who collected in a book the rites and laws of To address a. manby the title of ~t//te)- is with them Christianity. the highest mark of vnration, because thereupon (upon the veneration towards their sp'ntual fathers?) their df-gmas are based. There is no their laws are derived and developed original lgislation in Christianity by their most venerated men from the canonicat sayings of Messiah and the apostles. So they represent the matter themselves. 10 4. Barbara and Juliana, the martyrs. 5. SAM, abbot of the monastery in Jerusalem. 6. Nicolaus, patriarch of Autiochia. 13. The five martyrs. 17. Modestus, patriarch of ~!Iia.. 18. Ssn, the cathoucus of Ehurasm. 20. Ignatius, third patriarch of Antiochia. p.292. who buried the body of the 22. Joseph of Arima.thia. o jSoocm-)}!, Messiah in a grave whieh he had prep'red for himself, as is related towards the end of aU four Gospels. A]ma.'m&n b. Ahmad AIsalam! 20 Alharaw maintains that he bas seen it in the Church of the Rsurrection in Jerusalem, in a vault as a. grave eut into the rock in a gibbous form, and inlaid with gold. To this grave attaches a curious story, which we shall mention when speaking of the Christian Lent. People say that the king does not allow the Greeks to visit the grave. 23. Gelasius, martyr. 25. In the night after the 25th of this month, t.e. in the night of the 25th according to the Greek system, is the feast of the Nativity (t~*), the bu-th of the Messiah, which took place on a Thursday night. Btost people believe that this Thursday was tho 25th, but that is a mistake it 30 was the 26th. If anybody wants to make the calculation for this year by means of the methods mentioned in the preceding part, he may do so. For th lst of Knn I. in that year was a Sunday. 26. David, the prophet, and Jacob, the bishop of ~!Iia. 27. Stephanus, head of the deacons. 28. Herodes killed the chilren and infants of Bethlehem, searching for the Messiah, and hoping to HII Him among the others, as is related in the beginning of the Gospel. 29. Antonius, martyr. Christians believo him to be identical with '.<1M-JM~, the cousin of Hrn AIrasMd. He left Islm, and became a 40 convert to the Christian Church, wherefore Hrun crucified him. They teU a long and miraculous t~Ie about him, the like of which we never heard nor read in any history or chronicle. Christians, however, on the 1" whole are vcry mueh inclined to accept and to give credit to such things, more particularly if they relate to their creeds, not at all endeavouring by f

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E&nn H. 1. Basilius, ako feast of th CM~ Calendas means (C<). may it be (~ On this day the Christian children plus?). assemble and go round through the houses, crying with the highest voice and some sort of melody Calendas." Therefore they receive in every house something t. eat, and a cup of wine t. driuk. As the reason this custom some people assert that this M the Greek New-Year's Day, ..e..ne week after Mary had given birth to Christ. Others relate 10 as its reason the following story: Arius on having comefor~rdwith his theory, and having found adherents, took possession of one of the Chrif.. tian churches, but the people of that church protested against it. Finally they arranged with each other, and came t. this agreement That they would shut the door of the church for three they would prooeed together to the church, and read beforedays it alternately. That party, would open of legal owner. S. they did. The church door did not open of itself t. Arius, but it .39'! ~theotherpMty. Sotheysay. Therefore their children do ~htheyr~ivedatt~ 20 time. 2. Silvester, the metropolitan, through whom the people of Constantinople became christianized. 5. Fasting for the feast of Epiphany. 6. Epiphany (~:) itself, the day of baptism, when John, the son ofZ~h~, baptized Messiah, and made him dive under the baptismal water of the river Jordan, when the Messiah was The Holy Gh..t came over him in the form of a thirty years of age. dove that descended from heaven, according to the relation of the Gospel. The same, now, Christians practise with their ehildren when they are 30 three or four year. of age. For their bishops and preabytera 611a vessel with water and read over it, and then they make the child dive into it. This being d.~ the child is chri.tened. This is what our Prophet says Every child M born in the state of original purity, but then it. parents makeit a Jew, or Christian, or Magian" 'Ab-AIhusain Al'ahw&z! describes in his book of the Sciences of the Greeks th process of chriatening. First they read prayere for the child in the church during seven days, early and late on the seventh day it is undressed, and its whole body anointed with oil. Then they pour warm water ~0 a marble vessel which stands in th middle of the church. On 40 the surface of the water the priest makes five dot. with oil in the figure of a cross, four dots and one in the middle. Then the child is raised, its feet are placed so as completely to cover the dot in the middle, and it is put into the water. Then the priest takes a handful of water from one

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side, and poura it over the hefd of the child. This he does four times, taHng the water auccessively from all four sides corresponding to the four sides of the cross. Then the priest ateps baekward, and that person cornes who wants to take the child out of the water, th same who bas placed it there. Then the priest washes it, while the whole congrgation of the church is praying. Then it is definitively taken out of th water, is adorned with a shirt, and carried away to prevent its feet from tonch. ing the ground, whilst the whole church cries seven times: m~tf ~t~aof, t.e. 0 Lord, /MWMte~'c~~o~ Ms.' Then the child is completely dressed, 10 always being borne in the arms; thcn it is put down. Thereafter either it remains in the church, or it goes there again and again during seven days. On the seventh day the priest washes it again, but this time without uil, and not iu the baptismal vessel. 11. Theodosius, the monk, who tortured himself, and loaded himself with chains. 13. End of tho feast of Epiphany. On this day the noble saints on Mount Sinai were killed. 15. Petrus, Patriarch of Damascus. 17. Antonius, the first of the monks, and their head. 20 20. Euthymius, the monk, the tt-acher. 21. Maximus, the anchorite. 22. Cosmas, author of Christian canons and laws. 25. PoJycarpus, the bishop, the martyr, who was burned with nre. D 304 25. Johannes, called Chrysostomus. 'Imat~; is the Greek form for John. 31. Johannes and Cyrus, the martyrs. Shubt. 1. Ephraem, the teacher. 2. ty< Feast, in recollection of Ma.ry's bringing Jsus to the temple of 30 Jerusalem, whcn hc was forty days of age. This is a Jacobite feast, held in great vnration among them. People say that on this day the Jews introduce their children into the temples, and make tliem read the Thora. If this is the case, it is in Shebat (the Jewish fonn of th name) not in Shubt (the Syrian form), since th Jews do not use the Svrian names. Between the 2nd Shubat and the 8th Adh~r the beginning of their Lent varies, of which we shaU speak hereafter. When fasting they never celebrate the commemora.tion-daya we mention, except those that fall on a Sabbath those and only those a:& celebrated. 3. Belesys, martyr, killed by the Magians. 40 5. S!s Ca.thoMcus, whofirst bj'oughtChristiMtity down to B3iurasan. 14. Commemoration in recollection of the finding of the head of the Baptist, :.e. John, the son of Zacharias. 19

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Adhr. 9. The forty martyrs who were tortured to death by nre, oold, and frost. 11. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. 25. ~KHMtt<a<!o&[Kc<tM!NMB 2)e!p<!)fB. Gabriel came to Marv announcing to her the Messiah. From this day until the day of His birth M a little more than 9 months and 5 days, which is the natural space of time for a child's sojoum in the mother'a womb. Jesus, though he had no human father, and though supported by the Holy Ghost, was in Hia earthly life subject to the laws of nature. And so It is only proper that 10 also His sojourn in the womb of His mother should have been in agreement with nature. The mean place of the moon at noon of this day, Monday the 25th Adhr A. Alex. 303, for Jerusalem, was about 50 minutes in the first degree of Taurus. Those, now, who follow in the matter of the ~MBtMdMr (:.e. a certain method of investigation for the purpose of finding the ascendena or horoscope under which a child is born) the theory of Hermes the Egyptian, must assume the last part of Alies and the beginning of Taurus as the ascetK~M of the Messiah. However, Aries and Taurus were <MCMn!tt~ the time Christ was born, during the day- 20 at time, because the mean place of the sun for Jerusalem for noon of Thuraday following after the night in which Christ was born, is about 2 degrees and 20 minutes of Capricorn. The above-mentioned time of Christ's sojourning in His mother's womb (9 months 5 days) is, according to their theory, a conditio si'tM g<t<!)t0): for every child that is born in the night of Christmas, when the moon is standing under the earth at a distance of circumference from the degree of the horoscope. Now, knowing so much about the moon's place on the day of the Annunciation, we find that the horoscope (of the hour of Christ's birth) was near 24 degrees of Pisces. And if we compute the mean place of the moon 30 for the 25th of Knn I. for the time when she stands under the earth at th distance of circumference, we find the horoscope to have been nearly 20 degrees in Aries. Both calculations, however, (that of the astrologers and AlMrun's own) are worthless, because those who relate the birth of Christ relate that it occurred at night, whilst our calculations would lead to the assumption that it oecurred in the day. This is one of the considrations which clearly show th worthlessness of the .N~u~ro. We shall dedicate a special book to the genera and apecies of the N~tttHHMM,wheM we shall exhaust the subject and not conceal the truth, if God permits 40 me to live so long as that, and if He by His mercy delivers me from the remainder of pain and illness.

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1. Mary the Egyptian, who fasted 40 conscutive days without any in. As a rula, this commemoration-day ia celebrated on the Srat terruption. R~day after breaking fast; therefore, Friday being a conditio sute }!! non, it falls on the Ist of N!san only four times in a Solar Cycle, viz. in the 4th, lOth, 15th, and 21st years, if you count tho cycles from the the beginning of the ~r<t ~!&M[)tf!)'t, current year included. 15. The 160 martyrs. 21. The six synods. Sy;)~ means a im~tin~ of their wise men, of 10 their priests, bishops, and other chur~h dirait tru-s, for the purpose of &na,them'),tiziugsome innovation, a.n'] for somc'thing like cursing each other, orfor the considera.tion of some important religious subject. Such synods are not convoked cXMpt at long intervals, and if one takes place, people keep its date in memory and frequently celebrate the da.y, hoping to obtain a blessing thereby, and wanting to show thfir devotion. 1. The first of the six synods was that of the 318 bishops at Nicfea., A.D.325, under the king Constantine, convoked on account of Arius, who opposed thum in the question of the Persons, and for th purpose of per. petuating the dogma which they all agrced upon regarding the two 20 Persons of the Father and the Son, and their agreement regarding thia should always fall on Sunday after the rsubject that J'o~-&)'eoi!;)'My surrection of the Messiah; for there had come forward some people proposing to break the fast on the 14th of the Jewish Passover month (Tf<r<rape<rKfttS<KanTa[, or QMaWo~fCtMMttt). 2. Synod of the 150 bishops in Constantinople, A.D. 381, under the king Theodosius, son of Arcadius the Etdt.r, convoked on aceount of a. man called cnem~ of the Spirit (?ryttytaro~a~o;), because he opposed the Catholic Church in the description of the Holy Ghost, and for the purpose of perpetua.ting their dogma regarding this T/)'(! Person. 30 3. Synod of the 200 at Ephesus, A.D. 431, under the king Theodosius Junior, convoked on account of Nestorius,the Patriarch of Constantinople, p.296. the founder of Nestorian Christianity, because he opposed the Catholic Church regarding the Person of the Son. 4. Synod of the 630 at ChaJcedon, A.D.451, under the king Marcianus, on account of Eutyches, becanse he taught that the body of the Lord Jsus consisted, before the &'m<rt;, two natures, afterwards only of one of nature. 5. Synod under Justinian L, A.D. 553, convoked for the purpose of condemning the bishops of Mopsuestia., of Edessa, and others, who 40 opposed the Church in its fundamental dogmas. 6. Synod of 187 bishops in Cuttatantuiople, A.D. 680, under Constantine (Pogona.tus) the Believer, convoked on account of Cyrus and Simon Magus. 19

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23. Mr Georgioa, the martyr, tortured repeatediy and by various tortures, till he died. 24. Marcus, author of the second Gospel. 25. Elias, Catholicus of Ehur&san. 27. Christophorus. 30. Simeon b. SabbM Catholieus, killed in Ehzist&n, together with other Christians. .~ya)-. 1. Jeremia, the prophet. 2. Athanasius, the patriarch. 10 3. y/te Feaat of Roses according to the ancient rite, as it M celebrated in Khw&rizm. On this day they bring Jur!-roses to the churches, the reason of which ia this, that Mary presented on this day the first roses to Elizabeth, the mother of John. 6. Hiob, th prophet. 7. Feast of the Apparition of the Cross in Heaven. Christian seholars Miate:In the time of ConstantinetheVictorious there appeared in heaven the likeness of a cross of Sre or light. Now people said to the king Constantine, "Make this sign your emblem, and thereby you will conquer the kings who surround you." He followed their advice, he 20 conquered, and therefore became a Christian. Hia mother Helena he sent to Jerusalem to search for the wood of the Cross. She found it, but together with the two crosses on which, as they maintain, the two robbers had been crucified. Now they were uncertain, and did not know how to find out which was the wood of the Cross of Christ. Finally they placed each cross upon a dead body: when, then, it was touched by the wood of the Cross of Christ, the dead man became alive again. Thereby, of course, Helena. knew that this cross was the right one. Other Christians, who are not learned people, speak of the cross in the constellation of the Dolphin, which the Arabs call j~<t';M (riding. 30 camel), t.e. four stars close to .~MMOthe situation of which is ~l~a~ like the angles of a quadrangle. They say that at that time this cross in the Dolphin appeared opposite that place where Messiah had been cmcined. Now, it is very strange that those people should not rellect a little and find out that there are nations in the world who consider it as their business to observe the stars and to examine everything connected with the stars for ages and ages, one generation inheriting from the p.297. other at least this knowledge, that the stars of the Dolphin are ~ee~ which in this quality of theirs had long ago been recognized t&M-o, by their ancestors who cared for Euch things. And more than this. This Christian sect indulges in <<M-eM Crucig ~M-Mtm in ail sorts of tricks and hallucinations, eg. God ordered the Israelites to make a serpent of brass and to hang it on a beam, which wa.6to be erected, for the purpose of keeping off the injury done by the

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serpents when they had become very numerous among them in the desert. Now from this fact they infer and maintain that it was a prophecy and a hint indicative of th Cross (of Christ). Further they say that th se~ of Moses ()'.e. the divine gift bv which he wrought miracles) was his staff, and a staff is a longitudinal line. Now when Christ came, He threw His staff over sueh a line, and a cross was formed, which is to be indicative of the fact that the law of Moses was completed (finished) by Christ. But 1 should think that that which is perfect in itself does not admit of any inerease or decrease, which you 10 might prove in this wa.y, that if you threw a third staff over the cross, from whatever side you like, you get the iiues of the word X (;io), whieh means Koincrease and Modecrease. This is certainly the same sort of hallucination frequently occurring among those Muslims who try to derive mystical wisdom from the comparison of the name of Muhammad (A*) with the human figure. Accorduig to them the Mm iN like his head, the H& like his body, the second Mun like his belly, and the D&t like his two feet. These people seem to be completely ignorant of lineaments, if they compare the mea' sure of the head and the belly (both expressed by the same letter M!m) 20 and the quantity of the limbs which project out of the ma.ss of the body, forgetting at the same time the means for the perpetuation of our race. Perhaps, however, they meant individuals of the feminine, not of the masculine aex. 1 should like to know what they would say of such names as in their outward form, but for the addition or otrission of one letter, resemble the form of the name of Muhammad, for instance, ~tr or ~e~* (77<MttM JKa/M), and others. If you would compare some of or them aooordin~ to their method, the matter would simply become ridiculous and ludicrous. More curious still than this is the tact that this Christian sect, in the 30 matter of th Cross and its verification, refers to the wood of .PKMtt<t. For, if you eut this wood, you observe in the plane of the eut lineaments which resemble a cross. They go even so far as to maintain that thia fact originated at the tin:" when Christ was crucified. This wood is frequently used in this way, that a pice of it is attached to a man who suffers from epilepsy, being considered as a symbol of the resurrection of the dead. Now, 1 should like to know whether they never study medical books and never hear of those authors who lived long before and on whose authority the excellent Galenus gives the descripChrist, tion of this wood. Tho'tf who use the works of soul and nature as 40 arguments regarding physical appearanees, from whatever theory they start, and how widely soever discordant their thories may be, will always manage to find that the starting-point of their argument agres with that which they maintain, and that their firat sentence resembles that at whieh they aim. However, sueh arguments can never be accepted, unless th"re be a reason whieh ~operly connects that which is

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measured with that by which you measure, the proof with that which is to be proved. There exist, cg. double formations or correlations in things opposite to each other (eg. Mack and white, &c.), triple formations in many leaves of plants and in their kernels, quadruplications in the motions of the stars and in the fever days, quintuplications in the belle of the Bowers and in the leaves of most of their blossoms, and in their veina sextuplications are a naturaJ form of cycles, and occur also in beep.298. hives and Htow-na~es. So a.11numbers are found in physical appear. ancea of theworks of sou! and life, and specially in flowers and blossoms. For the leaves of each blosaom, their bells and veins, show in their 10 formation certain numbers (numerical relations) peculiar to each species of them. Now, if anybody wants to support his theory by referring to one of these specips, he can do ao (t.e. there is material enough for doing P so), but who will believe him ? AIso in minerais you find sometimea wonderful physical peculiarities. People relate, e.y. that in the Jftt~Mnt (alta.r-pla.ce) of the Mosque in Jerusalem there is a white stone, with a nearly-obliterated inscription to this eSect: "Muhammad M the prop~ of God, oM~ God be M~ct/M! <o Mm And behind the Kibla there is another white stone with this obliterated inscription: "In the name of God the clement, the merciful 20 Muhammad is the prophet of God, Hamza is his help." Further, stones for rings, with the name '.4M, the Prince of the Believers, are of frequent occurrence, because the figure of the name '-4H is frequently found in the veins of mountains. To this category, too, belong certain forgeries, e.g. some Sh'a preacher once asked me to t~ach him something which he might utilize. So I produced to him from the ~!<o&-<ta<t~t~ of AUond the recipe of (an information how to make) an ink composed of various pungent materiats. This ink you drop upon an agate and write with it if you then hold the stone near the nre the writing upon the stone becomes apparent in white 30 colour. Now, in this manner he wrote (upon stones) th names Muhammad, 'AI!, etc., even without doing the thing very carefully or understanding it particularly well, and then he proclaimed that thse stones were formations of nature and had come from such and such a place. And for sueh forgeries he got much money from the SM'a people. the peculiarities of the flowers there is one really Among astonishing fact, viz. the number of their leaves, the tops of which form a circle when they begin to open, is in most cases conformable to the laws of geometry. In most cases they agree with the chords that have been found by the laws of geometry, not with conic sections. You scarcely 40 ever find a flower of 7 or 9 leaves, for you cannot construct them according to the laws of geometry in a circle as isoscele (triangles). The number of their leaves is always 3 or 4 or S or 6 or 18. This is a matter of frequent oceufence. Possibly one may find one day some species of flowers with 7 or 9 leaves, or one may find among the species hitherto

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known sueh a number of leaves; but, on the whole, one must say nature preserves its genera and speeeeesuch as they are. For if you would, e. count the number of seeds of one of the (many) pomegranates of a tree, you would find that all the other pomegranates contain the same number of seeds as that one the seeds of which you have counted first. So, too, nature proceeds in all other mattem. Frequently, however, you find in the functions (actions) of nature which it is her office to fulfil, aome fault (some irregularity), but this oniy serves to show that the Creator who had designed something deviating from the gnerai tenor of things, 10 M mnnitely sublime beyond everything which we poor sinners may conctive and predicate of Him. Now we return to our subject. 8. Commemoration of John, author of the fourth Gospel, and of Arsenius, the monk. 9. Iesaia, the prophet. DdMshu', in his commentary on the Gospel, p.299. caUs him te'. God knows best (which is the right form). 10. Dionysius, the bishop. 12. Epiphanius, the archbishop. 13. Julianus, martyr. 20 15. Feast o~&xes aceording to the new rite, (postponed to this date) because on the 4th the roses are still very scarce. On the same date it is celebrated in Ehurs&n, not on the original date. 16. Zacharias, the prophet. 20. Cyriacus, the anchorite. 22. Constantine the Victorious. He was the first king who resided in Byzantium and surrounded it with walls. The town was after him called Cjnstantinople it is the rsidence of his successors. 24. Simeon, the monk, who wrought a great miracle. ~azr&n. 30 1. ~<M< of .E<M-< hen people bring ears of the wheat of their fields, w read prayers over them, and invoke the blessing of God for them. On the aame da.y commemoration of John the son of Zakaria, through which they purpose gaining the favour of God for their wheat. This feast they celebrate instead of the Jewish 'Asefe~/t. 3. Commemoration of Nebukadnezar's btirning the ch'idren, 'Azaj'y, ~ajM~ys, and Michael. Aiso commemoration of the renovation of the temple. 5. Athanasius, the patriarch. 8. Cyrillus, the patriarch, who drove Nestorius, the author of 40 Nestorianism out of the Church, and fMommuiuea.te<l him. 12. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the four evangeliste. 18. Leontius, martyr.

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21. Berekhy&, the presbyter, who brought Christianity to Marw about two hundred yeM-aafter Chist. 22. Gabriel and Michael, the Mcbmgeitt. Their commemoration they consider as a means to gain the favour of God, and they ask God to protect the creation from any injury done by the heat. 25. Birth of John b. Zachariah. Between the annunciation of his birth and his birth itself there e!a.psed 258 days, ie. 8 montha and 18 days. 26. Febronia, the martyr, who was tortured to death. 29. Death of Paul, the teacher, the apostle of Christianity. 1( 30. Peter, t.e. Simeon Kephas, the head of the messengers, t'.e. apostles. Tamm~. 1. The twelve apo<!tles, the pupils of Christ. 2. Thomas, the apostle, who did not believe in Christ when he had returned after His crucifixion, untit he touched the ribs of His aide. There he felt the trace of the wound, where the Jews had pierced Him. He is the same apostle through whom India was Christianized. p.300. 5. Dometius, martyr. 7. Procopius, martyr. 8. Martha, the mother of Simeon Thaumaturgus. 20 9. Commemoration of Nebukadnezar's burning the three children. They asaert that, if they did not keep this commemoration, they would suffer from the heat of Ta.mmz. 10. The forty-five martyrs. 11. Phocas, martyr. 13. Thuthael, martyr. 14. John of Marw, the younger, who WMkilled in our time. 1S. Cyricus, and Ma mother, Julitta.. Cyricus M said to have argued, when a child of three years, with dcisive arguments against some king. Through him fourteen thousand men were converted to Christianity. 30 20..FefM< of Me Grapes, when they bring the first grapes, and pray to God that He may give blessing and increase, rich thriving and growing. 21. Paphnutius, martyr. 26. Panteleemon, martyr, the physician. 27. Simeon Stylites, the monk. 30. The seventy-two disciples of Christ. Ib: 1. Fasting on account of the illness of Mary, the mother of Christ, it lasts fifteen days, and the last day is the day of her death. On the same day, commemoration of Solo~ onis the M(ttka.bean. The 40 magians kiHed her Meveuchildren, and roastef' them in roMting.pms.

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5. Moses, the son of Amram. 6. Feast of Mount Tabor, regarding which the Gospel relates that once the prophets, Moses, the son of Amram, and Elias, appeared to Christ on Mount Tabor, when three of His disciples, Simeon, Jacob, and John, were with Him, but siept. When they awoke and saw this, they were frightcned, and spoke May our Lord, i.e. Messiah. permit us to bui)d three tents, one for Thee, and the other two for Moses and Elias." They had not yet finished speaking when three clouds standing high above them covered them with their shadow then Moses and Elias entered the cloud and disappeared. Moses was dead already a long time before tliat, whilst Elias was alive, and is still living, as they sa,y but hc does not show himself to manHud, hiding hiniself from their eyes. 7. Elias, the ever-living, whom we mentioned just now. 8. Elisha, the prophet, disciple of Elias. 9. Babla, the bishop. 10. Marnas, martyr. 15. Feast in commemoration of the death of Mary. The Christians make a difference between CommcMMratto~ and Feast" the latter is an affair of more importance than the former. 16. lesaia, Jeremia, Zakaria, and Hezekiel, the prophets. 17. The martyrs Seleucus and his bride Stratonice. p.301. 20. Samuel, the prophet. 21. Lucius, martyr. 26. Saba, the monk, weak from age. 29. Decapitation of John. Alma'mnn b. 'Ahmad Alsalarn Alharaw! relates that he saw in Jerusalem some heaps of stones at a gate, called Gate of </te CohtMM they had been gathered so as to form something like hills and mountains. Now people said that those were thrown over the blood of John the son of Zacharias, but that the blood rose over them, boiling and bubbling. This went on till Nebukadnezar killed the people, and made their blood now over it then it was quiet. Of this story there is nothing in the Gospel, and 1 do not know what 1 a,m to say of it. For Nebukadnezar l'allie to Jerusalem nearly four handred and forty-five years before the death of John and the second destruction was the work of the Greek kings, Vespasian and Titus. But it scems that th people of Jerusalem call evt'rybody who destroycd tlieir town Nel)ukaduezar, for 1 have heard some historian say that in this case is meant Jdarz I). Shapur b. Afkrshuh, one of the Ashkanian kings. 30. Commemoration of all th prophets. IuT 1..FeshttM corotM)' tt!Mt. They pray and invoke God's blessing for the ( Rnd nf th vear, and th bcg!]))<n)~ nf thp new o'x' beonuRf with this month th year reaches its end.

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3. Commemoration of the seven martyrs killed in NisMpur. 8. ~anna, mother of Mary, and Joyakim, the father of Mary. 13. feast of the renovation of the temple, with prayers. On thia day they renovate their churches. 14~ Feast in recollection of Constantine and Helena.hia mother finding the Cross, which they seized out of the banda of the Jews It was buried in Jerusalem, but on this subject we have spokeu aiready. 15. Commemoration of the Six Synoda. 16. EuphemM, martyr. 20. The martyra Eustathius, hie wife, and mother 10 23. Vitellius, martyr. 24. Thecla, martyr, who was burned to death. On the same day, the feast of the Church of <&< Church of Beaurreetion) in ~~ep~ Jerusalem. 25. The martyrs Sabinianus, Paulus, and Tatta. 28. Chariton, the monk. 29. Gregorius, the bishop, the apostle of the Armenians. This, now, is all we know of the commemorationa and feasts of the .~9 ~h they agree with tbe Nestorians. Of these we P.haU treat in a special chapter, but first weshall give an explanation of 20 Lent as something which lies in the midst between both sects, being commonto both of them.

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AGREEAMON9BACHOTHER. HEBETOFomBwehave explained in such a manner as will sufice for every want, and more than that, all the pa.rticula.rs rela.ting to the Passover of the Jews, its conditions, the mode in which it is ca.lcula.ted, and the reason on which this calculation rests. Christian Lent is one of the 10 institutions dependent on Passover, a.nd is in more than one way connected with it. We now prsent auch information regarding Lent as corresponds to the purpose for whieh the practices of Lent are intended -by the help of God and Hia mercy. Christian Lent always laste forty-eight days, beginning on a Monda,y The and ending on a Sunday, the forty.ninth da.y after its beginning. last Sunday before the end of Lent (or Fast-breaking), is that one which they call Sa,'Hn!n (i.e. Hosanna or Palm Snnda.y). Now, one of the conditions which they have esta.Miahed is this, that PtUMover(Enstpr) must always fall in the time betwcen Pa.lm Sunday 20 a.nd Fast-breaking, i.e. in th hmt weel: of Lent. It cannot fall earlier tha.n Palm Sundn.y, nor later than the last day of Lent. The limita within which the Jewish Passover revolves, we have already heretufoM mentioned. Regarding these the Christians do not agree with The word them, nor rcga.rding the beginning of the cycles ((7'~). Jijal, or cycle, is an Arabized Syriac word. in Syriac &'j/o!. n eaning the But it is only proper that we should mention sa,me as the Jewish jfo~o! the Teft)t)'!Mpeculiar to each nation. So they call the Great Cycle, /))Jt'<ta (<tc) but as it is tronblesome to pronounce this word so

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frequently in our discourse, we shall ase the term Great JM (ie. Great Cycle). The diffrence regarding the cycles has this origin to the Jews the first year of the ~M ~~aK<?.-t is th tenth According year of the Cycle whilst according to the Christians it is the 13th (~t~~ee~M), year For some of them count the interval between Adam and Alexander as 5069 years, others as 5180 years. The majority uses the latter number; it is also well known among scholars (of other nations). It occm-a <.y. in the following verses of EhaMd b. Yazd b. Mn'Swiy~ b. 'Ab-Sufyn, who wa.s the first philosopher in Islam; people say even 10 that the source of his wisdom was that learning which Daniel had derived from the 'M)-<C'<M.e,the same one where Adam the fatherof mankind had deposited his knowledge. "When 10 years had elapsed besides other 3 complete years And further 100 single years, which were joined in right order to 6 times 1000, manifested the religion of his lord, Islam, and it was consolidated and estaMished by the Flight i.e. Anno ~da~ 6113. (Hijra) p.303. The Hijra. occurred A. ~!RM~n just mentioned 6113 years of the 933. If you subtract thia from the Mundi, you get as remainder 20

5180 years the mterval between Adam and (as Now they converted Alexander). this number of years into ~MH Cycla, and got as remainder 12 years, i.e. at the beginning of the ~~M~W 12 years of the current Bnneadecateris had atraady elapsed. Further they arranged th years of the to the ~M~c~~according Ordo lntercalationis myt-Q ('.e. 2. 5. 7.10. 13. 16. 18.), bccause this arrangement stands by itself, as not requiring you to subtract anything from the years of the era. 30 In the first year of the cycle they fixed Passover on the 25th of Adhr, because in the year when Christ waa crucified it must have fallen on this date. Starting from this point they arranged the Passovers of all the other years. Ita earliest date is the 21at Adhr, its latest date the 18th Nsn. So the Terminus J'(McMM extends over 28 days. Therefore the earliest date of Passover falla always by two days later than the vernal equinox as observa by eye-sight (!.c. the 19th Adh&r) And thia is to serve as a help and precaution against that which ia mentioned in the 7th Canon of the C~ott~ ~o~o?o,~m.. "Whatever bishop or presbyter, or diaconus celebrates the feast of Passover before the 40 equinox together with the Jews, shaH be deposed from his rank."

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If the .RM/-&rMi!:M~Fitr) of the Christians were identical with their ( Passover, or if it fell always at one and the same invariable distance from Passover, both would revolve through the years either on the same days, Since, however, or parallel with each other on corresponding days. Fast-breaking can never prcde Passover, its earliest possible date falls by one da.y )ater than the earliest possible date of Passover, i.e. on the And 22nd Adhr (the 21st Adhr being the earliest date of Passover). the latest date of Fast-breaking falls by o)Mweek later than the latest date of Passover; beca.use if one and the same da.y should happen (to be 10 Fast-breaking and Passover, i.e. a Sunday), Fast'breaHng would fall on the next following Sunday. In this case it would fall by one week later than Passover. If, therefore, PassoYci' falls on its latest possible date (18th Nsn), Fast-breaHng also Mis on its latest possible date, i'.e. on the 25th Nsn. Therefore the days within whieh Fast-breaMng varies are 35. And for the same reason the beginning of fasting varies parallel with Fastbreaking on the corresponding days, the earliest being the 2nd Shubt, the latest the 8th Adhr. Accordingly the greatest interval between the beginning of Lent and Passover is 49 days, the smallest interval 20 42 days. Between the full moon of Passover and the new moon of Adhr in a common year, of Adhr Secundus in a leap-year, is an interval of 44 days, 7 hoirs, 6 minutes. This new moon falls always between the beginning of the smallest interval and the greatest interval (between the beginning of Lent and Passover), and falls near the beginning of Lent. And this new moon has been made the basis of the whole cajculation in this way: You observe the new moon of Shub&t and consider which JtfoMf~tyis the nearest to it, th prt~editig one or the following. If this Monday lies 30 within the Te~M'KM Jf)KKt'i', i.e. between the 2nd Shubt and the 8th Adhr, it is the beginning of Lent. If, however, this Monday does not reach the rettKi~M Je/M)t< and lies in the time before it, that new moon ia disregarded, and you repeat the same considration with the following new moon. In this way you find the beginning of Lent. As we have mentioned already, Passover may proeeed towards the beginning of the year as far as the 21st Adhr, which is its earliest possible date. If full moon falls on this day and it is a Sabbath, the year 1s a common year, the new moon by which you calculatc falls on the 4th Shli'bt and th preo~ing Wnnday, whieh is th" nearest Monday 40 to this date, and therefore the beginning of the Terminus J~'MM! is the Ist Shubt, if the year be a leap-year, but the 2nd Shubt if the year is a common year. This date lies within the Terminus Jejunii, and so it is th beginning of Lent.

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The lateat possible date of Passover is the 18th of Niaaa. H full moon falls on this day, and it ia a Sunday, the year ia a leap-year, the new moon by which you oalculate, t.e. th new moon of Adhr Nee<, falls on the 5th of th Syrian Adhr, and the 8th of the same month ia that Monday which follows after this new moon and falls th nearest to it, because in this case the lat of the Syrian Adhr is a Monday. There. fore the beginning of Lent is the 8th Adhr, which ia a.t the same time the latest possible date for the beginning of the To'muMS Je/Mtm. If we were to go ha~k upon the new moon of Adhr Primus, we ahould find that it &Ua the 5th Shubt in a common year, whilst the lat Shubt 10 on is a Sunday. In that case the preceding Monday would be nearest to it (the 2nd Shubt), whieh is the beginning of the Terminus Jejunii. Now, this day would be suitable to be the beginning of Lent, if it also corresponded to aU the other conditiona (but that is not the case) viz. if we make this da.y the beginning of Lent, Fast-breaking would fall about one month earlier than Passover; and this is not permitted, according to a dogma of theire. And if the year were a leap.year, new moon would fall on the 4th Shubt, and then the preceding Monday, being the nearest to it, would be the lst Shubt, and this date does not lie within the rermMKMJejunii (2nd ShubfSth Therefore we mut 20 Adhr). disregard this new moon and fall back upon the following one. The followers of Christ wanted to know before-hand the Passover of the Jews, in order to derive thence the beginning of their Lent. So they consulted the Jews, and asked them regarding this subject, bat the Jews, the enmity which exists between the two parties, told them guided by p.805. lies in order to lead them astray..And beaides, th eras of both parties differed. Finally, many of the Christian mathematicians took the work in hand and made calculations with the various cycles and different methods. Now, that method which they at last agreed to adopt, is the table called Xpayucof,of which they maintain that it was calculated by 30 Eusebius, Bishop of Ceasarea, and the 318 bishops of the Synod of NiceBa.

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[LaCMtM.] to give up iheir religion. Then they fled one night and perished to the last of them. This Friday they call also The Sma!: Bc~Ma, The first Sunday after Fast-breaking M called the New ~M~, on ~ch day Messiah dressed in white. They use it as the commencement of all kinds of work, and as a date for commereial agreements and written contracta. For it is, as it wore, the first Sunday, because the one is specially known by a more famous preceding name, M. Fast. breaking. 10 All Sundays are highly celebrated by th Cluistians, because Hosanna and Rsurrection faU on Sundays. Likewise the Sabb.-ths are celebrated by the Jews because, as is said in the Thora, God rest< d un this day on having finished the creation. And, according to some scholars, Muslims celebrate their Friday because on that day the Creator finished the creation of the world and breathed His spirit into Adam. Accordingto the astrologers, in all religions certain are celebrated, because th horoscopes of their prophets and week-days th constellations indicative of their coming stood under the influence of the planets that reign over these respective days. 20 Forty days after Fast.breaMng is the feast of ~c~.oM, always fa~g on a Thursday. On this day Messie ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives, and He ordered His in that room where He disciples to had celebrated Passover in Jerusalem, until stay should send He them the Paraclete, !.e. the Holy Ghost. Ten days after Ascension is ~A~MM Day, always on a Sunday. It is the day when the Paraclete came down and Messiah revealed Himself to His disciples, t.e. the Apostles. Then they began to speak different longues they separated from each other, and eaeh party of them went to that country with the language of which they were inspired and 30 which they were able to speak. On the evening of this day the Christians prostrate themselves upon the earth, whieh they do not do between Fast-breaHng and this day, for during this time they say their prayers standing erect, all in consequence of some biblical commandment to this effect. The same (jjrostration) is proclaimed for all the (other) Sundays by the last Canon of the first Synod. The beginning of the J~M~ of the 4po~, according to the Melkites, is a Wednesday, ten days after It is broken always on a Whitsunday. Sunday, 46 days after its beginning, The third day of this fasting, a Friday, M called the CoM~ Friday. For on this day the Apostles passed a lame man in Jerusalem, who asked people for a gift. He invoked the name of God, asking them for alms. They answered "Ve have neither gold nor ~ilver. However

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Mp, carry i).way yom- bed, and go to your business. That is the best we can do for yon." The man rose, free from pain, carried away his bed, and went to his business. Most of these festivals are mentioned in the Table which is of Fa~ If you find Fasting by this table, armuged m seven columns. you find at the same time these festivals-if God permita t

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CHAPTER XVII.
ON THE FESTIVALS THE NESTORIAN OF THEIR MEMORIAL CHBMTIANS, ANDFA8TDAYS.

NESTOMC8,from whom this sect derives its origin and name, opposed th MelMtes and brought forwa.rd a theory on the dogmas of Christianity which necemita.ted a schism between them. For he instigated people to examine ajid to investigate for themselves, to use the mea.ns of logic, ayHogism, and analogy for the purpose of being prepared to oppose their adversaries, and to argue with them; in fact, to give up the Jurare tmoertct ma~Mtn. This was the method of Neatorius himself. 10 He esta.blished as lawa for his adhrents those things in which he differed from th MeDdtes, differences to whieh he had been led by his investigation and unweaj'ying study. Now 1 shaJl proceed to propound all 1 have been able to lcarn regarding theil festivals and memorial-days. Nestorians and Melkites agree among each other regarding some memorial-days, whilst they disagree regarding others. Those da.ys, regarding which they differ, are of two hinds 1. Days altogether abolished by the Nestorians. 2. Days not abolished by them, but celebrated at a time and in a 20 manner different from that of the Meikites. Furiher, sueh Nestorian festivals, not celebrated by the MeDdtes, whioh are derived from the feast-times common to both sects (Lent, Christmas, Epiphany). Besides, there is a fourth c]ass of Nestorian feast-days, not need by the MeDdtes, which are not derived from the (common) feaat-times also used by thc Melkites. A. Feasts regajdir-: which Nestorians and MeIMtes agree among each other Christmas, Epiphany, the Feast of Wax, the beginning of the

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Fasting, the Great Hosanna, the Washing of the Feet of th Apostles, the Passover of the Messiah, the Friday of Crucifixion, Rsurrection, Fast-breaking, the New Sunday, Ascension, and Whitsunday, the fasting of Our Lady Mary, and some of the memorial-days which we have mentioned heretofore. B. Feasts common to both sects, but celebrated by the Nestorians at a time and in a manner different from that of the Melkites 1..Mc6'<tMM (Jn~-MMM). On this feast they wander from th naves of the churches up to their roofs, in commemoration of the retuming of 10 the Isralites to Jerusalem. It is also ealled ~2,& ~;QO (Sanctification of the C%)-c&). It ia celebrated on the~< Sunday of Tishrin II., if the lat of this month f)~Uson Wedneada.y, Thursday, Prida.y, Saturday, or Sunday but if it falla on a Monda.y or Tuesday, the feast is celebrated on the last Sunday of Tishrn I. The cha.ra.cteristic mark of the day, as 1 have heard John the Teacher say, is this, that it is th Sunday falling between the 30th of Tishrn I. and the 5th of Tishrn n. 2. ~t6Mr (~m)t!:<M[<to), Feast of the annunciation to Mary that she was pregnant with the Messiah, celebrated on the ./u-o< Sunday in Eann I., if the first of the month faJls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sun. 20 da.y; but if it falla on a Monday, Tuesda.y, Wednesda.y, or Thursda.y, the feast is celebrated on the last Sunday of Tishrn U. In every case it ia the 5th Sunday after th Sunda.y of Mtt'oMtn. In the year when the Messiah was bom, the Ist of Knn I. was a Sunday. Between this day and that of His birth there are 25 days. Now, Christians say Messiah differs from mankind in so far as He bas not originated throughan act of begetting; likewise the period of p.310. His sojourning in the womb of His mother is contrary to the waya of human nature. The annunciation (of the pregnancy) may already have oceurred a.t a time when the embryo (or growing child) was already 80 settled in the womb it may also have occurred earlier or later. 1 have been told that the Jacobites celebrate S~M~ on the Mth of the Jewish NM&n this day feU, in the year preceding the year of Cimat's birth, on the 16th of the Syrian Adhr. 3. Me J'~(!~ of Our Lady Mary. It begins on Monday after the and Sunday of jS'!tM<M-, it ends on Christmaa.day. 4. The Decollation of John the Baptist. The Nestorians celebrate it on the 24th of b. 5. Commemoration of Simeon b. SfAM' i.e. Bon of the dyers, on the 17th b. 40 6. The Feast of the OroM,celebrated by the Nestorians on the 13th Ill. For on this day Helena found the Cross, and she showed it to th people on the following day, the 14th. Therefore the Christians came to an agreement among each other, the Nestorians adopting the day of the finding, the others the day when it was shown to the people.
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C. Feasts celebrated by the Melkites only, and fixed by them on certain dates of their own, are, eg. 1. Commemoration of John of EMhbM-, on the Ist Tishrn I. 2. Commmoration of Mr Phetion, on the 25th of Tishrm L 3. The feast of the Mona~tery of John, on the 6th of Eann I. 4. The feast of the Church of Mary in Jerusalem, on the 7th of K&nn II. 5. Commemoration of Mr on the 25th of Haz!rn. 6. Beginning of the Feast of Revelation, on the 6th of b it is the last day on which Christ appeared to men. On the same day the feaat 10 of ~.Mf-~Me. The end of the Feast of Revelation ia on the 16th b 7. Feaat of M:M M&r, on the 12th b. 8. Commemoration of CrispimM and Crispinianus, on the 3rd II. D. Feasta nxed by the Nestorians on certain whieh the two sects have nothing in common. For week-days, regarding instance 1. Commemoration of the monk t~ta or Mr Sergius, o- the 7th Tishrn L, if the Ist of the month is a Sunday in any other case it is postponed to the Sunday following next after the 7th. 2. Commemoration of Solomonis, on the following Sunday, according to the pra<!tice of the Chris~jana of Baghd&d. 20 3. The Feast of Dair-Ab Ehalid, on the first Friday in Tishrn II. 4. Feast of the Monastery of Altadisiyya, on the third Friday of Tishrln H. 5. Feast of Dair-Alkahhal, on the fourth Friday of Tishrn II. 6. Commemoration of U~ (Mar S&h&?), on the last Sunday of I&1 7. Feast of Dair-AItha'&lib, on the last Sabbath of lul but if the Ist of Tishrn I, of the next year be a Sunday, the feast is postponed to this day, and falls no longer in luL In that cMe the feast does not at all occur in the year in question, whilst it occurs twice in the following year, once at tho beginning and once at the end. 30 p.311. E. Of those feasts, depending on certain days, which are common to both sects, there are three classes I. Those depending on the Lent or II. Those depending on Christmas. Fast-breaHng. m. Those depending on Epiphany. I. Feasts depending on the beginning or end of Lent are, e.g. 1. The Friday of~M, the 12th day after beginning of Lent i.e. ~~~ of&sS~ Thursday, the 24th day after beginning of fasting. th~FT~~ the Child whopreferred death to ~' Fast.breaking. commemoration of Mr Cyri~ 40 Friday the 20th day after

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4. Commmoration of Srn andDuran the Armenians, who were killed by the king Sh&pur, on Sunday the 29th d:ty after Fast-breaking. 5. Fasting of the Apost! according to the Nestorians, always a begiiining on Monday, seven weeks after thc Great Fast-breaking following after Whitsunday. It lasts during 4C days, and it is broken always on a Friday 6. Commemoration of Mar Abda, the pupil of Mar Mai- on Thursda.y the 14th day after the end of the Fasting of the Apostles, which again dpends on the Grtut Fast-breaking. 10 7. Commemoration of Mar MM on Friday, the JSth day after the end of the Fasting of the Apostles. 8. Fasting of Elias, beginning on Monday, 21 weeks after the Great it la.sts during 48 days, and it ends on a FMt-brea.Hng Sunday of Ninive, on Monda.v, 22 Fasting days before the beginning of Lent, lasting three days. Tradition says that th people of the pn.phet Jona, after punishment had corne upou them, and after God had again released them and they were in safety, fasted these three da.ys 10. The Night of (th spy) is th night of a. Friday in which-as people say-they seek Messiah. There is, however, a diffe. 20 rence; according to some it is the night of Friday, the 19th day after the Fasting of Elias; according to others it is the Friday on which Christ was crucified, called ~MhM; according to others it is th Friday of th Martyrs, one week after ~Mh&<. The prfrence we give to the first of these three opinions. If, now, you know the beginning of Lent of a year in qu .tion, compare the eolumn of the common year, if the year be a common year, or the column of the !eap.year, if the year be a teap-year, and opposite, in the table of the feasts depending on Lent, you will find the date of every feast in question, and also the date of the Fasting of Ninive, 30 whieh precedes Lent. Here follows th ta.ble.

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IL The feasts depending on Christmas are thse :Th Feaat of the p.314. Temple on Sunday after Christmas; the Commemoration of Our Lady Mary, ?. Jtf(!r<Jtfa~amJtf'?i-< meaus !M!;He)' nobilis, domina-on Friday after Christmas. If, however, Christmas falls on Thursday, it is postponed uctil th second Friday, for this purpose, tha.t Christmas and this Commemolation should not follow each other immediatelv. For only the m~7tt of Thursday lies in the middle betwecn the day of Thursday and the day of Friday (not one complte day). m. Fea.sts depending on Epipha.ny:T)io Fust of the Vir~rns on Monday after Epiphany it lasts three days, and is broken on Thursday. It is also in use among the 'Ibadites and the Arab Christians, who relate thia story Once the King of AI-hra, before the time of Islam, chose a number of women from among the virgins of the 'IbAdites, whom he wanted to take for himself. Now, they fasted thre' days without any interruption, and a.t the end of them the long ~icd without having touched them. According to another report, this fast waf kept by the Christian virgins among the Arabs as a thanksgiving t<<God for the victory which th Arabs gained over the Persians on th day f Dh Ksr. So they were delivered from the Persians, who did not get into their power the virgin Al'a,nka~!r, the da.ughter of Ainu'm~n. For if Lent Frequently this fast is connected with the Ninive-Fast. falls on its earliest date, the Monday after Epipha.ny is the Fast of the Virgins. Then there are twenty-two days between this fast and Lent. In that case this day Is also the beginning of the Fast of Ninive. Both faBts (Je/Mtmm TtfyiMMt et Jp/MKi'tfHt ~'M~tcMm) last threc days. Thereupon they celebrate the Commemoration of MurJoha.nnes on Friday after Epiphany. The Commemoration of Peter and Paul on the second Friday after Epiphany, that one whieh follows after the Commemoration of Mur Johajmes. Paulus was a, Jew. Now, they mainfain that Messiah worM a miracle in blinding his eyes and making them see again, whcreupon he believed in Him. Then Messiah sent him as an apostle to the nations. Petrus is the sa.me as Simeon Koplias. The Commemoration of th Four Eva.ngt-)ists, on the thit-d Fridav. The Commemoration of Stepha.nus, ma.rtyr, on the fourth Friday. Some people place it on Thursday, one day earlier. The Commemoration of the Syrian Fathers, on the fth Friday. The Commmoration of the Grcel: Fathers, i.e. Diodorus, Theodorus, and Nestorius, the bishops, on the sixth Friday. The Commemoration of MAr AbbA Ca,tholicua, on th seventh Friday. The Commemoration of the C%H)-<-)t f ~(?<tMt, of all mankind '.< o that have died up to that date, on the eighth Frida.y. But if there are not enough Fridays, and Lent is nea,r, they drop the Commmoration of the Syrian Fa.thers, and celebra.te instead the Commemoration of Mar

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Abb Catholicus, and then they proceed according to the original order. During Lent they drop the Fndays, and on the evening of every Friday they have a ~MtM, t.e. worship. They have constructed for the days depending on Christmas a.nd Epiphany and the week.da.ys in question a table, indicating their dates in the Syrian months. If you want to use it, take the years of th p.315. ~~Mt! including the current year, and change them into solar cycles. With the remainder compare the Co~Mt i of j~<tM6e)-en the table of the Nestorian festivals. There you find opposite the number each festival if in red ink, its date in the month written in red ink at the 10 top of the column if in Mack ink, the date in the month written in bhck ink at the top of the column. Over the whole you find the weekday on which the feast always falls. If we knew the System of the JacoMte Christians, we should explain it, as we have explained those of the other Christians. However, we never met with a. man who belongeil to their sect or knew their dogmas. Here follows the table.

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ON THE FEASTS OF THE ANCIENT MAGIANSAND ON THE PAST AND FEA8TDAYS0F THE SABIAN8. THE ancient Magians existed already before th time of Zoroaster, but now there :8 no pure, unmixed portion of them who do not pmetise the of Zoroaster. In fact, they belong now either tothe Zoroastrians religion or to the Shamsiyya seet (sun.worshippers). Still, they ha.ve aome ancient traditions and institutes, which they trace back to their original creed; but in reality those things have been derived from the laws of the aun-worahippers and the ancient people of H~rrAn. 10 Aa regarda the Sabians, we have already explained that this name applies to the real Sabians, i.e. to the remuants of the captive Jews in Ba.bylonia, whom Nebukadnezar had transferred from Jerusalem to that country. After having freely moved about in Babylonia, and having acclimatized themselves to the country, they found it inconvenient to return to Syria therefore they preferred to st&y in Babylonia. Their religion wanted a certain solid foundation, in consequence of which they listened to the doctrines of the Magians, and MtchKe<< towards some of them. So their religion became a mixture of Magian and Jewish elements like that of the so-called Samaritans who were transferred from 20 Ba,bylonia, to Syria. The greatest part of this sect is living in Sawad.al-Trk. These are the real Sabiana. They Jive, however, very much sca.ttered'amd nowhere in places that belong exclusively to them alone. Beaides, thev do not agree among themselves on any subject, wanting a solid ground upon which to base their religion, such as a direct or indirect divine revelation or the hke. Genealogically they trace themselves back to Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam. The same name is aiso applied to the ~aj-raniMM, who are the remMT.< of the followers of the ancient religion of the West, separated (eut on) 30 from it, since the Ionian Greeks (t.e. the ancient Greeks, not the PN~Mt or Byzantine Greeks) adopted Chribtianity. They derive their system

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from AghxdMmn (Agathodtemon), Hermes, WN!s, MaM, Sawur. Thoy believe that these men and other sages like them were prophets. Thissect is mueh more known by the name of Sabians than the others, atthough they themselves did not adopt this name bcfore A. H. 228 under Abbaside ruie, solely fur the purpose of being reckoned among those from whom the duties of ~)7;f)MM<<t arc accepted, and towarda (/TotM'm) whom the laws of Dhimma. are observed. Beforc that time they were ealled heathens, idolaters, and ~arr)mians. They call th months by the Syrian names and use them in a similar 10 way to the Jewa, whom they imitate, th Jews being the more ancient and having a greater daim to originality. To the names of the mouths they add the word -H7M!(new moon), so they say .H7M y;e7in<: J., ~<7a! Tishrn the Last, etc. Their New Year is Hill EaBun tho Last, but in ecunting the munth~ they begin with HiMl Tishrn I. p.319. Their day begins with sunrise, whilst all others, who use lunar months, make it begin with sunset. Their luna.r month begins with the second day after conjunction (new moon). If, now, conjunetion precedes sminse only by one minute, the 20 third following day is the beginning of the month. But if conjunction coincides with sunrise or falls only a little tutcr, the second day after conjunction is the beginning of the month. When in the course of three years, one month and some days have summed up, they add this time as one month to their months after Hil&l Shubat and call it Bt'M~~~i.!)- 7. Muhammad b. 'Abd-A!'az!z Aihnshim! bas given in his Canon called ~yMm! a short notice of the fcasta of the Sabians, simply relating the facts without investigating and criticising their origin and causes. His report 1 have transferred into this chapter, adding thereto wha.tever 30 I have learned from other sources. Regarding the more externat part of this feast-calendar (i.e. the purely chronological part) 1 have made computations on my own aecoant, only by way of induction, since 1 have not the aame means to investigate this subject which 1 had for the others. God helps to what is right 1 HUat Tishrn I. 6. Feast of Al-Dhahbana. 7. Beginning of the clbration of th tcast. lit. Feast of Fd H&M. 14. Feast of mt Fud!. 15. Feaat of the Lots (Fatum Sor<tt<m). ~at Tishnn II. 1. The Great Bakht (i.e. F<t<:<m). 2. MarShelam&.

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5. Feast of ~j for the shaving of the head. 9. ~-j*the idol of Venus. 17. Feast of U~ (Tarsa). On the same day they go out of town to JHatnea. 18. Feaat of Sarg it is the day of the renewal of th dresses. According to 'Abu-aMarag Atzanj&n, they celebrate the ~f<~ o/- r~<<t in this month, beginning with the 4th and ending on the 18th. ituN Kimn I. 7. Feast of the addressing (~U~.) to Q~ the idol of Venus. 10. Feast of the idola for Mars. 10 20. Feast of the Demons. 21. Beginning of the first fast, whieh is broken on the next following day of conjunction (new-moon's day). During this time they are not aUowed to eat meat. At the time when break their fast they are wont to practise ahnsgiving and charitable they work. 28. Feaat of the invocation of the Demons. 29. Feast of the Pata for the Demons. SO. Feast of consultation. p.320. According to 'Ab-alfamj AIzanj&n: they celebrate on the 24th of thia month the feast of the Nativity. 20 HUtU Knn I. A~the invocations, fast and feast days of thia month are sacred to the Demons. 1. Feast of New.Year's Day, like the calendar of the Greeks. 4. Feast of D<M)--t~a&tt:, the feast of and Balt, !.e. Venus. 8. Fast of seven days it is broken on the 15th. 12. Invocation of 20. They pray to the Bel of Marran. 25. Peaat of the idol of TirrathA (Tir'ath&, 26. Feast of the nuptials (wedding) of the Atergatis). year. 80 Hil&i Shubt. 9. Beginning of the minor fast; it seven days and is broken on the ICth. During that time they do not taste any fat, nor anything .f the feast-meals or what is taken from them. 10. Feast of the House of the Bridegroom for the Sun. 22. Feast of u~. for the Sun. 24. Feast of the Venerable OM ~f<Mt, Saturn. i.e. 25. Feast of the nuptiale of <<~tle. H~ Adhar. 1. Fast of it lasts three days, and is broken on the 4th. 7. Feast of Hermes-Mereury.

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8. Beginning of the Great Fast, during which only mmt is forMddt-n. Its S~MtOH this, that they hegin to lament on a day of this month, is when the sun stands in the sign of Pisees (and the moon P?nfM);o). They continue their lamentations until the Slst day, when the suu stands in the sign of Aries, and thL' moon in the sign of Caneer, hoth standing in the s~ue degrp(-. The former day is the heginning of the fast, the latter is its breaking. Frequently this fast lasts only 29 days, when HiMt Adhar has tess than 30 days. 10. Weaning of the children. 10 BuSTN!?~ 2. Feast of Damis. 3. Feast of the Stibium. 4. Celebration of n\oSro!. 5. Feast of (;A, the idol of Venus. 6. FeMt of jt< and of the L)!))! Bct't~ of the Moon. On the same da.y is the feast of DMr-bMM. 8. The breaking of the Great Fast faHs iM)nost cases on the 8th of this month. On th same day is the feast of the birth of the spirits. 9. Feast of the Lords of th Hours. 20 15. Feast of the mysteries of Atsimak (Spica,). 20. Feast of the assembly at Dair.Kudh!. p.321. 28. Feast of Dnir-S!n!. HthU Ayyur. of Sa.tghit, prince of th Satans. of a Baghditdian house. of th vows. of e~.<, or feast of baptism, of DahdAk, the idol of the Moon. of pahdak and of~ otBarUlshya. of BarMmrushya. of .!M6-oHt&M straw-gate). (the of perfection for Dahdak, a blind idol. Tera.'uz.

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18. FeMt of the etementa. 19. AJso feast of the lments. HiMFSE 3. Feast of DailafatAn, the idol of Venus. 7. Alao feast of Dailafatn. 24. Feast of bathing in the Me, 26. Another feast. 28. FeMt of KephMmtsa. 30. End of th feaat of bathing in the Ty~t<. HiMt tlr &2nf~ end of 10 fasting. 14. Fasting of Ubj. S' Feastof the Lords of the forth of the New MC.M. 25. Feast of the camdie on the coming hill of Harrn. ln each of these months there a certain ~h~ obligatory for their priests. I think, either it lasts 14 days of ea<-hmonth, or it Mis on the 14th. 1 c~nnot make eut th truth One of those who record their doctrines says, that on the 17th of each month they celebrate a feast, the reason of whieh is the oeginning 20 ~1~the equinoxes and aobticea of are festiv~ with them, and that the wmter.MlstMe M the beginning of their year. p.322. Thi.is~th~tAIh~h~: and these materials as we found others have related. Wehave collected them, simply tranacribing the names as they were written. these thinp from the people themselves (the l;Iarrnians), and to distinguish between the l;Iarrnians, and the ancient ~?. Magians, ~re~P~r method which we have followed clsewhere, if God permit81 80 BT~ information the regarding S~~he~ ~tem.)-Be<~use their great fasting falls into the first phase (quadrature) of Hill Adhr, whilst aun and moon stand in two double-bolied signe (pt~ and Ge~~ and because the end of the P~~S Nsn, whilst .un and moon stand in certain two (A~s and Cancer), their months must of necessity ~ol~~e aol~ year in ~i~ way to the Jewish montha, that is to an av~ge. And between the causes of each of these two things there is a Cl'unection. For tUe Jewish Paasover demands that sun 40 E===~~ES5Eequinoxes-for they may stand in opposition, and not only once, but

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twice-and the ~arr&nian fast-breaking demands that whieh we have mentioned (in HUM Adhr). Hence follows that th phase (quadrature) next preceding the Jewish Passover ia the faat-breaking of the t[arr&. nians, and that the conjunction which falla next to the autumnal equinox is the beginning of their year, never falling beyond tul. If we compute these elements for a cycle of 19 years, we get a rough sort of computation, but only a rough one, for they themselves try to correct it by means of the time of the conjunction, as we have men. tioned. The methods of both Jews and Christians for the computatiun c'f Passover are based upon sueh motions of the luminaries, of which we have found out that they remain back behind real tuue, especially as regards the sun (the precession of th equinoxes having been neglected). If we examine the oppositions according to the motions that have been found by rcent observations, we find that some of them prcde the I;Mfet-iMnt according to both Jewish and Christian systems; they, however, disregard this precession, whilst it is really the case, and we find that others of them (the oppositions) fall near the end of the ~s~)-KBH'<;these latter oppositions theyadopt and rely upon them, whilst they are utterly wrong; for th real timo (or opposition) precedes that time already hy one month. Now, since it has been dur object hitherto to point out scientinc truth, to mediate between the two parties (Jews and Christians), and to adjust their differences, we have put forward the methods of eaeh of the two sects according to their own theory as well as that of others, so as to show to each of them the prc and the coM~-a the case. And from of our side we have proved that we candidly adopt their tradition and lean upon their theory, in order to make the t-ruth clear to them. In all of which we are guided by the wish that both parties should dismisa from their minds the suspicion that we are partial to any side or try to mystify them that their minds should not shrink back from our opposition, when we pass in review the (chronological) canons which they produce. For if they are left such as they are, they are not free from confusion and mistakes, most of which we have already pointed out. Now we shall assume as the earliest date of the Te~t~MM Paschalis the Mth of Adhr; we shall let the day of opposition in reality faU into the two signa of the equinoxes upon this basis we shall arrange the Passovers of th cycle that none of them precedes this terminus, and that each of them falls so that sun and moon stand in opposition to each other in the manner prescribed the end of the terminus is to P-323. be the 13th NBttn, and wHhui this space the sun must once have stood in opposition to the moon, although the aun may also after this terminus still stand in Aries without standing in opposition to the moon.

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From thse corrected Passovers we shall then derive the fast-breaking of the Sabians, and thence the beginning of the year, i.e. the conjunc. ttoninHil&lTiiihrmI. AM this we have done and armnged in a table. Now if you take the yeMa of the ~5-ct ~~Mttdt-tthe uMi-ent year mctudedfor the beginning of Tishrn I., whioh follows after the conjunetion of their New Year, and add thereto 16 or subtract therefrom 3 if you divide the sum by 19, if you neglect the quotient and compare the remainder with the columa of the numbera in the Table of the C~veeM Cycla, you find opposite their New Year, the end of their Qroa.t lifting, the corrected 10 Passover, and, hence derived, th mean fasting of the Christians, all nxed on the corresponding days of the Syrian months. Here follows the Table of the Cotrec~ Cycle.

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CHAPTER XIX.
ON THE FMTtVAM OF THE A.RABSN THE TIME OF HEATHENDOM. t WB have already mentioned that the Arabs had 12 months. that they used to iutercalate them so as to make them revolve with the solar year in one and the sa,me order, that the signinca.tiona of the names of the months seem to indicate the reasons why they agreed among each other regarding this order, some of them indicating the corresponding times of the year, others indicating what the people did during them. We have already given the theory of some etymologists and historians 10 of the Arabs regarding them; we shall now add another theory. ~H~$<t!-)-<t0t, so called because four of their months were ~tntM, i.e. sacred ones, one a separate one, i.e. Rajab, and three eoMfCMh'ce nes, o i.e. Dh-alka.'da, Dh-aJh~ijja. and Almuharrani, during which fighting was forbidden. ~<t~tf, so called on account of a contagious disease that used to befall them, when they beca.me ill and their colour became yelloiv. Bo6!' J'rmMMet PostretMM, they fell into the season of autumn, which the amcient Ara,bs called JM! JttttM<MPrima et J*os<)'eMMt, time when the cold morninga, rime the 20 and hoar frost appeared, and when ;the water began to ~-ee,th seaaon of winter. Bajab, so called beca,use then people said /r/<t6M,i.e. abstain from fighting and warlike expeditions, because it was a. sacred month. Aecording to others, so called because people immediately before it made haste, i.e. being afraid of it; for you say )'a/t&<tt7t<t, 1 was afraid of him. to S&'6a<t,so called because then people <!)'epe)-ee(! their camps and went out in search of booty. ~!<tm<t~&t,the time when the heat commenced and the soil wa~ hot. Thia month was held in high veneration in heathendom 6<MHt!t~ 30 S&<nc'N,so called because then people said <&<ttptctM, break up; ie. according to another view: beca.use about that time the she-camels Mrotc tt6<Kt< their tails, wanting to be covered. Therefore the Ambs did not like to marry their children in this month. 21

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and .DM-<tN!<t'<!<bec:mse people said, ~:<<!owM abstain from fighting. then so called because in this month they used to hold their .DM-a~i~'ft, pilgrima.ges. months were dis. (The seasons with diSremt mations.)Their tributed over the four seasons, beginning with autumn, whieh they catled.BaM'; thenwinter; then spring, caDedNa~ or by others~at:' Secw~tM; then summer, called Kaiz. This nomenclature, however, has altogether been droppod and forgotten. Of the way in which they divided the se~~ms, we know only so much that the beginning of .B<tM* autumn fell on the 3rd tll, the beginning of winter on or the 3rd Kanun I., the beginning of Saif or spring on the 5th Adhr, and the beginning of ~ajz or aummer on the 4th HMrn. Thif) you learn by the way in which they distribute the risings and settings of the lunar stations over the seasons. Regarding the beginnings of these four seasona there has been a controversy. Ptolemy says, in hia Introduction to the Spherica1 Art, that the ameient Greeks fixed their beginnings on the moments when the sun p.326. enters the equinoctial and solstitial pointa, whilst the ChaMeam are said to have commenced the seasons 8 degrees after the equinoxea and solstices. The reason of this is, as it seems to me, that the computa.tiona in the Chaldean canons are baek behind the computations to which the observations and canons of the ancient Greeks have led, and that just 8 degrees were assumed as the measure of this difference because they toT~ndsuch a difference in the progressive amd retrograde motion of the sphere, the greatest extent of which is 8 degreas. But God knows best what they meant Th explanation of this motion you find in the Z: th Motions of the Sun <t!s<t/X'tAofAbu.Ja'&.rAlkh&zin,andintheBookof by Ibrahm b. Sinn, the best and most appropriate explanation possible. The Byzamtme Greeks and Syrians fixed the beginnings of the seasons ea.rlier, one half sign (t.e. 15 degrees) before the equinoctial and solstitial points. In consequtnce, their seasons commence when the aun enters the middle of the signe that lie before the year-pointa. Therefore these signa were called th cofpofef~ ones (Ctemini, ~irgo, Arcitenena, Pisees). Sinan ben Th&bit relates two theories on this subject on the authority of the Egyptians and of Hippajchus, both nearly to this effect, that they nx the beginnings of the seasons one whole sign before the four year-points. The radicaJs among physicsj scholars make them precede the year-pointa by one sign and a half, and those of them who more than all deviate from the truth nx them on the times when the sun stands towards the equator a,t the half of his total inclination (15 Am. phora, 16" Taurue, IS" Lo, 16 Scorpio). Such a division stands in direct opposition to common usage of mankind, and is in no way to be harmonized with the significations of the names of the sea~ons. These theoriea in all their varieties are represented in th following table.

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(On the Mrs of th ancient Ar&bs.)The Ara.ba ~ae& to hold {MB in certain places and on certain dates of their months which were intercalated so as to agree with the solar year. Some of them have been mentioned by AbA-Ja'far Muhammad ben ~aMb Albaghdd in the Xt<<!6.~1!)H~)'. He says: The fair of D&ma.t-aJjamda.IWM held from the lat of Rabi' I. till the middle of the month. There a bargain waa concluded by ~te &)-ow)M~ of a 8ione,viz. if people gathered round an article of merchandise, he who liked to have it threw a ftone. Now, frequently several people that 10 gathered around the same article, then the owner had to sell it to man who threw the atone. The fair of Almusha.~ar commenced on the Ist of Jumda II. There the touching was the mode of bargaining, viz. only to hint and to whiaper, which they did for fear of sweaxing and lying. The fair of Suhr, from the lOth till 16thof Rajab. The fair of Dab, on the last of Rajab. There the mode of bargaining was .m!Mfhc<M)M[!.e. chaffering). ( The fair of Al.abihr, in the middle of Sha'bn. There the mode of bargaining was the <&oic:<tyof a stone. The fair of 'Adam, from the lst till lOth of Ea.ma.4&n. 20 TI .e fair of ~an'a, from the middle of Bama~an till the end. The fama of AMbiya. in Hadra.ma.at, and of 'UkM in th highest part of Ainajd, not &J' from 'Araft, fell on the same day, viz. the middle of The fair of TJMz was one of the moat important, being Dhu-alka'da. frequented by the tribes Km-ajsh, Hawazin, Ghataf&n, 'Aslam, 'Ukail, Alm~talik, the 'Ahabtsh, and by a motley crowd of other people. The fair was held from the middle of Dhu-alka'da till the end. As soon as the new moon of Dhu-alhijja was observed, people went to Dbu-almajaz, a place in the neighbourhood of 'Ukaz. Then they held there a fair until the day of AItarwiya (the 8th of DM.alhi.jja). Then they went up 30 toMina. The fair of Nata in Khaibar and that of l;Iajr in Alyamma were held from the lat till the lOth of Aimnharram. Since God has sent Islam, most of these customs have been abandoned.

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ON THE FESTIVALS THE MUSLMS. OF MusuMs use the months of th Arabs without aNy intercalation, for a rp~son which we have heretofore mentioned. They dcclajed the four sacred months aa sa~ro-sa-nct m consequence of the divine word (S&ra. ix. 36) "Four of them are sacred ones (such is the right la.w). Therefore you shall not wrong yourselves in them." The months Shawwl, Dh-aJka.'da, and the first ten days of DhaJMjja.they call the Afo~/M of J~finMye, of which God says (Sra il. 10 193) Pilgrima.ge lasts for certain months. Therefore those on whom He hM imposed the duty of pilgrimage shall not speak indecently, nor commit any wrong, nor quarrel during pilgrimage." They were called the Months of Pilgrun&ge beca.use before this time the pilgrim is not allowed to enter the holy preuincts. There are controversies regajding them between the lawyers of the four orthodox Ia,w-schools they belong, however, to the science of law, and would swell this book too much if p.329. we were to propound them. These (two and one-third) months are named with the Fhtf~M Paucitatis (not dual), beca.use the fraction, i.e. the third of a month, is added to the other months as one complete 20 month. The jMoM</M </MT<'at< whieh God describes in the following words o/ (Sra, ix. 2) "Therefore ye shall go about on earth during four montiM," are the time from the Day of &M:t'ce (the lOth of DIm-Alhijja.) till the lOth of Ba.M' n., for the Prim-e of the Believers ('Al!) recited thia Sitra to the people (as a messenger of the Prophet) on the Dies m<te<(~tOtMa (i.e. the lOth of Dh-Alhijja.) on the fair. The Ara,ba celebrate the following days of their calendar. ~!))t!t~CH')'C[Ht. The let is celebrated because it is the beginning 80 yoM'. and opening of th

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Th 9th is ca~ed y~M, a word like 'M. It a day on which the devotees of the SM'a. say pmyers. The MthM ca.lled '~M~, a most distmguished da.y. The Prophet M =0 reported t. have ~d ye men, h~sten t. do good ~As on this day, for it i~ a grand and blessed day, on which God had mercy on Adam." until the murder of Aihua~nb. 'Al b. .A~ 'Ab-Tlib oceurred on it, when ho and hiB adherents were treated in auch a way as never in the whole world the worat eninin~Is have been tremed. They were killed by hunger and thirst, through the sword therrhe~. roasted, and h.~were made to 10 trample over their bodies. Therefore people came t. consider this as an unlucky one. day On the contrary, the &m& 'Um~yy~ dressed themselves on thia day in kinds of ornaments, and painted their eyes ~t~ they celebr~d a feast, andgave banquets and parties, eating sweetmea.ts and vamous kinds of com~e< Such was the custom in the nation during the rule of the Ban after the downfall of this dynasty. TheSiu~ people, however, lament and weep on this day, mourning ~her~~T~ in public, Baghdd and in 20 other cities and villages; and they make a pilgrimage to th blessed s.U (the tomb of Alhusain) in K~rb~ As this is their m.urnmg.d~y, commonpeople have an aversion renewing the utensils of the household on this day. When the news of the murder of Alhusain reached Medn~ th daughter of .Ak;I b. Ab-Tilib came forward and said Wha.t will you say, if onue the Prophet speaks to you Wha.thave you donc, you, the iMt of aJl nations, Withmy next relations and my family, if I inquire for themiOne hait of them are pri~nerB and one half with It was not the proper reward for the advice 1 tinged Mood. gave you, That you, in playing the part of my aucceMOM, should bring woe over those who had sprung from my loins." Ibrhm f~y~m~ helper of ~eFrophet.. fmily, was killed. People .ay that on thia day God took on Adam, that the ark of Noah stood still ou the nionutak compassion Je.u.~bom, that Moses was ~ved (from Fh~), and Abraham (from tbe fire of Nebukadnezar), that the fire around him (which to bum him) became cold. Further, on this day Jacob regained his eye-sight, Joseph 40 drawn out of the ditch, Solomon inveeted with the royal power, the punishment w~eu away from the people of Jona, Hiob~E from ~hi~' the prayer of Zacharias granted and John was given to him.

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Peopb maintain that the Di'es ot-M-~t'oKM, which is the time for the p.330. rend??:Youaof th sorcercrs of Pharao, is this day 'shura, cspccia!!y the time after noon. Although it be pnssibh- that a. thse eveuts should hve nceurred ou this day, we must st:ttethat all this rests ou);' on th.' authoritv of popu!ar story.teHers, who do not dr.).w upon Icamed sources n<'r upon the betwecn th oiCM~ of (t ~t!)t<f<! (i.e. Jews and Christians). <c<< agreement Some people say that 'shrA is an Artbized Hcbrew word, viz. 'shr, i.e. the lOth of th Jewish month Tishr:, in whieh falls the fasting Kippr; that the date of this fasting was compa.rcd with the months of the Arabs, and that it was fixed on the lOth day of their first month, as it with the Jews falla on the lOth of ~if;r~< month. The Prophet gave orders to fast on this day in the first y ew of the Hijm, but afterwards this law was a.brog:).ted by the other la,w, to fast during the month of Ramadan, whieh faJIs la.tcr in the year. People relate that the Prophet of God on arriving in JMedina,saw the Jews fasting 'shra. On inquiring of them, he was toM that this was the da.y on which God had drown(;d Pha.m.o and his peuple a.nd had s.tTcd Mosea and the Israelites. Then the Prophet sa.id Wehave a nea.rer claim to Moses than they." In consequence he fasted on that day a.nd ordered his followers to do the same. But when he a.fterwards issued the law regarding the fasting of Bama.dan, lu; no longer ordered them to fast on 'shra, but neither did he t'urbid them. This tradition, however, is not correct, since scientilic examination proves against it. For the Ist of jM:uh:irraui in the year of the Hijra wa~ a Friday, the 16th Ta.mmuz, A. Alex:mdri 933. But if we compute the Jewish New-Year's Da.y for the sa,!ne yc.u-, it was !t Sunday, th 12th of Ell, corresponding to the 2!)th of Safar. Therefore the fasting 'shra fell on Tuesda.y, the 9th of Ka,b:' I., aud th flight of the Prophet occurred in the first half of Ea,b!' I. When the Prophet was asked regarding the fasting of Monday, he said: On this day 1 wM born, 1 received my prophetiea~ mission and divine revelation, and on this day 1 ned." Further, it is a question on tc/iic/t Monday the flight occurred. According to some, it wasthe 2nd of Ra.M'I., according to others the 8th, according to othera the 12th of Rabi' I. However, aceording to the generally-adoptcd view, it was the 8th of Rabi' 1. Both the 2nd and the 12th are excluded, sinee thoy were not Mondays, because the lat of Ba,M* I. of this ycar was a Monday (in consquence th 2nd was a Tuesday and the 12th a Friday). Now, for this reason th arrivai of the Prophet in Medina (on Monday, the 8th of Ra,b!' I.) falls one day before the Jewish 'shrK (on Tuesday, the 9th of Ra.M' I.), and 'shra did not fall in Muha.rra.m, except at the time 3-10 years before the year of the flight, or 20-30 years f~)' th year of the flight. Therefore you could not maintain that th Prophet fasted 'shra on

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account of its coinciding with the lOth in this year, untess transfer AshAr from the tirst of the Jewish months to the BrM of you the Arabian 60 as to make them faU together. months, of the Night (In the firat the Ist of Muharram was a Fnday, and therefore the year lOth or 'Aahura, Monday). AIso in the second year of the flight the Jewish 'Ashr and the date of M~ammad'a arrival in Mdina, cannot have coincided. The assertion of the Jews that on thia day God drowned Pharao is refuted by the Thora itself. For this took place on the 21st of NMn p.a31. the seventh of the days of unleavened bread. Now, the beginning of the Jewiah Passover after the arrival of the Prophet in Medina was a. M Tuesda.y.the a8ndAdh6r,A.Atex. 933,c.inoidingwithth~l7thBamad.a, and the da.y on which God drowned Pharao was the 23rd EMnadan. Therefore this tradition is altogether unfounded. The 16th, Jernsalem was made the ~iUa of the MMlims. The 17th, the C'o<H?<!M'o!Mthe of ~!ept<t~ (Ethiopians from the south of Arabia) arrived before Mekka. ~<t~t! 1. The head of A!hnstun was brought to Damascus. Then he (Yazd b. Mu'&wiy&) placed it before MmBelf, and with a stick in his hand he struck out the fore-teeth (the central four incisors), reciting these verses: 20 am D<)ta descendant of Ehindif, if 1 do mot revenge On the sons of Ahmad what he has donc. 0 that my chieftains in th battle of Badr had witnessed The pain of Khazra.j, ca.used by the hitting of the apeam. They would have praised God, and their faces would have beamed with joy, And then they would say '0 Ta.zd, do not ask for anything more! We have killed the generation of their chieftains; We have tried to take vengeance on him for Badr, and we have 30 got it.' $1 On this da.y the Imam Zaid b. 'AN was killed and emcined on the border of the Euphrates; then his body was burned, and the ashes throwninto the water. 16. First appearance of the illness in the P This was the .phet. illuess in which he died. 20. The head of Alhusain waa again laid to th body, and both aere buried together. On this da.y the pilgrimage of the forty mon occnred, when they entered the holy district after their return from Svna.. 40 23. Ahmt'mn b. AhasMd (the Abbaside Khatif) gtve up a.gain the green dress, after he had dressed in it during five and a haJf months.

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He again adopted th black colonrs, the cotours of the Abbaside party, after they had become exfited against him. 24. Muhammad left Mekka and conuual~d himself iu a cave together with Ab-Batr. J!<)tt' 1. 1. Death of the Prophet. 8. The Pruphot arrives in Mt'Jmit ou the Sight. 12. The Prophet is boru on a Monday in th Year uf the ]'!tf)'hants. ~& JI. 10 3. The Ka.'ba. was bttmeJ at the time whfN AIhajjaj besieged 'AMftUah h. Zubair. 15. Birth of 'AU b. AM-Talib. j!OHf!fMl. 3. The Battle of the Camel in Ba~nt with''isha,, Talha,.tnJ Alzubair. 8. The death of the virgin FatiuMt, the Prophet's daughter. jKtMH~f!JJT. 2. Death of Ab.Bakr. 4. F&tima.was boni of Khad!]~ bint Khuwailid. J!<)/&. 20 4. 'AM and Mu'&wiya meet at SiS:n. 26. God made Muhammad His Prophet to all mankind. 27. Night of Ast;ension and the night-journey to Jerusalem. ~t(t'6t:K. 3. Birth of Athusadn b. 'AM. 15. The great Liberation-night, also called Zra:M-<t~(tH. The 15. The Ka'ba was made the Kibla instead of Jerusalem. Harramiana turn in praying towards the south pole, the Sabians towards the north pole. 1 believe that the Manichans, too, turn towarda the north pole, because this is, according to them, the middle of the dome of of the 30 heaven and its highest place. 1 find, however, that the author Book ot JfatTttt~e, who M a Manicheean and one of their missionaries, th tHpf'~ftt:het< peuple uf th three tfMgiuus with turuing to onc direction to the exclusion of another. With this he reproachcs them, besides other things, and hf s~ems to indicate that a man who prays tu God dues not need any Kibla at all.

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.B<M!<(!tt, th month of th obligatory fasting. 6. Birth of AJhusain b. 'AM according to aU authorities p.333. except Alsalmt. 7. Ahna'm&n adopted the green colours. 10. Death of Khadja. 17. The cursed 'Abd-atrahman b. Muljim Ahnurad: struck 'A): b. Ab:Tlib on the head so as to injure the brain. On the morning of the 17th the battle of Badr oceurred Mcording to another report, it occurred on the 19th. But this ia nut correct, because there M an uninterrupted tradition saym~ that it occurred ou a Monday in the second year of the flight. If we co.uf.ute th Ist of Ramadan for this year, we find that it was a Saturday, and the Monday in question falls upon the l7th. 19. Mekk& was conquered. The Prophet did not perform th pilgrimage, beoa.use the Arabian months were back behind real time m consquence of the 3~~?' (postponement of certain montha in the times of heathendom). Therefore he waited tillthe months returned to their pruper places, and then he performed the fareweU-pitgrimage, and forbade to use th NtM)'. 21. Death of the Prince of the Believers, 'Ali b. AM-Tatib also death of 'AM-Atrida Ibn Musa AIMzim b. Ja'far Atsadik b. Muhammad Alba~ir b. 'Ali AlsajjadZain-aI'&bidin b. AI~UMin, the protom&rtyr, son of the Prince of the Believers 'AI! b. AM.TMib. to othem, his death (that of 'AM.Atrid&) occurred on the 23rd According Dh&.Alka'da. 22. Birth of 'AM b. AM-Talib, according to A)sa.Iam!. 25. 'Abu-Musum 'Abd-ahahman b. Musiim first raised the standard of the 'Abbasides in Ehurasan. 26. Revolt of Alburku': in Baara; according to some, he waa 'AU b. Muhammad b. 'Ahmad b. 'aa b. Zaid b. 'Al! b. Aihumin b 'Al! b. AM. Talib according to others, he waa 'Al! b. Muhammad b. -Abd-alrah!m b. 'Abd-a~ais. There is a report saying that Atb~n b. Zaid, the Prince of Tabanatan, wrote to him at the time when he came forward in Ba?ra, asking for his genealogy, in order to leam the truth of the matter, whereupon he received this answer Do you mind my business as much as 1 mind yours (i.e. as little). My compliments." A wonderfully short and cutting answer, very much like that which WaK-aIdaula 'Ab'AhmadEhaJaf b. 'Ahmad, the Prince of Sijistn, gave, when N&h b. Mansr, the Prince of Xhurasn, had written to him threatening him with various things. He answered 0 Nuh, you have quarrelled with us a great deal. Now carry out that with which you thrpaten tM, if you are a true-speaking man." L. e c 27. The night of this day is called .Ma<.<t:A<t< (Night of Fate), of which God says (Sra xcvii. 3) that it is better than a thousand months.

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The date of this night rests on universal agreement, because its rpat date is not known. People say See, this night is the night of tho l7th or the 19th, for it waa between thse two uights that the batth) of Badr occurred, thf eonquest of Mekka, the descending of th M)g'')s as a help, marked with certain badges (SAra iii. 181)." This may ho Thp angels descend and the correct, for God savs (Sura. evii. 4.) 8}'trit. There is freedom from eYerythms in tha~tuight l'y th permission of their Lord." communiontcd Peottte say that on the fottowing day:i the holy book: Wt-re 10 to the Propheton the let of R~nm~an, the ~!'M tu AbrahMn, p.333. the 6<h the Thom to Moses, the 12th the PsaJms to D~vid, th 18th the Gospel to Jesus, and the 24th the FK)')! to MuhMnmMt. As regards the Coran, God says (Sra ii. 181): "The month of Ramadan in which the Coran was sent do~n." Thereby we leam that it was revealed in this month. Somc people quote besides the passage And that which we have sent down upou our servant (Sra viii. 42): 20 on the day of the dtfwOK (Alfurkan), on th day when the two hosts met," inferring from this passage thmt the Coran was revealed on the 17th of Bama~an, because on this day th two/too~ (that of Muhammad and his opponents) met at Badr. But God knows best! Regarding the Thora, we have already mentioned that it was reveaM on the 6th of Siwa~t, on the feast of eoM~xj/a~'oH('Azereth). If, at that time, Ramadan coincided with Siwc.n, the matter is so us bas b~'en said. But there is no possibility of settling this question, because th year in which the Thora, was revealed is not known if it were known, we should The report inquire into the subject by chronological computations. 30 regarding the Gospel is the saying of a man who does not know its character, nor arrangement, nor composition, and the revelation of the other books is altogether unknown and cannot be found out. God knows best StfW)cu!. 1. Feast of fast-breaidng, also called the day of tHO'cy. God selected Gabritl as the bearer of His revehtior. He inspired the bes and taught them how to make honey (Sra. xvi. 70). People maintain that <m this day Gcd crfatcd Paradise. But why du they tm-ut.Iuu lu tl'eu ifpuft surh a thtttg with itU thui~It m)ty bc 4') suppoaed to indicate and that tuay bf inferred therefroni? i' They go evcn so far as to attributf to Him an ug]y anthrt'p~murphism:)S to say that on this day He p)antfd th< trec Tuba with His own hand. And this

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they have ..t tned t~ explain in any way ou the ..nt~ry. they believe it just as it stands, from sheer ignorance. 2. Beginning of a vohmtary fasting of six conscutive days. 4. Muhammad and the Christians of Najrn argued with each other. M~hammad installed ~a~n and fusain in the right of s~ of hia, and Flima in the right of hi. wives, and 'Al b. 'AM.TMib he made his intimate friend, complying with the order of God in th. of the ouraieig. 17. Battle of 'Uh.d to othera, it occurred m the middle of according the month. In this battle Hamaa was and lamented 10 over his loge. M. Death of Abu.TMib. 28. On this day, they say, Yonas was deTOttredby the &)h. DM.~NM'<!a. 5. The Ka'ba. was sent down. God took compassion on Adam. Abraham and Ishmael raised the bases of the temple of Mekka. 14. Jonas, they say, c~ne forth from the belly of the nsh. Acc~ding 1.1~ view he muat h.ve ~yed there twenty.two days, whilst according ~Chr,st~ he stayed only threed~ys. is mentioned in~ Gospel. 20 29. On this day, they say, the tree K~t grew over Yonas. DM. 1. The Prophet of God married his daughter ~zotiand Dies aacri.

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138) "And we have promised Moses thirtv nights-which are the mght. of Dh~.d.d we have completed their number by ten wtueh are the Dtee sacri. 8. This day is called AUarwiya, because the pilgrin'8-weU in the m..que of Mekka used t. be full of water about this season in the holy .n time of both heathendom and M&m, and the pilgrims drank from it a. much as , According to another it was called so because they used t. carry the water from Mekka view, on i.e. wh.ch are used to draw water from a well. According to a third opinion, because God made spring forth for lehn~elthe well ~nz~.fr.~Mch he drank so much as t. quench his thirst. According to a fourth opinion, because onthis day God revealed Himaelf to the mountain, as bas been mentioned in the history of Moses. 9. This day is called day of the great pilgrimage on 40 It called because on that day people ~gni.e.ach.ther at the time when they comble for th performance of the rites of

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pilgrimage, or, because Adam and Eve rccognised cach nther after they had been driven out of Paradisc in the place where people a&semMed, t.e.m'-)M/< It is also On this day God selected Abraham M a Mend (Mn~!). called the Jaj~ of /o)-gt');)'H~. becanse on 10. It M called the f!f~ o/Ac t'/e~'HM,also Dt'M )Hoc<f</);))' this day the a.nima.ls, that had been brought to MeH~~ to be sacrificed, were siftughtered. It is th last dn.y of the days of the pilgriiiiage. On this day Isaak was ratisonwd with the Mm. On this day, too, //tf JhMtf! is 10 (via ~t'afo) te ttp Last jM<?;/M)fMt said to hve hppn 0'eatcd. 11. The day o/' ~o/oMt'Hf'M~, because on this day people sojourn m Mina. 12. The day of yc!H~<t)Mty, ecque on this day people go away from b the holy district hurrying. 11, 12, 13. The days of !~t~)-)t, so called because on these days the meat of th sacrificed &mma.Iswas eut to pit'eM and pxpos?d to th sun for drying. Thename is also derived ft'omthes:).ying,st)'aM)' ~<m'! <!M~)' (i'.e. Shine forth, 0 mountain ThaMr, that we may break up). According to Ibti-At'a.'raM they were so called because th victiMM 20 (Aoeh'ff)were mot killed before the sun had t'Mctj. These are th days which God means in His words (S&ra. ii. 199) And yo shall remember God on certain counted days." Tn th time hnmediately before and after these days pcople sa.y ~lH<?/t < ~HwajEtcr e)ttrypra.yt'r. Atuong the~heologians thero.are.diftet'ecees regarding th beginning, th end, and the limits of the prayer of TaMo' (!e.HuA aMo'), diffrences peculiar to their science. 17. 'Uthm&n b.'AS&ntheEhalifwasMUed. 18. It is caUed 6'7i<t<!< which was th name of a station on .E'/tKmM!, the road-side where Muhammad alighted when returning from th fareSO well pilgrimage. Hegave o1'ders to colleet the sa.ddles and all the 1'idinginstruments into one heap this he ascended, supported by the arm of 'Al! b. 'AM-TaIib, and said 0 men, am 1 not nearer to you than you Ycs." Then lie said To every man yourselves ? They answered, whose friend 1 am, also 'Al! is a friend. 0 God, befriend him who befriends 'Ali, amd oppose him who opposes 'AI!, help him who helps 'AB, and desert him who dserts 'AU. Let truth go about with him wherever he goes." Then he is said to have raised his head towards hea.YemMtd said (Lacuna.) 40 24. 25. )xri.) 26. 'AI! gave away his seal-ring M alms, in praying. p.3!!5. 'Um~r b. Atkh~ah was killed, anf) the SJHn Hc~ '~M (Sra was revealed. David wM inspired to M~ for pardon (Sra. xxvni. 23).

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~Tr~ in whieh the ~"T' killed the people B~&Um~yy. .f Med;M, when the honour of the J)f~ (oompanione of the light of Muhammad) and of th in Med~) was atiainea (hie partie and their w.vM were given ~p to th enemies. TherefoM may Q~ curse those whom ma Prophet cursed, of those who rebeM in Medina against the law of God, and may He let us belong to those who ~~t~ ~Helper,~di~it. tbanks are Hie due 1

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ON THE LUNARSTATIONS, HNB RISINO AND SETTING,AND ON T THBIR IMAGES. l is now time for us to finish, after we have, as beat we could, fulnUed our promise in explaining the science of that subject which our friends wanted to know, and in relating all we know regarding it. But above every knowing man there is God all-wise ? To complete the representation of this science, only one more chapter is required, that of th rising of the Lunar Stations in the days of the solar year. For 10 this science is practised on account of its gnera,! usefulness for the purpose of prognosticating all me-teorological occurrences which revolve together with th Lunar Stations. Therefore we shall now proceed to explain this subject both at large and in dtail, and we sha.U add some of the proverbial sa.yimgs relating to them, which we gather from the literature of this kind, eg. from the book of Aikulthm!, that of IbrMm b. Alsarr Alzajjj, that of Ta.hya b. Eun&sa., of Abti-Hanifa Aldtnewar on th 'H-n, the book of 'Ab-Muha.mmad Aija.ba.l on the science of the configurations of the stars, the book of Ab-Ihusa.in on the fixed stars, and from other books. The Hind&s divided the globe, in conformity with their 27 Lunar 20 Stations, into 27 parts, eaeh Station occupying nearly 13; degrees of the ecliptic. From the stars entering these Stations, which are called Jtt/Mf, they derived their astrological dogmas as required for every subject and circumstance in particular. The description of these Astrotogoumena. would entail a long explication of things, foreign to our purpose, all of which may be found in- and learned from-the books on Astrologoumena. TIteAra.bs divided the t'elcstial ~obe into 28 parts, so that pach Station

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occupies nearly 12~ degrees of the ecliptic, and eaeh zodiacal aign contains 2~ Stations. Some poet M.ys Their number M, if you want to count them, Twenty stars, and a number 8 after them. In ea.ch of the zodiacal aigna there are Two Stations and one complete third of a Station. A peculiar system of computation belongs to them, and they have their holiacal risings and settings, Which are the reMom that winter and aummer revolve." The Araba uaed the Lunar Stations in another way than the Hinda, 10 M it wae their object to learn thereby fdl meteorologica.1 changea in the seaaona of the year. But the Araba, being illiterate people, could not recognize the Lunar Stations except by certain marks, visible to the p.337. eye. Therefore they marked the Stations by those fixed stars whieh lie within them. And the rising of th fixed stars in the east early after th rise of da.wn they considered as a sign of the sun's entering some one of the Stations, and so they could do, since the stars do not recede from their places except after the lapse of long spaces of time, and, besides, the Arabs were not educated enough to notice such a.variation. Further, they composed verses ajid rhymed poetry, so that theae things 20 could easily bo remembered by illiterate people, and recorded therein the annual physic'J influences which, aceording to their observation and exprience, coincided with the rising of e&ch particular Station. These sayings and verses they use to indica.te certain cireumstances of *~heirs, e~. "When the moon joins (!.e. stands in conjunction with) the Pleiades, In a third night (of a month), then the winter is gone." For th Pleiades occupy the place from 10 of Taurus till about 15 of Taurus. When, therefore, the moon joins the Pleiades in the 3rd night 30 of a month, the distance between son and moon is about 40 degrees. Then the sun stands in the first part of A'tM. Further When full-moon is complete and stands with the Pleiades, Then you get the beginning of the cold season, the winter." For when the moon stands in opposition to the Pleiades, the sun stands in the middie of Scorpio, and that time is the beginning of the cold season. Further: When full-moon joins AIdaba,ran In th 14th night of a month, Then winter encircles the whole earth, 40 Being like riders who ride about, telling people to warm themselves,

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And full moon risea in heaven high overhead, 90 that The shadow of th tent-poles disappeara, When the night hM reached its middie And the air is free from dark clouds." For at that time the sun stands in Scorpio close to (the 18th Lunar Station) it is th time of cold and of morning frosts. Th moon stands in some degrec of northcrn decliuation, aud frequpntiv *v she stands in such a latitude from the ecliptie towards th direction of the deelination, that she culminates (stittids t'ight) ovcr the hca.ds of th 10 Arabs. In consquence, th sha~dowsnf :tn bodies disa.ppea,r at the time whenshereaches th mi'H)e of heaveu, '.< at th time of midnight. Further: When the new moon of a To th eyes of people at ~~<t'<?:n), Then yon get cold winds And you find it agreeable round the head." For at that 20 Further: time the mont h nrst a.ppe.u-f) thc beginning of a night, standing in &'om every side, a little before dawn to wrap a turban in the first part of Sagittarius.

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Th complete night, with all that betongs to it, haa become cold, And the sun stands in th Station of ~l~o'-tf'?." For the stars of ~i'a.wwA ~hc ]:!t~ ].,una,r St.i.<Jon) tie.a.t'ouud Jj)e P.338. vernal equinox, as th table of th Lunar Stations will show. However, if 1 were to communicate to the reader all th verses and sa.yings in rhymed prose which relate to th rising of cach Lunar Station, 1 should also have to intei'pi'pt their meanings, and to explain the rare words that occur in thcm. This, however, we may omit, since it bas been sufficiently done by the authors of th books of'~K)c<?, whom 80 we mentioned above. Since the Arabs attribute all meteorologica.) changes to th influence of Mie risiug and setting of th stars, in consequence of their ignorance of physical sciences, thinking that ail changes of th kind depend upon the bodies of th stars and their rising, not upon certain parts of the celestial globe and th sun's marching thet'ciu, tliev believe a great many things similar to that which we have mentioned of th Sirius JeBM)MCM, during the rising of which Hippocrat's in hii) time forbade taking hot drugs and pMebotomizing. And this subject reminds me of a,n occurrence in my life which serves 40 to eonfirm the verses of Ahmad b. Fans A wise ma.n uf ItY-gouc times lus s.ud The HnportMMe of a man lies in Ma two smallpst things.' 22

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1 on my part aiso speak like a wise man, saying: Thimportance of a man lies only in his two dirhams.' If he bas mot hie two dirhams with him, His bride does not care for him. In consequenceof his poverty he is despised, So that people's cats pisa at Mm."

For when 1 was aepaMted from the court of Hia Highness, and waa bereft of the happinesa of the royal service, 1 met a man in Rai (Bhagm) who was counted among the learned astronomers. He had studied the conjunctiona of the stam wMch form the Lunar Stations, amd he had commenced to coUect them in order to derive certain sentences (astrologoumena) from the Stations and their single parts, and to prog. nosticate aU changes of the air. Now, 1 told him that thereby th truth is the very reverse of his theory, that the nature and peculiarities whieh are attributed to the first Station, and aU that which the Hinds relate of the connection of this Station with others, are peculiar to the first part of Aries, and never leave this place, although the star (or stan. wMch form the Lunar Sta.bon~ may leave it. In a similar way, all that is peculiar to Aries does not move away from the place of Aries, although the constel. lation of Aries does move away. Butthen the man became haughty, amd treated me alightingly, though he was inferior to very in aU me his tnowledge. He told me my theory was a lie, and behaved very rudely to me, being very lengthy about the diffrence between us in weaith and poverty, wMch changes subjects for into subjects for blme. For at that time 1 was in a misrable glory condition, tried (truubled) on all sides; afterwards, however, when my troubles had subsided (ceased) to some extent, he chose to behave in a friendly way towards me. It is evident that, if the science of meteorology were to depend upon th rising of the bodies of the staM, as observed the times by and seasonf of the Meteora would differ in the sameeye-sight, proportion as the stars change their places besides, they would be digrent in different p.339. countries, and we should require for them as well as for the appearing and disappearing of the planets various kinds of tiresome methods of calculations. In reatity the rising of the Lunar Stations means tbis, that the sun on entering one of them covers it and the preceding one too, whilst the third one, aceording to the inverted order of the zodiacal rises between th rise of dawn and that of the sun, at that timo aigns, whieh Ibn AIra~a' describes in the foUowing verses "The observerssaw Sinus distinctly, As he turned away, when th morning 1 recognize Sirius shining red, whilst pmyer approached. the morning is becoming white. The night, fading away, bas risen and left him.

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The night is not afraid to lose him, since lie follows her, But the night is not willing to acknowledge that he betonca to the night." The rising of a Lunar Station they called its JVaM',i.e. rising. The innnence of tha rising they called BMA, the influence of th setting they called a,gain ~Mt'. The interval between th risings of two conscutive Lunar Stations M 13 da.ys, except th interva.1 betweeu the rising of ~'<t&4tt (the lOth Station) and nf thf fo])nwmg Station, which is 14 days. So the following verst's 10 All time, you must kuow, consista of fo<u-ths. And each fourth consists of sevenths. A complete seventh belongs to the rising of a star, And to the influence (No;t') of a star setting in the WL'st.. Between the rising of eaeh star And that of th foUowing star therc a-t-e./oM)nights And tmte nights more."

There is a differeuce of opinion t-oga.rdmg the '~MK'.?. Some maintain that each inBuence (of a Lunar Station) is brought about betwecn the risings of two consecutive Stations, that thert-fore the influence is a.ttri20 bnted to the former of these twu Stations. According to others, a certain space of time is peculiar to th rising aud setting of rach Lunar Station, and everything that oecurs in this time is n.ttribut<'d to the Station in question occurrences which fa.l! a.ft<Ttin- end of this spax;e of time are no longer attributed to it. The last view is th genera.Uy one. adopted Besides, there are diffrences about the length of thse spares of time, which we sha.11 a.fterwa.rds describe. When th influence of some Station has becn founj out and is known, and nothing happens at its time.ppopie sa.y: thc star was f~ or: 80 the Station was e)M~y, i.e. th time of its itas gone by witliout there being any rajn, or heat, or cold, or wind. (On the Winds.)-Regarding th directions of th winds, th pta.nea over which they blow, and their numbpr, there :))- .li~t-f.xt opinions. Some maintain tha.t th directions of the wiud arc six, as Ibn Kun~sa. relates, on th authority of 'Ab-Muha.mma.d Ju.'fa.r 1). Sa'd b. Sa.mura.b. Jundub Alfa.zAr!, whilst, accordiag to most others, there are only four, aa Kh&Ud b. Sa~wan relates; th lattcr is the opinion of most nations, although they diSer regarding the pla,m.s of the Mowing of th winds. Both these opinions of the Ara.bs are comprised in th foDowing two 40 circics th former view is represented mthe inner circle, th latter in the outer circle. There you also find the names of the winds a.nd the p.340. directions of their plimes. Hprt- toHows th circle. 22

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In the Brst theory the author (Ibn Xun&sa.) places the wind ~f<t~M near the south wind, whilst it is well known that JK<t~M<t the north is wind, because it e~t!t~fMAM (destroyf) the clouds when they are empty, after the south wind hM d'-iven them on, full of rain. In the aame theory he Msigns a separate plane to the wind jMM, whilst it is well known that Nakb is every wind, the plane of which lies bptween the planes of any two other winda of the fonrcM-dina.Iwinds. Dh&.a.lnHmna. mentions the winds, ~<t5iM ineluded, in this wav Hea.vy ra,in-showers of some ~Mf~ and th two Haif (south wind and west wind), 10 Which drove the samd-ma.sses of the dusty-coloured mountMM away overthe house. And a third wind, blowing from th aide of Syria, a cold one, Blowing with whirlwinds along its road over the sand. And a fourth wind commg from th rising-piMe of th sun, drivin~ The fine dust of Atmi'ft and of K:nrit)tir over the house.

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The aide winds, carrying along th dust, oxeitcd it (the east wind) to still greater vehemence, So that it frequently roared like the shc-citmets in th tenth month of their pregnancy, when th throes ajc near." south wind and west wind the wind Mowing ThetwoBat/'ajethe from Syna. is the north wind; th wind coming from th rising-place of th sun is th east wind. The planes of the winds with th Pprtiia.us M-ethe !ia.me as with the ancient Greeks, and aU physical sehoIaM their centres correspond to the 10 four directions. They are represented iu the following circle:

Any wind that lies between thu centres of the planes of two other winda is referred to that centre which is the nearest (aud receives its Other people refer au intermedia.tp wind to the rising namo therefrom). and setting places of the sun at the time of th solstices, and call it by a Grcck name. (Nethod for finding the time of the Nau' and Barih of a Lunar Station.)Th following is a good method to find the times ot the

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inMucnces (~t<n~Mna) of the rising and th setting of the Lunar Stations: Take the time from the Ist of H&l till that day the nature of which you want to find out, and divide the sum of days by 13. If there ia no remainder, proceed in thia way If th moon stands opposite th sun or in one of her quadratm'es, you get rain, if it is the season for rain, or some change of the air in consquence of wind, or hoat, or cold. For if there is no remainder (as in this case), it is the time of the rising of one Lunar Station and the setting of the opposite Station. On the lat of lul falla the B(M& (influence of tho rising) of ~t!~t (the 12th Station) and the Nau' (mBwence of the setting) of &t'<~<t!'cM&)'~ (the 25th Station). From this date you begin counting, for this speeM reason, that it M the &rst of a month and the beginning of autumn. If, besides, th moon happens to be in one of her JbtM!~<t<<o!M, influence the (of the LunM Station) will corne out very strong. Ab-Ma.'ahaj- says We have tried this method A. H. 279 in Sha.wwal p.341. at the time of full moon. Weco~mtedtheda.ysfromthelstlltiUthia full moon. They were 130 daya; dividing them by 13 you get no remainder, and the ~ce~t~M of the full moon (or opposition) waa jlotptoM. So we got rain on that day, and when the moon stood in her right quad. rature, aJso on that day we ha.d rain." Further, he says: "We tried it also in the following year. We counted the days from the lst Il till Thuraday the 13th of Knn I., the aum of daya we divided by 13, and there was no remainder th distance between swn and moon was as mneb as hait a zodiacal aign (i.e. 15 degreea), the moon had turned away from the hexagon of Mars and atood in conjunction with Venus. At that very time we got rain." Now, thia is a. teetimony of Ab-Ma'shar, showing that through this method you obtain correct rsulta. If, besides, you take to help'the mansions (the places of the Lunar Stations) of the Hinds and their single parts, you are pretty sure in your eatculation to come near the truth. People relate that among the Arabs the Ban.M&riya b. Ealb and th Ban-Murra b. Hammam b. Shaibn had the most accurate knowledge of the configurations of the stars. In enumerating the J~<ittt.<tP<![&&<&,t.e. Lunar Stations, the Arabs the commenced with .4M<H'<~aM, since in their time they stood in the first part of AtM. Other nations begin with the Pleiades. 1 do not know whether they do this becanse the Pleiades are more easily and clearly visible withont any study or research than th other Stations, or because, as 1 have found in some books of Herms, the vernal equinox coincides with the rising of the Pleiades. This statement must have been made about three thousamd and more years before Alexander. God Lnowt)best what they intended! 1 We shati adopt the Arabian system in enumerating the Lunar Stations, and shall begin, as they do, with

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1. ~Mot-afa)! (~S.yArietis), t.e. the two signa. They are called so for the samo reason that the soldiera of the body.guard of a prince are called SAMi<t~, ince they s mark themselves by some s~H, by the btack colour, or something else. It consista of two stars Lelonging to Ariea (~ and y). Sometimes, also, a. third star nettr them is added, and then this Station is called ~P.~A)(plural instead of the dual Sham.t&n). Between the two stars, when standing in the yn~ddie of heaven, there is an interval of two yards according to eye-sight; one of thcm belongs to th northern half, the 10 other to the southem. AU meaaurea of distances between the stars according to eye-sight are to be understood only for that time when they stand in th middte of heaven, for these distances ap~ear greater near tho horizon in consquence of the intense refraction of the ray of light in th watery vapours that surround the earth. This haa been expifuned in the books on the geomotric&,l configurations (of th stars). Further, the distance between two stars increases in the direction from north towards the south; frequently, too, when the stars nmrch towards the horizon, it inereases in the direction from east to west, or pretty nea.rlv in th direction of one 20 of the cycles of altitude. The reason of this is that th sphres decline from th perpendicular direction which they have on th equator. The Station ~o~n-a{ is aleo called ~bmfA (i.e. horn), beca.nse th two are SA<M-af placed on the root of th two ~o-Msof Aries. The meteoroiogie&l inBueuces of this Station are peculiar to th first (i.e. original) position of Aries, and in no wa.y depend upon the stars from whieh the Station bas got its name. These stars have migrated from their originaJ place (in consequence of the precession of the equinoxes) and have in our time come to occupy a second position (diffrent from the former). p.342. 2.Ktt~tMt (t, 8, 1r Arietis). It consists of three stars at the end of the womb of Aries, forming an iaosedes triangle. The word is the diminutive of BMfM, o as to mean s the little Mom&, o called in comparison with ~a(<t-a~/tM<the womb of the s ( nsh), which is the 28th Station. 3. ~~myy (Pleiades)

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consists of six staM close to ea<;h other, very similar to a. cluster of grapea. According to the Arabs they form the c!wt:s of Aries, but that is wrong, because they stand on the hump of TMU-Hs. The word is a diminutive of TttttW,whieh is originally identical with i %<tn<M,.e. a. collection amd great number of something. Some people 40 maintain they were called so beca.use the rain, whieh is brought by their

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A't', producea yAniKYt, ;.f. abundatu-e. They are also c~Hed ~~(t;Mj (i.e.Me~'tt)). mentions only four stars of th Pleiades, sinee he had not Ptotemy observed more of them, beeause toeye-sight they Mem to lie quite close together. The forty daya during which this Station disappcara under the raya of the Sim, are, acoordingto the Arabs, the worst and most unhealthy of the whole year. Al'asad} says A)thuMyy&never rises nor sets nnteas bringing some harm." And one of their medical men sa.vs Warrant me the time between the disappearing and the rising of Aithurayya, and 10 1 ehaU warrant you all the remainder of thc vear." The Prophet is Miatcd to hve said When the Star risps, nH harm (mishap) rises from th earth and according to another tradition "When th Star rises, all mishap is raised from every place." 4. ~M<!6amM (a Tauri), a bright red star, so called because it~MM after the Pleiades, standing over the southem eye of Taurus. It is a.tM called ~t~H~, << a great camel-stallion (not serving for riding), because they call the stars around it ~t'M~, !e. young she-c~mels (serving for riding). Other namea of it are Me./eMo!~)- of the N~)- Lecause in rising and setting it foUows 20 immdiate!? after the Pleiades, and ~Ht~M~ (ie. a she-camel giving birth to a young one of imperfect formation). 5. ~Aa~'a (, Orionis) consists of three sma.U stars close to each other, looking like so many dots impressed upon th earth by th thumb, th fore-nnger, and the middle-finger, the fingers being closely pressed together. They were so caJIed because they were compared with a circle of hairs on the side of th horse at thc joint of the foot; such a horse is caUed Jtfft/~M' They are also called ~Ha~ (or ~a~,). Ptolemy considers them as une cloudy star, and caUs them th nebula on th head of AIja.bMr t'e 30 Aljauz (Orion). Gemmorum) consists of two bright stars in the Milky Way between Orion and the head of Gemini, distant from each other as far as the length of a whip. The one is called (button), the other J~M,; (walking along proudly) they stand on the foot of the second twin. According to Alzajjj, BftM'ftis derived from the verb ~a)M'n, i.e. to wind and twine one thing round the other, as if each of them were winding and twining round the other. According to others, this na.me is to be understood of a third star, standing behind their middle, which gives 40 . ~/MtK'<t(y,

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thom the appearance uf au t't~t'Kt neck. Thc Arahs rousidcr AUum'a and six other stars as th bow of Orion, with whidl Le shoots at tho p.3t3. Lion. 7. jtH~t'n!' (a, j8 Geminomm) consista of two stars, one yard distant from eaeh otber. The one is th t~i'-cyeff Sirius or Sirius Syriacus, according tu thf Arabs, th outstretehcd arm of Leo; the other is Sirius '~<f or Sirius Yt'tM-'nims, the arm of Leo which is not Ktretcht'd out. Accordiu~ tu thf astrououcrs, th outstretched arm is the head of Geutini, Hnd thc oth~'r arm b~ou~ to But ~oj.k dia't'r ~rcath 10 the stars of ~M'n' ~yHi)~~(!~t'Mt(Procyon). regarding these stars and ;'roducc varions futih- tritditiuusaMdsturics in support of the uames which tliey givc th~-m. Thc risiu~ of G/<KMi.f' (the MeM'-eyed Sirius) in th ycar 13O of Alexander took place oM th lOth Tammaz, and that of Sirius Yt-menicus ou tho 23rd Tammuz. 8. ~<t~)-<t (Pitest-pc (<) et duo Aselli (y, S) Cancri) if th ptitcc bctween th mcuth aud thf nostrils of the Lion. It is also called ~~<t/<.?(the uvutu,), aud Kousists uf tao stars, hctwcen which there is a nebula, tho whole bclonsi" to the S~ure of Cancer. 9. ~4.<):y, 20 the eye of Leo, twu stars close to each other, une holongittg to Leo, the other to the stars outside the Cgure of Cancer. lu front of them there are stars called .<U'M/t/ i.e. th eyebrows of Leo. 10. ~{/(ttA (~, y, '), a Leonis), the front of Leo, four stars, each star distant from.the other t'y th length of a whip, lying athwart front t'orth to sonth in a curve, not in a straight line. According to astronomers, they stand on th mane of Leo. The most southem star of them they call th BmW </ tleeJ~oyo?.Li'oM it rises when Suhail riscs in Alhijax. Suhail is the 4-4,th star of Argo Navis, standing over its car. Its latitude is 75 tlegrees in the southeru 80 half. Therefore it does not rise very high ahove th horizon, in consethat quence of which it has somcthing unsteady for th eye. People say a man, if his eye falls on this star, dies. as they also relate that on the island of E:Un!n, hehmgin~; to C.-yi~. there is an animt th sight of The most curious which kills a man within forty days afterwards. instance of the comnection between anim;d tife aud its ma.teria.1influence N is the nsh called S;7K)-KS fch-fcn?. For th haud "f the n'<her)'M~ who has caught it takes care not to touch it as long as it is in th net still and keep living. If you take a reed and t~uch the living fish with one end th other end in yuur hand, th hand becomes feeble and drops the reed.

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Further, the worms in Raghad, one of the districts of eastem For thore you find in certain places smaU worms; if a man Jurjn. water treads upon them, the water becomes bad and foul; if carrying he does not tread upon them, the water remains good and ~eepa its nice odour and sweet taste. The death of a. man Mtten by a. panther, when a. field-mouse pisses at hitn' [Zfactt<t.J P-344H. ~&K6Mt (S, C Leonis), i.e. the shoutderof the Lion, the place where the neck begins. According 10 to Atz&jj&j, it ia th place of the mane on his neck, because the Marne 6t-M<!M when ho M in wrath. Aooording to Aln'ib Almuli, &<~)-<t up M a. piece of iron by which th two shoulder-blades of tblion are imitated. This station consists of two stars, distant from each other by the length of a whip. They are alao called the Two .MW, ie. htes, as if eaeh of them were penetrating into the interior of the Lion, but in reality they stand upon th aha~k of the Lion, one of them ou th root of the tail. When they rise, Suhail is seen in Al'ira~. 12. ~ha)~ (j8 Leonis),

a bnght star near to some very dim ones, called the Chw < the Lion. It stands on the end of the Lion's tail, and is called so because the heat 20 <M-tM when it rises, and the cold <<{~M <HMty away when it disappeam. 13. ~a~!et: (;3, y, 8, EVirginis)

consista of five stars in a line, the end of which is turned. And theMfore the S~tion is called so because the verb '~MM means to <<tt~. Alzajjj says: "I do not know of anybody else besides me who bas explained the word in this way. Those who say that these stars are dogs running behind the Lion and 6aTMtt9are wrong." They stand on the breast and wing of Virgo. 14. ~Mm<<t'M[!(Spica). go It is aiso called the Ca~ of the Lion, and ~MttM!; i&his other ~Mt)tt& catf. This Simak is called '~l'M! (t.e. bare), because whilat the other Sim&k Ah-mih (the shooter) is accompanied by a star, said to be his lance, this one bas no such accessory, and is therefore said to be 6(t!-eof weapons.

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so on a~-connt of ita rising According to Sbawaihi, Sim&k is caUod to others, beca.use the moon does not enter this high, or, Moording ~ Station. But if that were the case, ~?~t')Hf?t H'ft'M: would not deserve the name of a Lunar Station, for, of course, the moon enters it and frequently covers it (so as to make it disappear). which some people caU It is a brilliant star on tha left palm of Virgo, But this is wrong, because the EM (Spica) is &<Mt!ft (the ear). i.e. Ct-xtMf~t. ~&t<a'tt (i.e. hog'a bristle), which Ptolemy eaHa~r(t, of smaU stars behind the tail of the Great Bear, very This is a number The whote zodiacal sign is i.e. hekine. 10 much like the leaf of J~ so (i.e. Spica). also caUed stands on th end According to the Araba, Allitelba (the hog's bristle) Lion'a tail, being the smaU hairs on the end of th tail. of the (t, K, Virginis) consista of three not very brilliant atam on the train and the left foot of the best of the Lunar Stations, Virgo. According to th Arabs, it is beca.use it stands behind Leo and before Scorpio. The evil of the Lion lies in his teeth and claws, the evil of the Scorpion lies in its venom and the ating of its tail. A Rajaz poet aa.ya 15. ~?~a/i' 20 Th best night for ever Lies between AIzuMn and Al'asad (Lo)."

lie in this Sta.tion, People say tha.t th horoscopes of all the prophets but this does not seem to be true except in the case of Messiah, the birth of Mosesaccording to Prophet who I:eeps off aU mishap. The the report of the Jewsmust have coincided with the rising of the p.345. tooth of Leo and the moon's entering the claws of Leo. beeause the light of its stars is imperfect, from the It is called C~ verb Ghafara, i.e. to cover a tbing, or, because it rises above the claws of of mail). According Scorpio and becomes to it like a Miglifar (i.e. coat the name is derived from Ghafar, i.e. the hair on the end of 30 to Alzajjj, the Lion's tail. Libre) of two briDiajit stars, separated from each other as far as five consists of Scorpio might be; yards, and stam('ing in a place where the two claws however, to .M:-a. The word is also derived from zabana they belong, from the (i.e. <ojKM~), as if the one of them were being j)M&e~ away not united with it. other, 17. ~PtM!! (~, S, w Scorpii) is the head of Scorpio, consisting of three stars which form one line. that it consists j~ Ibn-Altuf! dclares this to be impossible, and maintains 16. ~~tMttt! (a,

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outside Libra, as Almagest. According t. Ibn-A~.th~e who consider the three bright .t~ in one Mn. as ~MM mistaken, fn~f~ n.t be anywhere but upon Cr.wn,(,AritMI)..uld the A~ view oftheAMbs-m opposition to that of three in one line ~~PM. The Arabs have a proverb applicable to this subject, saying: "Th two contending parties were content, but the judge declined to give a judgment." [18. AHaIb (a Scorpii) is a red star behind (precordt~).] Al'im and between two at~ <~Ued Ainiy.t

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rude the word i.e. the be~n, placed above the -outh of a well, where the sheaves of the pulley and the bucketa are fixed (attached). The shM were ompared to ostriches, as if four of them were ~r~r~~donthe~ ~ou~ Ascending on his ahoulder and brnaat.

21. ~a~fh stars, at the ~ft~ the Horse, belonging to Sagittarius. According station wascompared to the interstice between the two eyebrows, which are not connected ~e~:t~ ~th. eyebrows do not run into ea.ch other.

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consista of two stars, the one to the north, the other to the south, distant from eaoh other about one yard. Close to the northem one there is a p.346. emau star, considered as th sheep which he (Sa'd) slaughtera. The two stars stand on th hom of Ca~nf'x'M. 23. &(7-JM(t' (/t, f, < Aquaiii) consista of two stars with a third and hM'dty visiUe one between them, which looks as if one of them had f7<'ooit)-~ so that it glided it, down from the throat to the breast. According to others, it was called 10 so because Sa'd is considered as he who Atjeto-e~ the midd)e star, robt'ed it of its light and concealed it. According to AM-Ya.hya b. Run~sa, this SM:OMwas caJIed so because it rose at th time when God said 0 earth, ~M!t!' thy wa.ter (Sra xi. 46). This ie a,rather subtie derivation. These stam stand on the left hand of Aquarius or Amphora. 24. Sa'<! ~~t')M (j8, ~Aquarii) consista of three stars, one of which is m'H'e bright than the two othcrs. It is called so because people consider its rising as a ~Kfty omen, hecause it rises when the cold decreases, when the winter is paat and the season of the continnous ra.ins sets in. Two of these stars staod on tbe 20 left shoutder of Aquarius th third one stands on the tail o Capricom. 25. ;S'<['aM&y(t

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consista of four stars, threc forming an acute-angled trigone, and one standing in the middle, as it were the centre of a circumscribed circle. The central star is Stt'ff, and the three surrounding stars are his teMfs. According to others, this Station waa called so because at the time when it rises all reptiles that had been &M~M in th earth com< forth. TheM stars stand on the right hand of AquMius. God is aU-wise 26. ~l~f~ ~r<tte!ca7 (a, j8 Pegasi),

aiso called the t~pef Handle (of the bueket), and the .Ft' T'x'o te~o 30 ttfx'c the Bwf~ t'Mthe t~B (in ordpr to fit) it). It consists of two bright stars, separated from each other, standing on the spine and shoulders of Pegaaus.

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27. A~t~ ~MM)~ (y Pegaai amd a Andromode), atso called the j, m< (of the bucket), and the ~<ef 2~ <MM Bncket in Me M~M(in oi-der to SU it). It coMMts of two stars similar to Alfargh ~P<nM< According to the Arabs AMpAc~ coMiata of thse four stars. 88..B<tt~M/K (jS AndromedM), also oaUed ~aM a bright star in the one half of th womb of aa<.h(a star) caUed JBtM~, which mut not be confounded with the Two ~< one (the 18th) of the zodiac signs. These atam stand above Libra and belong to Andromeda. (lit. the chained wife who had 10 not seen a hMbamd).

The preceding notes we have condensed and have added thereto other notes relating toLumu- Stations this we have am~nged in the form of a table, showing the nature of the Lunar Stations Mcording to the d~erent theories. We have also noted the rising of the stars of the Stations for th year 1300 of Alexander to mean ealeuh~on. this we have also deposited in a table of according the conditions of th stars of the Lunar Stations. If you look into thse two tables you will find that the top of eaah column thesuperseriptions~t oonsnit anybody beforehand as to their ase. renderitsuperBuousto Hre foUow the two 20 tables.

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between th Lunar Stations.)-The moon's p.35] (On the interstices standing in conjunetion with a star or with stars which give the name to a Lunar Station and belong to it, is called her ~fttbHotn it is disliked as foreboding evil. If the moon, aceelemting her course, passes by (beyond) a Station, or if her course is slackened and she bas not yet reached th Station, so that she is seen standing, as it were, in an interstice between two Lunar Stations, this is caUed th moon's PtM! and this phase is tiin'd :ts fureboding something good. Some of these interstices are called by special na.mes, e.g. th interstice 10 between the Pleiades and Aldaba.ran is called Aldaika. This interstice they consider as a bad otnen, forchding evil. It is c~Ut'd P~~ff, beeause it sets very rapidly, for between th degrec of th setting of th Pleiades and the degree of the setting of A.Ma.ba.r.'mthere :n'e sx degrees on the ecliptic, and nea.rly seM): degrees on th eqnn,tor. According to some authors of 'Anwit-books D;/[(t cunsists of the 21st and 22nd stars of Taurus, which th Ara,bs ca.Ii th Do~ of ~Htan?M, but this is not correct. Sometimes the moon, not reaching ~Mc~'a stands in ~a~!y), i.e. the 20 24th, 25th, and 26th of the stars of Gemini. According to others Allawhilst others aga,m ma,intain that it is $~!isidenticalwith~l!A<tA'e[; neither the one nor the other. Sometimes the moon, not reaching Alsimak (Spica), stands in her throne of AlsimaJ:, which some Araba call th J!actsMe of //te Li'OM,i.e. the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th of the stars of jl~M't!& (Corvus). Sometimes, not reaching ~Ih/MK~t (Aculeus Scorpii), th moon stands i.e. tlae No'<e6i-<B th tail of Scorpius. of among tho ~e~?<, Further, not reaching jlHMtHa, the moon stands in ~ftfHAt (MonUe), alsoealled AT:tul9iyy(Nidlls Strnthiocameli) i.e, the 9th, lOth, Il th, ]2th, 30 13th, 14th, of the stars of Sagittarius. Some people take thse stars to be the bow, but they are th head of Sagittarius and his two locks. Sometimes, not reaching &t'(!-o~M'fM,the moon stands in &t'(!-j~/t;r<t, t.e. the 23rd and 24th of the stars of Caprieornus. Sometimes, not reaching Alfargh Alth&n!, the moon stands in ~H-a)-at, whieh means the place where th two cross-woods of the lmcket meet, where the string is fastened, !e. the 5th aud 7th of the stars of the Great Horse (Pegasus). Or (not reaching Alfargh AltMm), th moon stands in the Balda of &e j'c, ie. an empty starless region between Alfargh Altuni and Alsamaka (Pisces). 40 Some one of the authors of 'AnwA-books thinks that ~H'aH/s-fM,.e. the i lst and 2nd of the stars of th r)-i<M;yMhim, stand between jStt~i-uM'~ and ~&&<n'<tff!)t, where he saw them setting <<et'Alshai':).t:tn therefore hf uuuutains that the moon, not l'fa.uhiu~Alaharutun,stands in Al'auisMn. But this is wrong, forAt'ansa.n stands in Aries morewestward (M. at more dcgrccs) tham AlohMatan. However, the retardation of th setting of AI'ans&n 23

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(that they set after AIsharattn) WM caused by their northern latitude. For it ia peculiar to the stars that those which have much northern lati. tude rise earlier than thjse that have less, that in consequence the former set earlier than the latter, and vice oeroo in the south. Beoause, now, the fixed stars which give the forma and names to the P.3S8. Lunar Stations move on in one and the samo slow motion,you must add oue day to the days of their rising and setting in every 66 solar years, sinee in snch a period they move on one degree. We have represented in a table the places of the stars of the Lunar Stations for A. Alex. 1300, along with the names given to them by the astronomers, with their longitudes 10 and latitudes, and the six degrees of magnitude to which each star if the reader wants to know the belongs. Now, reality about the Lunar Stations, he must correct their places for his time according to the progression we have mentioned, t.e. adding one degree for every 66 years. Further, as to their disappearing in the raya (of the sun) and their coming out of the rays, he uses the rules mentioned in the C~9M<M.The demonstration of these things is found in the Almagest. The eastward and westward motions of tho Lunar Stations differ at the same rate as the latitudes of the countries, further according to the six classes of magnitude to which the stars belong, and according to their distances 20 from the ecliptic. In so doing he will arrive at certain facts when he haa to do with high degrees of latitude north astonishing of the ecliptic; e.g. when Venus stands in conjunetion with the sun in the sign of Pisces, the time of its being conceated under the raya is one day or nearly two days, whilst it is nearly 16 days when she stands in eonjunetion with the sun in the sign of Virgo. Mercury is observed in the sign of Scorpius in the momings as pro. gressing towards the sun, whilst the interstice between them is as much as ~tha of a sign (t.e. 24"), and receding from the sun, whilst he is not at all seen in the evenings. The reverse of this takes plaHe when he 30 moves in the sign of Taurus, for then he is observed in the evenings progressing towarda the sun and reeeding from him, whiist he is not seen in the mornings. AU these particulam are explained and accounted for in Ptolemy's Almagest. Here follows the table of the places of the stars of the Lunar Stations.

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have p357. (On projection, and the construction of star-maps.)-l followed in this book a method which the student of this science will mot disapprove, trehting in each ehapter the subject as fully as possible, and not roferring the reader to other books until 1 had mysel nearly exhausted the subject. Now, 1 must add to th book another chaptor on the rcprcsenta.tion of th.; Luna.i S~tlun:) und of other constellations ott efett ~!<tMe~, for the human miud, once knowing at what digrent times the diffrent stars rise, forms an idea as to the positions which they occupy in the ecHptic. Our remarka in th pre10 ceding pages will enable th student to recognise th stars of th Lunar Stations by eye-sight, and to point them out. However, not everyone who requires thse things knows th positions of th ecliptie. Bt'sides, the representation of the Lunar Stations as well as t)n' other stars comprehended by th 48 constcHa.tions (on an evcu ptaUL'), un'crs many conYeniences in common to all classes of sehohrs. Tho same appiies to the representation of countries, cities, and what else there is on e:n'th, on an even ptane. Therefore, not knowing any s~echd treatise on this subject, 1 snaU treat it myself, mentiuning whatcTt'r occurs to my mind. The reader, 1 hope, will excuse 20 The projection of great and sma.it cireles and points on globes may be done in this way, that you make one of th two ples th top of cones, the envelopes of which pass through them (th cireles and points), and eut a certain plane which is assumed. For th pa~'ta (lines or points) which are common to this plane and the envelopes e of these cones if they pass through eircles, <M' ommon to this plane and the lines (of this cone) if they pass through points, aro tlieir projections on this even plane. This is th method of th astrolabe (stereograph.c polar projection), for in the north the southern pole is made th top of th cones, and 80 in the south the northern pole is made th top of the cnes, and the plane which we want to find (the plane of projection) is one of th planes pMfJlel with th plane of th equator. Then they (i.e. the coner) represent themaelves as cireles and straight lines. 'Abu-H&mid Alsaghan! has tra.nsferred the tops of th t-uuea frum the two poles, and has placed them inside or outside th globe in a straight line with the a.xis. In consequence th cones represent thcmselves as strmght lines and cireles, as ellipses, parabolas, and hypprbola.s, as h~ (Ab-Hmid) wanta to have them. However, people have not becu in a hnrry to adopt such a curious plane. (This is the central projecAO tion, or the gnral perspective projection.) Another kind of projection is what 1 have called ~eeyh'MA'tca~ro~<i<:<tu7t (utthugtTtphiu projection), which 1 do not find mentioned by any You draw former matLema.tician. Tt is carried uut in this way the circles and lines of th globe lines and planes parallcl to through the axis. So you get in the day-plane straight lines, cireles, and ellipses

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(no parabole and hyl,erbolas). AU this is cp~ined in mybook which gives a complete reprsentation of all possible mthode of the construc tton of th astrolabe. However, lines, cireles, and points do not represent themselves in the same way on a plane as on a globe for the distances which are equal on a globe differ greatly in a plane, espeeially if some of them are near to the one ple and others to the other pole. But it ia not the purpose of the astrolabe to represent them (the lines, cireles, points) M agreeing with eye-sight, but to let some of them revolve whilat the others are rest, so that the reault of thM process agrees with the 10 p.358. p, appeat-McM in heaven, including the dieerenoe of time. On the other hand, the purpose of the representation of the starn and countriea (onevenphnes)M this, t. make them correspond with their position in heaven and earth, so that in looking at them form an idea of their situation, always keeping in mind you may that the straight lines are not lite the revolving (circular) lines, and that th apherM planes have no liteness to the even planes that are equal among eaeh other. Wemust give an illustration to make the reader familiar with thse methods. One way serving for this purpose is the construction of the 20 flat astrolabe. Draw a circle aa you like it, the greater the better. Divide it into four parts by two diameters which eut each other at one of the radii into 90 equal part<. Then we right angles Divide make th centre of the circle a new centre, and describe round it circles with the distances of each of the 90 parts. These circles will he patanei to each other, and will be at equal distances from each other. Divide the ch-cumference of the greatest circle into the (360) parts of a circle, and connect each part of them and the centre by straight lines. In doing this we imagine the periphery of this first circle to be the to ecliptic, and its centre to he one of the poles of the ecliptic. On the eehpuc we mark a point as the beginning of Aries. Then we nx the of the stars according to places AImagest, or to th Canon of Muhammad b. J~ir AlbattSni, or to the of FM by 'Ab-AJhusain AIsuS, taking into account th a of precession up to our time, and changing accordingly the places of the stars as determined by our predecessors. Take one of the stars of that half (of heaven) for which you have constructed this circle, and count from this assumed point (the beginning of Aries), proceeding from right to left, as many degrees as the star is distant from Aries. That place where you arrive is the 40 degree of this star in h~t<M<~e. Further count, from the same point in a straight line which extends to the centre, the corresponding number of the star's latitude in the 90 cudes. Then the place you arrive at is the place of the body of the stars (i.e. the point determined by both the degrees of longitude and

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which divide the diameter into equal parts, and which out each other at each of th two points, the north and south points. These ciroles are the eircles of longitude. Thon we return to that Une whieh proceeds from the north point as the atraight continuation of the diameter. On this Une we try to find the centre of a circle, passing through those points of the periphery whio]) are distant from the east and weat points 1 degree, 2 degrees, etc. nntil 90 degrs, and through those pointa of the diameter which are distant from the centre 1 degree, 2 degrees, etc. until 90 degrees. The same we do in the southern hait, on the line which rroceeds from 10 the south point as the straight continuation of the diameter. The circles we get in this way are the circles of latitude, 180in number, whieh divide each of the circles of longitude into 180 parta. Further, we assume the west point to be th beginning of An"s, and the line fr~m east to west to be the ecliptie. From the begiming of Ariea we count the distance of each star; so we find its degree (of longitudo). Then we count the latitude of th star in th proper direction on the circle of longitude. Thereby we find the place of the star. We make another figure similar to th first one, whero we assume th 20 west point to be the beginning of Libra In this way we can give a, complete map of all the stars in th two figures. Lastly, in representing thc single star-groups or constellations, we draw those images which we have heretofore described. If we want to make a map of the earth, we construet a similar figure M described in the preceding. We count the assumed longitude of a place from the west point, and then we connt thc degrees of latitude of p.360. the place on the circle of longitude. So we find th position of the place. The same we continue to do with other places. This is the technieal (graphie) me<,hod for the solution of thia 30 problem. As some people have a predilecticn for calculations, and like te arrange them in tables, and prefer them to technical (graphie) methods, we shall also have to show how we may find, by calculation, th dia. moters of the circles of longitude and latitude, and the distances of their centres from the centre of th (great) circle. And with that v shall finish our work. We draw th cirdt! ABCD round the centre H, and divide it into four parts by meana of the two diameters ABC and BHD. A is to be the west. B south. C east. D nortb. ~n

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The radii we divide into 90 parts, and the whole circle into 360 pana. Now, e. we want to find th radius of the circlo BZD, which is one of the circles of longitude, and the distance of ita centre (from tho centre H). Now, it is evident that HZ is known, being determined by th degroos, of which thc radius HC M well as the nulii BH and HD hold 90. The multiplication of HZ, which is known, by th unknown sum of 10 HK+EZ, which is th diamoter we want to find, m<HM~ ZH, is eqnal to the multiplication of HB by HD, ie. the square of one of them We take the square of HB, i.e. 8,100, and divide it by ZH, which is known. Thereby we get th sum of HX+EZ. To this we add ZH, and take the half of the whole sum. That is ZK, th radius of that circie to which BZD belongs. Now, after having found out so much, we open the compasss to such an extent as th new-found radius is long; one of the legs of the compasses we place on th point Z, which is known, and th other leg we 20 place on the continuation of the line HA, to whatever point it reaches. The latter point is the centre of the circle, i.e. E. In this way we can dispense with the knowledge of the distance between th two centres. (In the following the text is corrupt.) This is the solution of the problem by means of calculation. If you want to find the distance of the passage, ie. that point on the periphery of the circle where the line which connecta the two points B and K cuts the periphery, viz. the arc AT, draw the line BK which cuts the periphery in T, draw th vertical (t.e. J/o&-JtKKe, the line which 30 reprsenta the height of a trapeza or cne) TS upon BD, and draw the UneTD. Because, now, in the triangle BHE the sides are known according to the parts, of which the radius counts 90, we change each side into that measnre, according to whieh the radius counts 60 degrees, i.e. we multiply it by 60 and divide it by 90. So it is changed into the sexage- p.361. aimai system. The triangles BHE and BTD and BST are similar to each other. Therefore we multiply KH by BD, and tbe product we divide by KB. So we get DT as the quotient. Next we multiply DT by HK, and divide the product by KB. So 40 we get DS as quotient (changed into that measure. according to whieh DT hoids 60 parts).

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If we take the corresponding arc in the table of sines and sabtKMt the arc from 90, we get AT M remainder. If we want to find the passage (T) by an casier method, we change the triangle BHX, the sides of which are known, into that measure MCN-ding to which the radius of the cMe ABCD contama 60 parts. Then the angle TDB in the amt figure, and the angle TBD in the second Bgtu-e, ia that which determines the whole distance of tha passage (from A), M a chord determmea the distance between the two ends of an are. If we want to change eaeh side of this triangle into the measnre according to whieh BK holde 60 parts, we multiply it by 60 and divide the product by BE, according to the measure of which the radius hoids 60 parts. So we find what we wanted to find. If we, then, know the side HE to this measure, we take the corresponding arc from the tableaccording of sines. So we get the are DT. So, by whatever method we solve the problem, the end we aim at is the SMne, and aiso the results. Here follow Figures I. and n.

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Let us again eonstruct the Mme figure to show the same thing for the circles of latitude. The circle of which wewant to find the radius h that one to which as MQL belonga. AM well as HQ and CL are to correspond in number to hold the same number of parts). (i.e. We draw the vertical (Loth-Linie) MX, which is the sine of DM, which ia Imown, Mid we dmw HX, i.e. the ime of AM, which is also known. Then we aubtrMt HQ from HX, after we have changed it from the nonthgeaimat system into the sexagsimal system. The rt)m!tui<lt:r we get is QX. By this we divide the t.qua,re of MX, and add QX to the product. Of thia sum we take the haJf, which is QE, the radius of the circle to

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whieh MQL belongs, aocordmg to th meaaure of which the radius of the circle ABCD hoids 60 parts. If we want to find the distance of the passage (T) from A, we draw the line AX, which cata the periphery of the circle in T. Fnrther, we draw the line TO and draw the vertical (Loth-Linie) TS upon AC. Thon we multiply AC by HK and divide the r product by AK. Thereby we get TC. If we multiply this divisor by HK, and divide the product by AK, we get SC. 10 Multiply it by AS, and the root of the is TS, which ia th sine of th arc of the passage (t.& of the arc product AT). LOtewise, if we change AH ioto th moMUK according to which AK hoids 120 parts, and we take the arc from the taNes of wholo chords, we get the arc AT, t.e. the distance of th passage (from A). This method applies in th same way to the direction of C as to the direction of A, to that of B as to that of D, without the slightest dmerence. And here ends my work. Here follows Figure TTT.

p.362.

1 have fulfilled my promise, and 1 have (Condusion.)-Now comprehended m my exposition aU the parts of this science, &greea.Myto the ~MhtS of my friemdd, exerting myM]f the best of my cM~MI~ Every man acts according to his fashion, and the value of a man lies in that which he underatands. 1 hope that the lments which 1 have Md dowm are awmcient to train the mind of the otudent, and to lead him to

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a correct considration of the Of~'MM of mankind, sufficient to lay open all that is doubtful in the eraa of prophets and Mngs, and to give a Morrect idea of their own system to those of the Jews and Christian~ who are ted astray. If the reader be like me (in knowledge), he will thank me for the tMk 1 hve carried out if he be superior to me (in knowledge), he will be so kind as to correct my errors and to pardon whatever mistabes 1 may have ma.de. If he be inferior to me in knowledge, he will not do me Miy harm, because he will either acquiesce in being led by me for th purpose 10 of his instruction, or, in case he opposes me, he will offer opposition to things which he has not the power of mind to handle successfully. But why should 1 mind-or be afraid of-the enmity of any adveraary, since my badge is, wherever 1 a.m, the power of our lord, the noble prince, the glorious and victorious, th benefa.ctor, S/MtuM-c~MM'~tma,y God give long duration to his power Its firm column is my trust; from the faet that it spreads secretly and openly 1 derive strength; its brilliant light is the guide of my path his undisturbed happiness M my trust and my hope. May God teach me and aJI Muslims to be truly thankful for his benefits by fulfilling aJI the duties of obedience as prescribed by 20 the law, and by continually praying to God that He may reward him according tu His mercy and grace. Let us finish our book with th praise of God, who aSorded me help amd guidance, and who taught me to distinguish the path of truth from the path of blindness. "Let those who want to perish (as infidels, ido]a.ters,) perish, after a clear proof (of the <)-:te religion) bas been presented to theiii, and on the strength of it, nnd!<*t those who want to live (the life ef the <)-!te religion) live, after a clear proof (of the tftte religion) ha~ been presented to them, and on the strength of it." (Coran, S. vui.44). 30 The inercy and blessing of God be in all eternity upon the Prophet who was sent to the best of nations, and upon his holy family

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This prince, E&b&s ben Waahmg!r ben p. 1,1. 25. SA<M)M-<t!m(''tM; Mard&w!j, who had received from the EhaJif the honorary name of SAfUM-~aa'a~ i.e. &<? of the Heights, belonged to the family of the Ban-Ziyd, who ruled over Jurjn (HyKajua.), Ta.baj-Ist&n.amd other countries south of the Caspian Sea during 155 years, viz. A.H.315-470. Kbs, after having reigned A.H. 366-371, was driven away and Sed into the dominions of the S&mnia,n dynasty, where he lived as an exile, whilst his country was occupied by a prince of the fa.mily of Buwaihi A.H. 371-388. To this period the author aJludes, p. 94,1. 19 ("a.t the time of the S&Mb (i.e. Sahib Ibn-'Abb&d the Vaxu- of theBuyide prince) and when the family of Buwaihi held the country under their sway "). Kbs returned to the throne A.H. 388, and was killed 403. Thia book waa dedica.ted to him according to all probability A.H. 390 or 391 =A.D. 1000. The history of this prince is found in Sehir.eddin's Cteschichte von Tabaristan," etc., ed. Dom, pp. 185-198. 1 think it p. 2, L 27. Wading. Although all three MS8. have would have been more idiomatic to read The second form occurs n,l7; rv,7; P-,19. p. 3, L 14. f~tcA have co)M<!<Mcm from &em. The words ~.c j~ are very bad Arabie, next to impossible. It seema rather likely that between them a word bas fallen out, e.g. ~)')~< or some synonym of To meet the inconvenience that the word p. 5,1.15..NycMAemefOK. day mea~is thc totality of day and night as well as th light hidf .Joue, 1 have ventured to adopt for the former meaning the word .NycMA<MHe)'ott, for which 1 t'eg the reader's pardon.

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37. Canon of <SM)-~<Mm ~&M&. The word Canon P. 6, (so I translate the word ~-) means a collection or handbook of astronomical tables of various kinds. They were always the depositories of th latest discoveries of Eastern astronomy. For more information on thse Canons 1 refer to the excellent work of L. A. Sdillot, Prolgomnes des Tables Astronomiques d'Olough-Beg," Paris, 1847, p. viii. ff. (Table vrifie, etc.) A Canon of S~t&t.m ~&.M~ is not known to me. However, there is a ~t-~&t~~ and a ~bMA, with either of which this Canon may he identical. The former waa of Persian origin, and was transla.ted into Arabie by AItamum, vide "Hamzm Ispahamensis Annalium," libri x D r- and "Et&b-~nhrist," ad. Flugel, p. 241, 244, and notes. The second, with several other canens, was the famous composed matheinatician and astronomer, a native of Ma~w, Habash by ('Ahmad ben Abd-AUAh), who lived in Bagdd, end of the second and beginning of "I~Mg~ note 3, and the p. mt&b.AMhrist," d. by G. Flugel, p. and the annotations. p. 6,1. 42. variation wlcichwn~ the etc. I have not been able to aBcertain what relationship between eeKpMi), th edipses and the diRerent length of the days is meant by the author in this passage. p. 7,1.39. ~!eep<ptMJf<MHM!cm~e! The foUowing discussion is of more interest to a MuhamnMdan theologian than to us. The canonieaJ time of fast was from the rise of dawn till sunset, and some too pious people mistook this day of fast for the astronomical day. p. 8, line 22. t&e!CMe& had 6e~ ~)r6tfMe!t, etc. This passage refera to a custom whioh existed among the Muslims in th time before th verse Sra. IL, 183, was pronounced by Muhammad. We learn from the commentanes of Alzamakhshaj! and AlbMd&w that the time of fast extended over the whole Nychthemeron, except th time from aunset till th second or last night-prayer, i.e. about raidnight, or till a manfoll asleep, during which eating and drinking and women were allowed. ~mm once had intercouMe with one of his wivea after he had said the last night-prayer; this brRach of the custom made him feel penitent, and he ~logized to th Prophet. th Prophet abolished the old custom, and pronounced theThereupon verse in question, allowing his people to eat and drink and have intercourse with their women not only from sunset till the second night-prayer, but also farther till th rise of dawn, ie. nearly the whole night. For the ditions concerning this subjoct vide BoUi&r! d. Erehl, I, ~v, PvA In my translation, p. 8,1. 23, read cc after the last night-p7uyer" instead of "ft/terM~M-pmyef."

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etc. It is not quite dca,r to what p. 9,1. 14. Tradition M/ttcAfeMM, the author refera in this passage. Prof. L. Krehl MrnUy directed tradition several times in AJboI~har! my attention to a tradition whieh occura publi pM L. KreU), e.g. i. 149, Becttet! A!S''ra~tOM JfoXo)):~<ttMS," (" ii. 50, etc. Hre Muhammad compares Jewa, Christians, and Muslims to workmen. Th Jews work from sunrise to noon, and receive one tll the MMrnoonK!r&t M wages. Th Christians work from noon and receive one Kirtit. The Musiuns work from the prayer, .~< So the MusUms afternoon-prayer till sunset, and receive two Ku-xt. receive twice th wages of th Jews, whilat they only work half the time. To a similaj- tradition th a.uthor seems to refcr. He ca.I~ the Mus<othe ~~)te o)t a J-'t-t~ thereby distinguiehing iims "&OM who &<M<e't them from Jewa and Christiajis. In auy case thia tradition must have proved, according to the a,uthM, as that Muhammad represented the day, whether it be short or long, into twelve equal parts, the so.called Sp(u tMMpum)'. divided The reading of the MSS. p. 9,1. 36. What is he, etc. It seems preferable, however, to read into changed Fleischer suggests. 1 have as Prof.

p. 9,1. 46. T~ j)~)- o/' the day M silerct (or, rather, m!t<e). oare amd ~) The two pm.yeM of th night ('<~ i.e. theseprayers are spoken with a clear audible voice, The t~-o prE.yc~ of the day (j~!< aNd j~~ S~) m-e t;~ ie. these pra.yers are not with an audible voice or ~hisper th lips move, but no sound spoken tlle ~ieo st7g)~ o)is produced. Therefore they a.e called < :.e. name is deriT-ed from the tradition quoted by the mute ones, which author. This division does not ccmprehend th mortiing-pra.yer ~-t~!< ~< But it can be proved from tradition that this pruyer iE to be spoken with of MAIik bcn 'Anas (published an audible voice. In the Jfatco~ with the commentary of Alzarkam at Bulak, A.H. H!7H, tom. i. p. Atfar&n~a.t'en 'Um&irAlha.na.fi relates that he lfM'M'1 the Sra.t.-YHSuf, i.e. Sra. xii. by hearing it from Oma,r, who recited it rcpea.tediy as his m<M~t!ty rayer. p is not a day-prayM-. Th Mthnr w!).ntn tn pnvR tha.t thc ~H it M spoken at the rise of dawn, i.e. before the bcgin)im~ uf the because is st~Mf (<r omie), day. According to holy tradition tiaeprnyer of the day whilst tbe morning prayer is not. 24

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The Svecamomoal payera p.10,1. 1. Tte"a("j~e!etc. Nychthemeron are these or Sj)L. Jj~ SjL,~ .U-!< or ii~-M"tA~< Frayera of the night.

e<~<!)L.)
of the da.y. J Proyers ~ The author'a argument is this, that p~~ ~ or morning-prayer is not a prayer of the day, because the j~)< SjL. is called the firat, ie. the first of the two day-prayers, and because the ~< !)!Lis called th middle prayer, t.e. the middie between the nrst day-prayer and the first If the e<~ night-prayer. belonged to the da.y-pmyers, the j~< would mot be the exact t)t~<Be in the way we have described, for in that case the j~ !j~ as well as the ~<!< !)L. would he in the midet betweem the mrat day-prayer amd the first night-prayer. p. 11, 1. 12. NttM~MM!.An astronomical hand-book of Indian origin, edited th &rst time by AlfMr!, A.H. 154, and a second time by Albrn's famous oountrymamMuhamma~ ben Ms&AlHtwarizmt Afbern wrote a book (commectary ?) on the Sindhind with the title C*~ For the Uterature on this subject 1 refer to ~e<~< ~t ~!< jM~. Flgel's "Etab-aJnhrist," p. 274, notea. The word ~:m<~t! is supposed to be the Sanskrit St<MiMm<ct. mus! I however, observe that Atber&ni writes thia word in th more correct form of ~UMt- e.jy.in the title of his book, On the mathematical methode of the Bf~BMMA~tt&t," ~\&A< ~j) ~t (;)<* Xt~ p. 11, LIS. 2%e/9M}'se<MOM.Bead~~instea.dof&~M.

p. 12, L 88. The quotation of Theon refers to the introduction of his npo~ctpot Km'oM!,where he spea.ks of the Julian year of the people of Alexandria, of the Egyptian year of 365 days, and of the Sothis period of 1460 years vide Commentaire de Thon d'Alexandrie sur les tablea manuelles astronomiques de Ptoleme," par M. l'Abb Hahna.; Paris, B. 1822, p. 30. On the Sothis period, <;M!e Lepsius, Chronologie der Aegypter," Berlin, 1849, p. 165 ff. p. 12, 1. 40. On the year of the Persians, cf. a short treatise of A. v. (}utsohmid, !7e6er f&MM-cMMc~e<t&r, Sitzungsberichte der Kgl. J Sachsis-'hen GeseUsohaft der Wissensehaften," 1862,1 July. Z<)~e!t<M. It is dimeult to p. 13, L 22. The He&yetce, ewa, and aU <&e J explain what diffrences the author meant to express by these three words, whieh to us mean all the same. Perhaps he meant by BetfeMt the ancient Jews, Samaritans, and other Idndred nations by Je~, th

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t monotheistie people in particular; and by all Me ~ftN?.Js)'ft<'?,he totality of the Jewish sects, Babbanites, 'Anauite;! (Eariter), and others. Vide a similar expression on p. 62,1). 16, 17. ~l)-a6~, etc. Cf. with Albp. 18, 1. 34. Ttt a similar M~ the &M&eK rni's theory, the description of ancient Arabic chronology by A. Sprenger, "Leben und Lehre des Mohammad," iii. p. 530 ff., and Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlimdischen GescIIschaft," tom. xiii. p. 134, and tom. xxxi. p. 552. p. 13,1. 42. The genealogy of the Ka,Mmis oecurs also, but with somc diffrences, in Ibn .BMMt)t, Lifo of Muhajunia.d," d. Wustenfeld, i. pp. 39,30. p. 14,1. 16. '~he text of this verse is incorrect, for, according to the context, it does not contMn a description of Fuka.im, but of 'Abu Thumma. and, secondly, the mtre is disturbed, for 1 do not think that the Kct'!t<Mtjpoe<tc<t allowcd a poet to distort the word tds!~ into ~<S\. The !e<!jo-yect)' p.;15, 1.13. <~y call ~1~/ti'maM. According to the double construction of the verb the Indian word may either be It seems preferable to read & and to explain ~A*.t<or &3. as ~<&tm&f[, although it must be observed that this means "intercalary month," not intercalaryyea.r," as th author maintains. Cf. Reinaud, Mmoire sur l'Inde," p. 352. (as depending on p. 15, L 15. And their MtMn)MtO)M. Eea,d ~x-S), t.e. the Jtt/'Kf of the Lunar Stations. Our dictionaries do not explain th meaning which the word ./f/), p!. JM/M! bas in this passage. It is a term peculiar to the Indian system of astrology ('Utrid ben Muhammad wrote a book On the 7M~;H)tJ(t/'< otde Kit&b-alnhriat," p. 278), and it mcibus something ~< connected with the Lunar Stations, perhaaps certain sM&Jt<;)SMM~ (but this translation of mine is entirely conjectural). The word oecurs in four other places in this book :p. 336, 1. 9. The Indians derive their cMrrpooyo~ct'afrom th fact of the stars entering the J!t6t!< (i.e. restimg-ptacca, road-side inus) of th Lunar Stations. These B&4<?< are called ./M/K)-, and cach of them is thought to refer to some special matter or event (life, death, travelling, victory, defeat, etc.). Their number must have been very great, because the author saya that he will refrain from enumerating them, as thia would detain him too long from the subject of his book. p. 338, 1.14: The author, spea.Hng of the same subject mentions the Ribtt and the Jtt/mf of the Lunar Stations side by side; aiso, p. 341, 1. 7. On p. 347, both words oceur in the superscription of column 5,

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but here the writing of the manuscript is such a bad scrawl that 1 do mot feel sure of having made out a correct text. As th subject-matter seems to be of Indian origin, one may presume that the word also is derived from th same source. ~i~!(!6 ~dM)))!<h(i.e. a native either of p. 15, 1.17.&M JMAcNM)M<! mul in TiLbajistan or of mul or Am& on the Oxns), the author of a J~tM&-<t~/iN)')-<t mentioned four times, fi<~ p. 53, i. 34; p. 235,1. g; is p. 344,1. 2. He is not known to me from other sources. p. 16,1.14. (Fleischer). C<tM)M)< ~MpctMed ??. be Bead inste:Ml of

p. 17, t. 6. A tradition ~bt- wMc~, etc. read ~M~ or 4J ~ (FIeischer).

Instead of << ~)M<*(?, 4),

p. 17,1. 8. Perhaps we shall facilitate the undergtanding of the following pages, if we state.the order of the author's arguments. A. Notions of the Persians regarding the Era. of Creation, p. 17,1. 8. B. Notions of the Jewa on the same subject, p. 18, 5. C. Notions of th Chnstiams, p. 19,1.10. D. Refutation of the Jewish theory, p. 19,1. 41. E. Refutation of the Christian theory, p. 21, 1. 5, and Biblical prophecies relating to Muhammad, p. 32,1.17. F. On the Thora of Jews, Chriatians, and Sama.rit&ns, p. 24,1. 1. 1. G. On the diffrence of th Gospels, p. 25,1. 36. H. On secta.ria.n Gospels, p. 27,1. 9. etc. Cf. with the following traditions, p. 17,1. 9. For the -Pet'sMttM, ed. chapter xxxiv. of BwM!e&Mc&, F. Justi, 1868. p. 18, L 5. TAe Jews and Christian8 (!t~By, etc. An extract of the foUowing by AIma.~rizi has been published by S. de Sa~y, "Chrestoma.thie Arabe," tom. i. p. 284. p. 18,1. 16. By His&b-aJjunmiaJ the author undei-stamds the notation of the numerals by means of the letters of the Arabie alphabet, a.r-nged according to the sequence of th Hebrew alphabet. p. 18, U. 19,20. ~M't, JL6~5M ~<~<Mtt. Of these two psendo-Mes. sia.hs th latter is well known. For his history, vide H. Graetz, Geschichte der Juden," 2nd edition, tom. v. p. 167 and p. 438. Of th former name there is no pseudo-Messiah known in Jewish history. However, Graetz reports of a pseudo-Messia.h (loc. cit. p. 162), whom he catls Serene. The oldest Hebrew report concerning this man begins:

n'r) iKXD ~-)U)-) '''ni'?xi 10~ nyNa

an'?MQ~i n') iciK

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What you have asted regarding the deeeiver (or heretic) who bas risen in our exile, and whose name is y~ etc. Whether thu name has any connection with th Arabie whether th reading y~ is to be changed into students of Jowish history may dcide. Certainly a later Latin chromele calla him Serenus (Graetz, ~of. cil p. 434 ff.) A pseudo-Prophet, JB. in TiberiM, is also mentioned Ly Al.Jaubar in "Zeitschrift der Deutschcn Morgctiliiudischcu Gp&'Uscha.ft," xx. 4M). p. 18,1. 25. The authors tmnslitcration of Hebrew words i-esem~tes very much the present prouuncia.tMu of the Jews of Galizia. Bctwfen the words Q!TQ and Q'n the Arabie bas the signs i~), aud the last word t)mn is writtcn for both of which rariations 1 am unable to account. p. 18, 1. 35. &'Mce/e <)):<' tt'AeH. The Arabie translation of this passage is not quite correct, and ncxt to uiliitteDigiHe. It betrays a certain likeness to the translation of th Syriac Bible (PesMtit), where this passage is rendered by

~<~M\ Zoa~ ~OL.22 ~;a fmj? ~) ~o ~

And from th time when the sacrifice passes away, impurity will be given to destruction." Accordingly 1 read the Arabie text J\-4i< ~L.j~ Q~< j~: M~ iM although 1 am aware that this is bad and ungrauuMa.ticat Arabie. On p. 1', 1. 20, read~% with PL instead of~e<<. p. I9,1. 12. 1. 8. &tm of 1335..Eea~ (~e~ instead of (~ on p.

etc. The author gives to this pro. p. 19,1. 22. Pt'MHim, :.e. Je)'!M<t!e)it, pheey of Daniel a wrong date. It falls into th first year of Darius, v. Dan. ix. 1, not in the time some yecM <f ~e (tCceMtOK Cyt'KS ~o<7M of ~t'orne. This latter date th author has taken from Dan. x, 1 (" m the third year of Cyrus," etc.), and Dan. x. 4. bas fallen out Perhaps in the Arabie text (p. 1. 11) the word between the words and j~e. 1. 19,p. 31. And before this, etc. This is a blunder of the author's. It ought to be, ~M<ft~te)'this," etc. 1. 20, p. 43. JentM~M. Rere, p. 17, 1. 21, and in all other passages (p. 16, II. 1,13, etc.) the correct reading is ~~s~~ M~e!according to Yk&t,

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AMBOK.

Geographisches Worterbuch," iv. 590, not ~~t ~<<. In the foUowing line, p. 18,1.1, read instead of (Fleischer). p. 22,1. 17. For JM~<tmm<K!, etc. p. 19, 3. Bead At~t! instead of ~<~ on and m th

t. 22,1. 40. ~~M~n. Read J~ instead of following tine read aci ~t instead of <et (~* (p. 19,1. 13).

p. 23, 16. J~otM of mm:~ tt-~o, etc. Thia passage is of Eoranic origin, and formed up~n the pattem of Sm iii. 121. The idea of warnoN wearing certain t~dges (as o.y. the cross of the Crusaders) occurs also in a tradition, vide AIbM~aw! ad Sra. iii. 121, and Lane, Arabie Dict. s. jtj!-J. p. 24, 1. 5. After yeMM~MM!- had conguered, etc. The laat source of this tradition regarding the origin of the version of the Seventy is the letter of Aristeas, well known to Biblical soho]Ms, and now guneraJIy admitted to be apochryphal, vide De Wette, "Lehrbuch der Mstorisch. hitischen Einleitung," edited by E. Schrader, part i. p. 92. p. 24, L 28. And each ooMp~,etc. Read "and ece~ one of <&emhad care of Mm." And in the Arabie, H, 2, read J~ got a servant to instead of (~ instead of ~t~, and 1. 3, te<<~ instead of < On the same page, 1. 6, read J~ instead of J~. p. 25,1. 2.MM<M<M~a:. This name ia derived from the expression ,j.~ S (" do mot toueh "), in Sra xx. 97 vide S. de Sacy, Chrestomathie Arabe," i. pp. 339, 342, 344. It is identical with 'A6tyy~M, th Greek name of a heretical seet, vide Du Cange, Lexicon mnmee Gnecitatis," and Btymologicum Magnum," ed. Gaisford. p. 25, L 25.ttMMM. The Arabie mamuscripts give the name u~< i.e. ~<Aett<B!Mbut the well-known Athenus cannot be meant here. 1 prefer to read ~~<, Anianus. This author, au Egyptian monk, contemporary of Panodorus, is known as a chronographer; he is quoted in the fragmentary chronology of Elias Nisibenus, cf. Forsha1l, Catalogue of th Syriac MSS. of the British Museum," p. 86, col. 2, no. 5. p. 25,1. 28. JB)t-<tBtMy~, from whose Kitb-al~irant the author has taken the statement of Anianus, was a pupil of ~abaah, and lived in the 9th century, Mt!s Kitb-amhriat, p. 276. p. 26,1. 30. p.f,20. But Mpm<t!echildren, etc. Bead <.h~ S instead of M<~S.

ANNOTATIONS. p. 27,1. 5. p. f, 6, and

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J~xo Joseph <M~ Mary, etc. Bead ~t instead of UU, on instead of ~b, 1.15 (Fleischer).

p. 28, t. 11. f< is related that TaAoM~a~, etc. The last source of this report is the Boo& on tlae D~et-eNCMof <7;eCatMMS (astronomical handcf. "Xitb-alahrist," books), by Abn-Ma's.uj, p. 240, and also Hamzee Ispahamensis jinalium," libri x. ed. CtottwaMt, p. 197. The word )<jte in this report, p. 24, 9, means so'eK~c books, as also in the "Et&b-atnhrist," p. 240, 1. 28: "And he ordered a grt quantlty of scientific books (S~ ~*)~)to be transported from his storehouses to that phce." p. 28,1. 16. Least exposed, etc. Read instead of &M,on p. 24,1.10.

toas p. 28,1. 23. That <?tt~MtMM'& not, etc. The same tradition occurs in the chfanicle of Ibn-Alathr, ed. Tornberg, i. p. 34, t. 5. p. 28, t. 34. Some genealogists make the Z)M of Geneais x. (in Arabie 3~) the father of the Persians, Hyrcanians, of Tasm and Amalek, etc. (Ibn-AJa.tMr, i. 56). The Arabs have mistaken the Hebrew Q~H (~MM!, the original inha.bitants of the country of Moat)) for a ~ingular, and for th name of a man CAmm ben Lud, Ibn-AJathr, i. 56). a native of Ba.H:h, one of the fathers of p. 29, 1. 4. ~tM-Ma'n', astrology among the Arabs. He wrote numerous books on all branches of aatrology, many of which are still extant in the libraries of Europe. He lived in Bagdad, was a contemporary of Akindt, and died A.H. 272, at Wsit. Cf. Kitb-aMhrist," p. and notes Otto Loth, "Alkind ala Astrolog," p. 265. In the middle-ages lie wa.s well known aiso in and many of his works have been translated into Europe as ~~MOMMef, Latin; whilst modern philology bas hitherto scarcely taken any notice of him. Wherever Albrn quotes him, he w~ges war against him, and, to judge by the quotations from his books ~fhich our author gives, it seema that the literaty work of Abu-Ma'sha.r does not rest on scientine bases. Historioa.1 account p. 29, 1. 18. On the star-cycles, cf. J. Narrien, of the Origin and Frogress of Aatronomy," London, 1833, p. 112. p. 29,1. 28. Days of ~'<t5&M and days of Arkand. According to Reinaud, "Mmoire sur l'Inde," p. 322, the correct form of the former marnewould bc ~t!-yo6&<t(t, the latter would be th Sanskiit ~~tMft. and Albrn made a new edition of the Da~ of ~f<ht?K!,putting it. into clearer words and more idiomatic Arabie, since the then existing translation was unintelligible, and followed too closely the Sanskrit original, vide my Einleitung," p. xL, in the edition of the Arabie text.

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p. 29, 31. Muhammed ben Ish&k ben Ust&dh BundSdh AIsara~hs! and Ab-tJw&fa Muhammad ben Muhammad Albzjan!. Th latter was born at B&zj&n in th district of Nsh&p~, A.H. 328, he settled in Irak, A.H. 348, and died 387. Cf. SediIIot, Prolegomnps p. 58 Et&b-&Inhnst," p. 283 Ibn-Al'a.tMr. ix. 3. The former scholar is not known to me. j~t p. 31,1. 15. JM Hebrew, Nebukadnezar." In the Arabic, instead of~~ (De Goeje, Noeldeke). 3, read

p. 31,1. 35. CM%pm; ~M one of ~te tm~e), etc. Behind the wol-de t~ (~ there seems to lurk a gross blunder of the eopyists. p. 32, 1. 16. ~oroM~er, who belonged <o the sect, etc. The passage, ~Uy&X 2, seems hopelessly corrupt. My translation is entirely conjecturaJ (<JLt<(~ ~). p. 32,1. 22..PMHp the father of ~!e~<t?~)-. This is a mistake of the author's. He ought to have s:ud Philip the brother of ~~MttM~t-. The source of this sta.tement regarding the era of Philippus ArridMus is Theon Alexandrinus, n~o~~ot Kafox~, ed. H&bna, p. 26 cf. L. Ideler, Hamdbuch der nMbthema.tischenund technischen Chronologie," ii. 630. p. 33,1. 8. ~oH6 ben B&W! MetropoK&tM Mosul, is known as one of of those schohrs who translated Greek books into Arabie at the time of the Xh&]if Alma.'mm (A.H. 198-218). Cf. "Kitab-aIShnst," p. 244, l.?;p.24P,1.27;p.249,1.4. p.33. 1. 18. '~OMK~ 6ett NttH. This man of Sasamiam origin was a. 7)~Mm (t.e. great landholder) in the district of Ma~w. He playd a. great ~n~ein the history of his time, and was commander-in-chief to sevpraJ princes of the house of Sam&n. His history is rela.ted bY IbnAlathr, vili. 86; Histoire des Samanides," par M. Defrmery, Paris, 1845, p. 134. p. 33. 1. 28. It was Augustus who, etc. On the origin of the ~-<t jitt~t~t, cf. Theon Alexa.ndrinus, n~o~tpot Kafwes, ed. HaJma~ p. 30, 1. 32 Ideler, Hamdbuch der m&thema.tischen und technischen Chronologie," i. 153ff. p. 33, 34. Ptolemy corrected, etc. The source of this information M Ptolemy, ~0.~ <rMT<t~ book yii. ch. 4 (ed. HaJm~, tom. ii. p. 30). p. 33, I. 44. T%ejprosMo~tM, J~t\, are questions rela.ting to the decrees of the stars (~< ~< ~t). The books on this subject contain the astrological amwers to all sorts of questions, and the methods by which these answers are found.

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p. 34, 1. 7. Jtf<MM)t te;t Jft'/tMK, a dealer in cloths and stuNs of tinen and cotton, WM a.t th head of th administration of tho taxes of Northern Meaopotamua. (AIja.z!N.) under the Xha,Uf Omar ben 'AbdaJ'Mz, and died A.H. 117; vide Ibn-~utMba, "Eit&b-alma.'rif" ed. Wustenfeld, p. 228. 'mir ben ShM&h!l ben 'AM AJsha.'b!, of p. 34,1. 26. ~M~t." South-Arabian origin, was born in the second year of the reign of 'Uthm&n he was aecrot&ry to several grea.t men of his time, e. to 'AbdaJt&h benY&zd, the governor of \lkufa, for the Ehalif Ibn-alzubair, amd died A.H. 105 or 104; vide Ibn-Kutaiba, "Eit&b-alma.'M-if," p. 229. p. 36, 1. 10. Reform of the calendar by tlae .EMy ~<MM'<<~M. Cf. Ibn-Ata.tMr, vu. p. 325. p. 36,1.14..4M-B<ti!!r ~KK, t.e. Muhammad ben Ta.hy& ben'AbdaJlh ben Al'a.bbas, moat famous as a chesg-player in his time, the companion of several Khalifs, died A.H.335 or 336, a.t Ba~ra.. In his jCt<< <tF<mf~ he related the history of th EhaJifs, and gave a collection of their poema und those of other princes and great men. Cf. IbnKhallikn, ed. Wstenfeld, nr. 669, and Eit&b-aJnhrist," p. 160. p. 36,1.19. 'Ubaid-aN&h ben Ya.hya ben Kh&kan i~M made the YM!r ot the EhaJif Almuta.waJddl, A.H. 236 (Ibn-Alathr, vii. 37), and died A.H. 263 (toc. cit. p. 215). p. 36, L 42. Ehalid ben 'AbdaUh Al~a.mi was made governor of Al'ir~ by the KhaJif Hisham ben 'Abd-almalik A.H. 105 (Ibn-Alathtr, v. 93), amd held this office during 15 yea.rs, till A.H. 120, (!oc. cit. p. 167). Cf. Ibn-Kutaiba, "Kitb-aJma.'nf," p. 203. p. 37,1. 6. The Barmak family were accused of adhering secretly to th religion of Zoroaater, cf. Eitb-aJnhrist," p. 338, 14. ben ~<t6M< ~4< an uncle of the father of p. 37, 1. 9. JB!m Abu-Bah A~l} (on p. 36,1.14), a most famous poet and high onicia.1 of th EhaJif in Surra.-ma.n.ra.', died A.H. 243. The family of SM, a family of poets, of eloquent and le:u'ned men, of whom severaJ acquired a great fame, descended from a princely house of Hyrcania. According to our author, p. 109,1. 44, the princes of Dahistn were called $ul. For the biogra.phy of IbrAMm and the history of his family, vide Ibn-KhalliMn, nr. 10 (ed. Wuatenfeld). p. 37,1. 19. These verses of Albuhtur! form part of a larger poem in the poet's diwan which exista in the Imprial Court-Library a.t Vienna (Mixt. 125 f. 293, 294), vide n&gel's Catalogue, i. 436. p. 38, 1. 6. 'AM ben T&hyA ~aa famous in his time as an astronomer and poet, and as a friend of severaJ .KhaJifs. He died A.H. 275 at Snn'a-mam.ra.'a. Ibn-KhaJIiMn, nr. 479. He waa one of a whole family 25

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of dtatinguiahed poets and acho)aja who traced their origin back to Yazdagird, the last Sasanian king. Cf. Eit&b-aMtuMt," p. 143. p. 39,1. 16. On these mythological traditions, cf. L. Kreht, Die Religion der Vonstamischen Araber," Leipzig, 1863, p. 83; AInma'di, "Prairie8 d'or," ed. B. de Meynard, iv. 46; Ibn-Ata.thir, ed. Tomberg, il.30. In the Arabie, p. 34, 1. 12, te&d J~ p. 39, :L 33. Band-Euraieh. instead of and p. 34, ]ine 13, read J~ i]Mte&d of J~ (Fleischer). p. 39, 34. The following fMnoua battle-da.ys of the ancient Arabs are well hnowB to Arab Matonana. For more detailed Moma.tion 1 refer to the chronicle of Ibn-A!a.tMr, of wMch nearly one haJf of tom. i. (p. 320 &) is dedita.ted to thia subject. Cf. also Ibn ~utaiba. Et&ba.!ma.'&nf," p. 293; "Arabum ed. Freytag, tom. iii. I~overtia," p. 558ff. The pronunciation of the word ~~<t~ (p. 39, 1. 44) aeems doubtful. Ta~t, iii. 804, mentions ~~&< a place in the district of the Ba.nEI&b, where once a battle took place. Therefore it would perhaps be preferable to read t%e day of ~<t~ p. 40,1. 26. On this iM.r of Alnj&r, in which Mohammad took part, cf. A. Sprenger, Daa Let)pn und die Lehre des Mohammad," i. 351,433. p. 40,1. 85. No<tM~M<K~, Me&<Mx! <Me~, etc. This passage proves that there is a hMMM in th order of the chronologieaJ tables, such as exhibited by the mamuacnpta. According to the author, his work contaimed &bothe tables of the pnmcea of South-AKtMa. and of A.th!m~but no such tables are found in the mamuscripta. Their proper place would have been between th SMMUMiaand the Khalifs (after p. 128), but the table of the JHifJita is lost, too. 1 am melined to believe that the author had scafcely any other in. formation but that of ~amz& AIia&tMm}(tramai, by GottwaJdt, pp. 73 amd 96). The manuscript of th UmveMity Library of Leyden proves a coMidemMe help for the emendation of Btamza.'a work, but more manu. actipts will be wanted before a. reliable and clear text can be made out. p. 40, L 39. For the following report on the antiquities of Chotamnia 1 refer to my trea.tiao, &t<- QeecMcMeund 0&yMM~~e X~~y&M Z, pnblished in the "Sitzungabenchte der Xaia. Academie de Wissenacha.ttem in Wien," Philosophisch-hiatoriache Classe, 1873, p. 471 & 7. On the Dame of Affigh, vide my treatise (X)~ec<ttf < TeMp. 41,1. ~Mf~ i. 34, in "ZeitMhnft der Deutschen MorgenMndMchem GeaeU. achaft," xxnii. p. 450.

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p. 41, 1. 3~. Piece by piece. 1.16 (Fleischer). p. 41, n. 33, 41. also p. 43,1. 26.

Bead

instead of

(text, p. 35,

1 prefer to read ~ziMit&toa)'instead of Azkajawr;

p. 43,1. 24. The chief source of all information of eastern authors regarding Alexander ia the book of Pseudo-CaUiathenes (edited by C. Mller, Paris, 1846, Didot). The book bas been treated with the samo liberty both in east and west, and it seems that the eastern translations have not lsa diKered from eaeh other tha,n the varioua Greek manuscripts of the book. The passage p. 44, 30 ff. does not occur so in the Greek original, but something like it, cf. book ii. ch. 20, p. 77. The murderer of Darius, p. 44, 1. 8, bas a Sasanian name (T~aujushanas), whilat in the original there are two murderers, Bessus and Artabarzanes (ii. 20). That Nebnkadnezar ia introduced into the tale, occura aiso eisewhereMas'd!, Prairies d'or," ii. 247 Tabari (Zoten. berg), i. 516. That Alexander waa originally a son of Darius, is the tradition of the Sh&hn&ma of Firdausi, vide aiso Tahar!, i. 512 Ibn. Dia Abth!r, i. 199,1. For more information I refer to Fr. Spiegel, Alexandersage bei den Orientalen," Leipzig, 1851. A man of this name, t.e. Ibn p. 45, 1. 3. J&tt-46t!<lh's!<M~l~t. 'Abd-ah'azzak ia mentioned in the history of the Buyide prince Rukn. aldaula, by Ibn-at'atMr, Tiii. p. 396, among the venta of A.E. 349. p. 45,1. 5. Ab-Ish&k IbrMm ben Hill, the Sbian, was the secretary of the Buyide prince 'Izz-aldanla Bakhtiyr, famoua as an eloquent writer in prose and verae. He died A.H. 384, or, according to another statement, before A.H. 380. Cf. Xit&b.al6hnat," p. 134 Ibn-Xhallikan, nr. 14; F. Wilken, Mircbo~d'a Qeachiohte der Sultane %us dem Geschlechte Bujeh," Berim, 1835, p. 105. The title of his book (p. 45,1. 6) read ~IM~ instead of J. On the pedigree of the family of Buwaihi, cf. Ibn-Kutaiba, Kit&balma'rif," p. 36; Ibn.Alathr, Tiii. 197; F. Wstenfeld, Qenealogisehe Tabellen T. 10 and Register, p. 152. Most of the names which oceur in this pedigree are alao found in Sehir-eddin's "Gt~schichte von Tabaristan, Rujan und Mazandaran," ed. Dom, p. 101, and the whole pedigree, lot. cit. p. 175. p. 45, t. 9. Bead instead of ~M (text, p. 38,1. 3).

p. 45,1. 22. Ab-Muhajnmad AJhasan ben 'At ben Nn, mentioned a8 the author of a. history of the Buyide princes, ia not known to me.

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p. 46, 1. 8. Bead instead of J<\) (text, p. 38, 1.10) and J-~ instead of J-~ (p. 38, L 11). Eead J<-J imstead of J*-t (p. 38, 11). The names of Lh amd Laybaj (p. 15) are unknown to p. 46,1.12. me; perhaps they have some sort of relation with the word JyaA:/<Mt, O~t, which ia the aame of one of the two capitals of Ghilam, cf. Dorn, "Sehir-eddm's Geschichte von Tabaj-iatn," etc. Vorwort, p. 11, note 1. p. 47,1. 23. 6%tM~. Bead J<~ instead of J~!< (text, p. 39,1. 5).

ben <S~~<txt& Under the Khali&.te of Ahm~p. 47, 1. 25. ~~f tadir (A.H.295-320) the party of theAMd' tiied to occupy the countries south of the Caspian Sea, Ta.ba.rist&n, Dailam, GMIAn and Jur]&n, fighting against th troops of th Samanian princes nf Ehurasan and those of the Eha.M. The Brnt Alide whose efforts were crowned with aucss was J~MM ben 'Alt called ~~n-~r~<~&, about A.B. 302. Soon, however, the generals of the Alide princes, Lail ben AInu'mn, MMn ben KM, Asfr ben SMra.WNhi, were more snccessM than they themselves. The latter, Asfr, who abandoned the party of the Alides, Bueceeded, A.H. 316, in occupying Tebajistn, and in rendering himself an independent ruler. He did not long enjoy the fruits of Ma labours. After ha.ymg made himself thorougMy unpopular, he was killed by his genemis, at the head of whom was Mardwij, A.H.316. Mardwj was now th ruler of TatKu-istn and Juijn, and tried to extend his sway over th neighbouring countries. He was the founder of a dynasty who held the supreme power in those countries during one hundred tmd fifty years. He abandoned th party of the Alides, and adopted the black colour of the Abbaaides. To the Ehalif he made himself so formidable that he was invested and proclaimed as the legitima,to governor of all the provinces which his sword had conquered. Cf. Weil, Geschichte der XhaJifen," il. 613-621. A history of this man and of his descendants is found in Sehir-eddin's "Geschichte von Ta.bariatn, Rujan und Ma.za.nda.ra.n," ed. by Dom, 1850, on pp. 171-201 and 322. Mardwj was a J~, t.e. na.tive of GMIAn (not na.tive of Aljabal or Media). The name of his father is written and and 1 have not been a.ble to make out which form is the correct one. In Sehir. eddin's ehronielo, the name is always written j\4). In the text, 6, read J~!< instead of J~. Between the words Mid~et (line 6), there seems to be a lacuna which 1 have no meams of is filling up. This &M:wtMt the reason why the following words do not offer a.clear meaming. It is not clear who was the Bon of tt~MA who inatigatea MMd&w!j to free the people from the tyranny of Asfr.

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p. 47,1. 29.

X~MfM~.

Bead e)~

ft, 8, instea~ of a~

ThenameJh~M~~tMM&ma.y possibly be identical with that name which AnosHrw&n ia said to have had as the govemo)* of tM~nat&n in th lifetime of his father, Hamza Isfah&n!, ed. Gottwaldt, 3, 4. Cf. in Sehir-eddin's ccChronik von Ta.bM'iatam," ed. -)~t tmd Dom, pp. 19, 31, 42; P. de La.garde, BeitrSge zur B&ktnschen Lexikographie," p. 50 ff. p. 47,1. 30. In the text on p. 39, TeaA J~ instea.d of t!!U~ 1. 9 of J~, 1.13 and ~<!< instead of ~<, 1.19 (FIeischer). J~instead p. 47, 1. 32. The Ispahbad .BM~m, the uncle of Sha.ms-aJma.'aMis also mentioned by Ibn-Al'a.tMr, vlii. 506. To a son of this Buata.m, Marzub&n ben Buatam, the Ispahbad of J!Ij!In, our author has dedicated one of bis books, vide my edition of the text, Einleitung, p. xl. nr. 7. The history of the ancestors of the Ispahbad Bustajn is related in Sehir-eddin's Geschichte von Ta.ba.rista.n," etc., ed. Dom, pp. 201-210, 270, 322. They are called <~./fMtM~ ~<<m~ of In p. 47, II. 34 and 38, read (~~ instead of (~ Cf. Y&kt, Geographisches Worterbuch," iii. 283. p. 48,1. 5. Th same pedigree of the house of Smn is also given by Ibn-al'a.tM]-, vii. 192, amd in the geogra.phy of Ibn-Ha,u~, pp. 344., 345. p. 48, I. 16. T%e NM~ of SMn~ thrAccording to ~MwM, albil&d," p. 403, Shirw&n wa.sfirst colonized by Eisra. Anshirwan. The Mnga of tLo country were called (~ Anshirw&n is said to have mstatled the first governor and prince of SMrw&n, a relative of his Verauch einer Geschichte der Shirwnahahe," p. 12 family. Cf. Dom, amd 36. M:M'di, Prames d'or," ii. 4, ma,kes th Shirwnshah of his time descend from Bahrm.Gr. p. 48,1. 24. PMf~!M&, etc., founded the empire of tho F~inude dynasty in Htdra.witn and Egypt, A.H. 296. He pretended to bo a descendant of 'Al! bon AM.Tlib. Cf. Ibu-Al'a.tMr, vlii. 27; Ibn. ~utmb~ "Kitb-aJma.'rif," p. 57; Weil, Geschiehte der Chalifen," ii. 698. Thttt pnnce of this dynMty who ruled at the timc of onr author, AM'Al ben Niz&r, etc. (p. 48,1. 31) was EhaJif of Egypt, A.H.386-4.11, a.nd ia botter known under the naine of Alhldm, cf. Ibn-Al'athr, ix. 88, 2; 82,14; 221,14.

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p. 48,1. 41. I feel inctined to suppose that in this pedigree there is a ~M<MM between 'AJ~ and e~ that <& th son oi Noah was originaNy the end of the Crst pedigree, and that the second commenced with Alexander ben Barka, etc. This opinion is supported by MM'M, Prairies d'or," ii. 248, and Spiegel, "Alexandersage," p. 60. However, 1 must atate that the pedigree-such as it is given by Alber&nalso meurs in Maa'di, ii. 293, 294, and Ibn-Al'atMr, i. 200, 6-9. If, therefore, there is a &MM<M, 1 suppose, it is a blunder of older date, and as muet have occurred already in the source whenee all, Mas'd!, Albe. rm!, and Ibn-al'athr have drawn. Some of the names of this pedigree exhibit rather suspieious forms. n- ~) perhaps ~<M ~(p<M ? POf.Ibn-Alathr, i. p. 200,1. 6. TI. J~. Bead ~U Latinue. XV. ~t is a corruption of ~B$. Gtenesis, xxxvi. 11,15 vide Ascoli, Zeitschrift der Deutschen MorgenISndischen Geselischaft" xv.143. p. 49,1. 28. The combination of Dh-a~amMn with AhnuDdhir ben Inmu'alkais, vide ~amzn Mahn, translated by ottwaldt, p. 82. p. 49, 1. 26. "Eit&b-alnlu-ist," '~6<MM& ben jar&M. On this famous juggler, vide p. 310, and note.

p. 49, L 37. On the supposed South-Ambian origin of Dh&.aJkamain, vide Mas'&di, "Prairies d'or," ii. 244, 249 A. v. Kremer, "S&darabische Sage," pp. 70-75; pamza, transi, p. 100. p. 49,1. 41. The name SM&<~ occuK also in J~m-.HMMftt. The life of Muhammad, i. 486. It seems to be the diminutive of '~6t~ (Ibn.Duraid, "Etb.aJiaht~~ is the diminup. 41), M JW<Mw tive of 'ttm accordimg to Ibn-Dumid, bc. ct<. p. 8S, 1.14. Another name of the same root is e~' in Hamza., ed. Gottwa.tdt, p. 132. The spelling of the name ~&antt~ 1. 34, is une-ertain. For the spelling of the name T<Mt'MM, Ibn-Duraid, loc. cit. vide p. 84~ p. 50,1.4. JRsoM'.M(t<e)'. Be&d m<Mywcttef. Bea~ inatead of J!a. (text, p. 41,1.8),m~t instead of j~St (text, 'p. 41,1. S) (Flei. acher). p. 50, 7. p. 100. The following reaeoning occurs alroady in Hamza, traMi.

wM postmaster in Mdia., and wrote p. 60, 1. 36.B~M-<MaM& a.bout the middle of the third century of tho Flight (befiween 240-260). His geographical work has been edited and ttamata-ted by B. de Mey. "JoumaJ Aeia.tique," 1866. muj,

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This nation is mentioned by Byzantine authors p. SI, 1.1. ~S'<MC'M'. under the name of SojStpo~. 24. Ab.Sa'id 'A~mad ben Muhammad, a.native of Sijistu, p. 52,1. is mot known to me from any other source. p. 53, 1. 31. Th same names occur in Ma~'M!, iii. 415. These days have aJso Arabie namea (!oc. cit. p. 416, and this book, p. 246,1.16). p. 63, i. 34. Bead ~M< instead of (text, p. 43,1. 22).

ben a p. 53,1. 37. ~M(!<MMnM S&o&<mxt&t, native of Isfahn, is mentioned in Etb-al&hrist," p. 245, as one of those who translated Per. man worka into Arabie. He is atso mentioned on p. 202,1.7, and p. 207, 1.11. p.S4,l.l. "Et&b.alnhrist," Ab&.atfara.jAhmadbenKha.MAlza.aj&m; p. 284, mentions an Ahma~ b. EhaJaf among those who made utronomical and other instruments, also mentioned p. 118,1. 31. p. S4,1. 4. Ab-alhasan AdharHmr ben Yazdankhasts is not known to me from any other source vida p. 107, 40 and p. 204,1. 14. EeaA (~ j~.)~ instead of ~~)~ (text, p. 44,1. 6). p. 54, 29. Bead j~ instead of j~ (text, p. 44, L 16).

p. 54, L 39. Th reason why th Persians dLd not like to mcreMe th number of days of the year was, Mcordmg to Ma,8'n<M,iii. 416, that thereby th esta.blished aequence of lucky and unlucky daya would have been disturbed. p. 55,1. 3. The worda 1. 5-27 do not in the IcMt harmonize with the thcre preceding, which makes me believo that after th word ~f(Mtat--J(f'?/t ie a gap, aJthough the manuscripts do not indicate it. The expla.nation which ia cerniuencef) 'n U. 3, 4, is continued in 28 ff. p. 56, f. yfM<~w' jl!/MMft is also mentioned by TA~At, Geogra.phisches Worterbuch," iv. 970. Y&~&t may have drawn hie information from this book. p. 56, 1. 22. As thse namos, the Bcamty remna.nts of a long-lost Era.nia.n dialect, are of considerable philological interest, 1 sha. add th Mailings of the Canon Masudicus of Alb8rn according to two manu. scripte, MS. Elliot (now the property of the British Museum, dated

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Bagdad, A.B. 570, B&M' I.), and MS. Berlin (the property of th Roy~ Library, aco. me. 10, 311, or MSS. On. 8. 275). MS. Elliot, f. 14a. < 0' t~M.~t t.Mf& o~" fW ~t~ MS. Berlin. (~~ ,j-< d)~ tJU~~t <-)~t/* t}m*t

Whoever wants to expMn these namea will also have M consult the six mamuscript~ of the JEM6.<tH~~ of our author, and the moat ancient copy of the Canon Masudicus in the Bodleian Inthis book Albrnn! doea not mention the Library. of th montha Armemma but MTe found them in a. copy of th "Et&b-aJtafMm" (MS. of the nodiemn Library) in the following form (p. 165) ~A-~ u.~ (Tead u~) (,) c~u.~(readu~.),(MS.) Cf. E. Dula.~er, "Recherches aur la chronologie Armnienne," p. 2. p. S7, 17. I am sorry to state that there are no tables of thse Chorasmian names in the Canon Masudicas, nor in the "Eitah. aJta&!m." The form (~.< (p. 57, 2) reminds one of the Cappadocian name O~.M~Benfeynnd Stem, "TIeter die Monatsnamen einiger alter Volker," Berlin, 1836, pp. 110-113. The name (name of the 8th, 15th, and 23rd days) is, like the Persian Dai, to be retraced to 2)<o (Benfey and Stern, ib. pp. 109, 110). The corresponding Sogdian name (p. 56) is written ~-J, which ia perhaps, a metathesis for ~j, which would he equal to DathueU, the genitive of r< and would resemble the Cappadocian A.6o~. (Ben. fey und Stern, t6. p. 79). The reader will eaaily reeognize the relationship between the Sogdia.n MKt Cho~MmiaB names of th days of th month and the Persian names thia is more difficult in the case of some of the names of the months.

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p. S8,1.10. 1. 14),

A~ !~M, etc.

Read t)~

instead of c)~

(text, p. 48,

p. S8, L 1C. Dctt, vide note ad p. 57,1. 17. p. 58,1. 33. It is not known that the Egyptians days of the month by spcial names. called the single

p. 59, i. 3. On the names of tho Egyptian months, their forma and meanings, vide R. Lepams, Chronologie der Aegypter," pp. 134-142. The mMH tnonth. The Coptic name for the Epagomenm p. 59, 22. is p abot n kouji, "the small month," cf. B. Lepsius, "Chronologie der Aegypter," p. 145 and thia book, p. 137, 1. 22. On the Egyptian names of the 5 Epa~omensa, cf. B. Lepsius, loc. ct' pp. 146, 147. p. 59, 1. 25. ht~. It seems, one must read this word h~, since the

t.e. 'Emun~, as Mr. L. Stem Coptic word for leap-year is 't'A-Tro~T-) informed me. In that case the author WM wrong in trajisla.ting kindly the word by Me t.e. s~MOt. p. 59, 1. 26. Ah-al'&hMs Al&mul, the author of a book on the ~Sbb, ia mentioned by Hj! KhaJfa, iii. p. 236. Hia full name is Abual'a.bbSs 'Ahmad b. AM-'Ahm&d Alta.bM! Atamul!, known as Ibn-aJ~ and he died A.H. 335. The montha which this author ascribes to the People of the t!~< are our names of months in forma whioh can hardly be traced back to a Latin source (ancient Spanish ?). I suppose that by the People he of the T')7es< means the inhabitants of Spain. p. 60, 1. 21..EtM6-<)M'~M!&.ft~tMMCf!AM. This book is not known tome. p. 61,1. 1. Twenty-four hours are = 86,400 seconds, which, divided hy 729, give a quotient of 118~. p. 61,1. 13. Bead ~ii~< inatead of (text, p. 51,1.1?).

p. 61,1. 45. Thbit ben ~Tirra. was born A.n. 221 and died 288; vide Kitb-alfihrist," p. 272, amd notes. On his astronomica~ theories, vide Delambre, "Histoire de l'astronomie du moyen age," p. 73. On the iamily of the Ba.nA-Mu~ w~ Eitab-alhrist," p. 271. Muhammad died A.H. 259. ~62,1.J6. 'en65)'e<o9ttmt!ctH<~jMo<. Theword'JB)-~mt=Be6t-ew, was a learned name, known only to schoIa.M it meant that people of 26

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Mttiquity who spoke the Hebrew tongue and who lived in Syria. under th law of Moses. Jew ia a popular name whioh meams the descendants of that people, who no Ic~ger Mw in Syria, but are seattered aD over th world, who no longer apeak Hebrew, but who atill live under the la.w of Moaea. p. 62, 1.18. The names of the months of th Jewa oecur also in Assyrian, cf. B. Norria, Asayrim Dictionary," p. SO. Fa.T:,of the following chapter has been edited by S. de Saey, ChKsto<tia.thie Arabe," i. p. M (taken from Ahna~rz). ~Mtem~e)- the <!<ty,"etc. This quotation is an extrait p. 62, 1. 40. from Exodus xiii. 3, (Deut. xvi. 1). The words in that month when the <eM MoMom are the rendering of the Hebrew y~n <]~T)T1. The month 'Mb bas tthmya been identified with Nisn by the whole exege. tical tradition of both Jewa and Chriatia-ns, but 1 do not soe for what reason. This view, that Adh&r II. is the lea.p-month, waa heM p. 63,1.15. by theEMMa.na.MCOTdingto Eliah ben Moae in Selden,"Dissert&tio de civili amo JudMco," cap. v. p. 1(!6 Pl~yQ ~!t). p. 63, 1. 31. On the invention of the Octaeterie by Cleostra.toa of Tenedos (about 500 B.C.) vide Ideler, "Handbuch der mathematiachen und technischen Chronologie," ii. 605. The cycle of 19 years ia the cycle of Meton, invented about 432 B.c., vide Ideler, loe. cit. i. 297 ff. The cycle of 76 6 yearsis th improvement of the Metonian cycle by Callippus of Cyzicus (about 330 B.c.), Ideler, <oc.cit. i. 299, 344. Th cycle of 95 years (5 x 19) bas been used by Cyrillus for th computation of Easter, oM!eIdeler, loc. c!<. p. 259. The cycle of 532 (=19 x 28) was invented by the Egyptian monk Anianus, vide Ideler, loc. cit. pp. 277, 451. p. 63,1. 37. In the fmthor's sta.tement regarding the 4th cycle of 95 years there is a mistake we must read 1,175 mom~ instead of 1,176 monthe. The synodical month or one lunation is=29 d. 12h. 793 H. 1,176 hma.tn)M=84,727 d. 23 h. 528 N=900,149,208 H. If w divide this sum by the length of the solar year, t.e. 365 d. h.=9,467,190 H, we get as quotient 95 (years), and a.remainder of 29 d. 13 h. 438 H, t.e. 1 lunation plus 725 1.1., t.e. one lunation too mueh. If we reckon 1,175 lunations, we get ae the remainder 725 11., amd

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this resnit is correct, beca.use it is five times the remainder of th cycle of 19 years, of which th's cycle is a five timea multiplication. = 95years = l,1751unations 35 leap-months = 725 9- remainder= 5x19 5 x 235 5 x7 5 x 145

This remainder reprsenta the difference between the rota.tions of the sun and the moon at th end of the cycle. as 1 have written, according to the Arabie, is the p. 64, J. 3. ~t~, Hebrew word p7n, whieh in ~he Canon MMudicus is sometimes rendered by (jt<a.. Of th atill amidierdivision of time, of the 0~~ (one Bg~' =76 H&Ia.h),1 have not found any trace in the works of Albr&n. For the convenience of those who want to examine the following computations, I give a comparison between the H~Ja~s and the other meMures of time: 1 honr = 1,080 M. 1 minute= 18 H. 1"=AH. 1 = 9. 1 I iaouo 1 v. ? a o o oo H. 1 H:J&h = -r~ hour. 11[. = A minute. 1 E[. =2~ seconds. = 200 m19. = 12,000 iv. 19. = 720,000 vlt[. III. 1,080 HaLAs= 1 hour. h. 19~%=. 1R~ =.oh. I. In Jewish chronology there occur two kinis of years, the JuUaN year (in the calculation of R. Samuel), and a s~'ientic year derived from the researches of Hipparchus, which is the basia of the calculation of B. 'Adda bar 'Ahab. The year vhich Albern mentions, coMisting of 365 d. 6~~ h., is the year of B. 'Add, equal to 365 d. 5 h. 997 H. 48 Beg. Cf. Lazarus Bendavid, "Zur Berechnung und Geschichte des Jdischen B&Ienders," BerHn, 1817, p. 32. Regarding the origin of this year there cannot be any doubt. Th

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Jewieh chronologista found it by dividing by 19 the Enneadecateris of Meton, which consiste of 235 Hipparchicat aynodicat months (t.e. 6,939 d. 16 h. 595 H.). It will not be snperauoua for the valuation of the caku. lations to point out the difference between th ancient following Greek astrono. mers and the .TewishRabbis who constructed the Jewish calendar. The elements for the comparison of th rotations of aun and moon are two measures that of th length of th synodicat month and that of the length of the solar year. When Meton and Callippus con. sta-acted their cycles, theae two measures had not yet been defined with a great degree of accuracy. Hence the deficiencies of their cycles. Centuries later, when the aagacity of Hipparchus had defined these two measures in sach a way that modern astronomy bas found very little to correct, eomparisons between th rotations of sun and moon could bo carried out with a much higher degree of Thereby the Jewish ehronologists were much better situatedaccuraey.Meton than and Callippus, and the following calculations prove that they availed themselvea of thia advantage. p. 64,1. 10. Computation of the OctaeterM and Enneadecateris. I. Oef<e<e~.

Th ancient Greets connted the solar year as 366~ d~. (:.e. too long), and the synodical month as 29~ days (<.e. too short). The Jews countedthe solar year as 365 d. S~~ h. and the synodical month as 29 d. 12 h. 783 H. The 99 lunations of the Octaeteris, each lunation at 29 d. 12 h. 783 give the Mon o 2,923 d. 12 h. 747 ~[. whieh is equal to the sum of75,777,867 H. H we divide this aum by the length of the solMyear, ie. 365 d. 5~~ h.=9,467,190 H., we get as quotient 8 (years) and a remainder of 1 d. 13 h. 387 H. This would be the diSetence between the rotations of the sun and moon at the end of the firat Octaeteris, t.e. th moon reached the end of her 99th rota.t!on, when the aun had still to mM-ch during 1 d. 13 h. 387 till he reached the end of his 8th rotation. According to the caJcuMons of the Mlent Greeks, this difference

ANNOTATIONS.

389

Ha.ndbuch der ma.the.~a.tischen was lsa, viz. 1~ days. Cf. L. Ideler, und teehnisehen Chronologie," i. p. 294 S. h. with matheAs the author sa.ys, 387 Ha,Ia~a do not correspond to matical accumcy (p. 64, 11. 24, 25). There is a differeuce of yyg h-' for ~Bh. = ~h. whilst = ~h. ~h.

II..Ettt:Mt<~C<!<e)'M. Meton discovered that 235 synodica.1 months pretty nearly correspond to 19 solar years. In constructing his cycle of 19 years, he reckoned the solar year at 365,~ d., ie. by d. longer than it hiMihePn reckoned in the Octaeteris (a mistake which afterwards Callippus strove to retneve). More correct was the following Jewish calculation with Hipparchie measures 235 lunationa, each = 29 d. 12 h. 793 !;[., give th sum ofh. = 179,876,755 H. 6,939 d. 16~ If we divide this sum of Halaks by the lengthof th solar year of365 d. 5~h. = 9,467,190 we got as quotient 19 (years), and a remainder of oniy 145 H. According to this computation, the difference between the rotations of sun amd moon at the end of the nrst Enneadecateris would not be more than 145 EL, or h., or than y~ d., h., i.e. a little more than d. whilst, according to Callippus, this difference was grea,ter, viz. =;d. This reform of the Metonic Enneadecateris enabled the Jews to dispense with the 76 years cycle of Callippus, whieh he constructed of four-times the Enneadecateris with th omission of o<te day. The Jewish calcula.tion is more correct than that of Callipnns, who reckoned the solar year too long. cf. an interesting p. 64,1. 33. On the meaning of the word IWM chapter in the 'YQ''yn 1BD of Abraham Bar Chyia.h, edited by H. Qa) ahl*'B~). Filipowski, London, 1851, book ii. ch. iv. (mnan At th beginning of this exposition (p. 64,1.31, text, p. 55,1. 8) there seems to be a !ac<MM. It is not likely that the author shotdd introdnee a technioal foreign work (like Ma.hzr) withont having previou:'y expla.med what it me&ns (and this is not the caae). is p. 65. The difference of the Ordines Mt<e!'ea!!(t<tomM caused and accounted for by the difference of the beginning of the Jewish ~Ext Mundi.

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AI.BBN;.

The world waa created at th time of the vernal equinox, t.e. the Te%~t-N:an. But the year as reekoned by th Jewiah ehronologista doea not commence at the time of the vomal equinox, but at that of the autamnal equinox, !.e. the Te~&fat-Tiahr!. Now, the question whenco to begin the nrat year of the J~-<t j~t~t, bas been answered in varioua ways. Some commence with the vernal equinox preceding the cration of th world, othera with the first vernal equinox following after the creation of the world. Some counted the year in the middle of which the creation took place as the first, others counted the following year as the ~f<< yea.r of the ~)-<< Enneadecateris. Cf. ~~n ~30 of Abraham bar Chyiah, iii. 7, p. 96. In conformity with this diSe. renoe also the order of the leap-years within the Enne~decateria bas been Nxed diSerentIy. The Ordo intercalationis XIB~ which reckons the second (complete) year of the creation M the first year of the nrat Enneadecateris, occum atao in the vatuaNe Te~<!6A<! (Responsum) of B. Hi Gn ben Sher!t, a contemporary of the author, vide Abraham bar Chyiah, p.9y,I.36. The Ordo Mt<e<-MtMtMtMtTMtT)~ which has become canomc&l since N and through Maimonides, is not mentioned by Albr&B. The three O~ttea M<e)'M!<tttMne hieh the author baa nnited in the w cilcutm' figure, are conatructed upon thia principle: Of (th seven intorvaJa between each two leap-years, there are five intorvaJa each of 2 years, and two intervala each of 1 year. p. 66, L 7. The solar cycle (nan~ ~MN) of 28 years conaiata of Julian yeara of 365~ days. At the end of this cycle time returne to the aame day of the week. Cf. L. Ideler, Bhmdbneh," etc., i. ?2. 23. Of the five D~t~& p. 66,1. of the Jewish calendar nM ? 11M fT TUM !BSpf)H3~ which are certain mlea ordering a date, e.y. New-year's-day, to be transferred from one week-day to another, our anthor mentions only th &rat one, viz. 1-tM, ie. the rule that Newyear'a-day can never be a Sunday or a Wednesday or a Friday. The words <X<t< jP<Mwef which the beginning of ~M~ M regulated 1 by Tmderatamd in thia way, that Passover, ie. the 15th Nsn, and the lst Na&n always fall on the aame week-day. Th mie IIM ia connected with the rule 1-Q ie. that Passover shall never fall on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, in the following way Paesover must be the 16Srd day from the end of th year. The division of 163 by 7 gives the remainder of 2. If New-year'a-day were a Sunday, the last day of the preceding year would be a Saturday, and the 163rd day from the end would be a tM~ty. If Now-year'a-day were a Wednesday, the 163rd day from the end would be a Monday.

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391

If New-year's-day were a Friday, the 163rd day from the end would be a Wednesday. Cf. Lewisohn, "Gesohichte und System des Judischen Eatenderwesens," Leipzig, 1856, 92, 127. On the eorrespondence between the four days that <<!?be New-year's. and Passover, cf. Abraham bar Chyiah, days (called Q''iy~ H~tK) ii.eh.9. p. 67, tl. 28,35. 1 should prefer to read J~< istead of J<~J~ and (~. ~U-e. ,~t instead of (j~e ~t~-m. (~* (text, p. 57, U. 18 and 21). p. 68,1. 4. On th ca.lcula.tiomof the arc of vision !TM*~n f~C~p that part of the moon's rotation between conjunetion and the moment of her becoming visible at some place, vide Sclden, "Disserta.tio de anno civili Judaico," cap. xiii. Lazarus Bendavid, Zur Geschichte und Berechnung dea JudischenEalenders," 36. The Me<M motion of the moon is called in Hebrew 'SOM t7?TQ, the <w: motion ''J~QM ~7!Ta, M<!e Maunonidea, ~nn Qh'Tp, 1 xi. 15. p. 68,1. 32..P<M<~ c~ is a Biblical name, vide 1 Kinga iv. 17.

p. 68,1.35. If the M~ladites commenced the month with the moment of the conjunetion, they difEered from the BabbamitM in this, that th latter made the beginning of the month (e.g. the beginning of the first month or New-years-day) dpend not <t!ot:eupon conjunction, but also upon certain other conditionf, eg. the condition fT' (Lazarus Bendavid, 36). Th.) Rabbanites tried in eYerything to aasimilate their calendar, based upon the aatronomieal dtermination of conjunction, to the more ancient calendar which had been based upon the observation of New Moon. The conservative tendency of this reform of the Jewish calendar is pointed Cf. also ont by A. Schwarz, "Der Jdische Kalender," pp. 59-61. Abraham bar ChyiaJt ~')3yn 1BS' P. 68,1. 6; p.69,1. 21. p. 68,1. 36. LIT). Read instead of as plural of (text, p. 58,

p. 1. 5. *At< the founder of the great schism in the Jewish 69, world, lived in Palestine in the second half of the 8th century. For his Geaehiohte dur Juden:" ii. ed., tom. v. p. 174; for history, otde Qr&etz, 'n&n's reform of th calendar, tb. p. 454. Th pedigree of 'n&n has been the subject of much discussion, vide Graetz, ib. pp. 417, 418, and J. Triglandii, "Notitia Earaeorum," Hamburg, 1714, p. 46. p. 69,1. 25. Read p. 70,1.16. inst~bd of (text, p. 59, L 9). o~~).

Read 1 instead of 3 (text, p. 60,1. 4, after

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p. 72, 1. 36. &?<?: ben '~M,M, bom A.H. 326, was VM!r to the Buyide prinoes Mn'&yyid-ald&tda, and afterwards to Mdu-Jd!Ht]& He died A.a. 385. Cf. Ibn-Al'fttMr, ix. p. 77. The Mme man is quoted by AtMr&M M the S~t&, p. 94,1.19. On this title, ~ HMnmer,"L5nder. verwaltung unter dem Bmtifat," pp. 84, 35, Abulfedm Anmies Mes. lemici," ii. p. 586. p. 74,1.7. The~tMtoeBj)!M<~e ia described by A. Sprenger, "Leben und Lehre des Mohammad," iii. p. 515 R. On MohMnmad's prohibiting intercalation, etc., t&. p. 534 ff. Bead instead of (text, p. 63, IL 1, 3). (Pleischer.) p. 74, 15. Ibn-Duraid, a famous philologist of the achool of BiMra., died A.H. 321, in Bagdad. Cf. G. FI&geI, Ch-NNma.tische Schulen der Araber," p. 101. Abu-SaN 'Isa ben Yahy Ahnasih!, a Christian p. 74, 25. WM a contemporary of Albrn, who hved at the court of physician, 'AM ben Ma.'mn and Ma.'mtm ben Ma.'mn, princes of Khwarizm. The year of Ma death is mot known; probably he died between A.a. 400-403. CpT. WuBteYfeld, Geschichte der Arabischen Aerzte und N~turforscher," p. 59, nr. 118. p. 75, 1. 26. ~). Bead instead of (text, p. 64, 1. 6, ,j-

p. 76, L 36. Ab&Abd&Uah Ja'far ben Mnhammad AI~dik is one of the twelve Imams of the SM'a. He waa bom A.H. 80, tmd died A.H. 146. On the sect who derived their name from him, vde Shahristan!, ed. Curetom, p. 124. Cf. also WuBtemfdd, Geschichte der Arabischen Aerzte und Naturforscher," nr. 24. p. 77, L 4. This tradition ocenra in Bukhr, Beoueil des traditions Mahometames," ed. L. Krehl, i. p. 474. The other traditions to which the author refers in the cottrae of hie discussion (p. 78) are also mon. tioned by BnHir!, i. 476 ff. Cf. th .M!M<~<t' of Malik ben 'Anas, ed. Blak, ii. chap. 84. p. 77,1. 22. Bead ~~t, instead of ~< (p. 65, L 15). p. 80, L 4. Bead j!~ instead of Sj,~ (Fleischer.) (text, p. 65,1.14), amd %l

instead of J~

(text, p. 67, L 17).

The same fact is related by Ibn-Al'athfr, vi. p. 3. In conp. 80, 5. squence of his hiHmg 'Abd-aJhMm, the governor of Kfa, Muhammad was removed from his office A.H. 155 (or 153). The story shows that the

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falsification of tradition haa at certain timea been practised wholesa.lo in the Muslim world. Ibn-*aM-al'auj&, a.lso mentioned in "Eit&b-alnhrist," p. 338,1.9. p. 80,1. 27. Read cut~ !<s ort~:K instead of and of ils o)'yMMP, etc. Bead <L~ inatea.d of (text, p. 68, t. 4). (FIeischer.) p. 80, 1. M. ~t! <t Read instead of ~~y (text, p. 68,1. 6), and (text, p. 68, IL 9, 10), as in th majmscnpts.

p. 82, col. 1. I~uM wa~ the second largest townof FajghAna., not far from ShBh. It is described by Ibn.~a.u~a.L p. 394 Ykilt, iv. 24. I ha,ve not been able to explain hitherto. The word ~) (~~) i'.f. Bu~hara. Ferha.pa the word heara some relation to < p. 82, coll. 1, 8. Th names of col. 1 are in use among the eastern Turka (of Ea.shghaj- and Yarkand), vide R. B. Shaw, ASketch of th TarM Language as spoken in Eastern Turkistan," Lahore, 1875< Epocha) celebriores," London, 1650, p. 5. p. 77; J. Grave, The names of col. 8 seem to he in disorder; they mear.: The Great Month, the Small Month, the First Month, the Second Month, th Sith Month, the Fifth Month, the Eighth Month, the Ninth Month, the Tenth Month, the Fourth Month, the Third Month, the Seventh Month. Cf. Shaw, Sketch," etc., p. 75. Both columns are of particular interest in so far as they exhibit the most ancient spcimen of th Turkish language. p. 82, col. 5. Oc<om6rMM. Perhaps it would be better to read Oe<entM<, in conformity with Oc<eBt6)'e,which oceurs in Provenal beside Octobre, vide Reynouard, Lexique Roman ou dictionnaire de la langue des troubadours," tom vi. p. 390. p. 86, L 13. The 210 years for the stay of the Jews in Egypt are found in this way: Interval between the birth of Abraham and that of Moaea 420yeara. 80 Mosea waa 80 yeara of age when he left Egypt Interval between the birth of Abraham and the Exodua 500 Fnrther Abraham waa 100 years of age when Isaak wM bom Isaak was 60 yeafa of age when Jacob WM bom Jacob entered Egypt when he was 130 yeara of age Interval ;between the birth of Abraham Jacob's entering Egypt and 290 27 100 60 130

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ALBEN.

Now, the diffrence between th two numbers (500-290), !.e. 210 years, represents the time during which the Jews atayed in Egypt. Bead & instead of X~~ (text, p. 75,1. 1). (Fleiseher.) p. 87,1.11. p. 87, 1. 13. The Neaef-'dMm, .e. Ordo JfM~t, is a well known Hebrew book on the Chronology of Jewiah history, carrying it down as far aa 22 years after the destruction of the Temple by Titus. It is the MT~ OTiy *tD to which our author refera, not the 07iy 110Cf. Chronicon Hebrmorum Majus et Minus," ed. Joh. Meyer, AmstelodMni, 1699. 1 am, however, bound to state that some of the numbers which Aiberni quotes on the authority of this book are not found in-or do not agree with-the text as given in the edition of Meyer. pp. 88, 89. In thse tables there are three blunders in the addition. The last three nnmbers in the addition of the yeara of the Sder'Ol&m ought to be 460, 500, 503 (on p. 88) and in the same cotumn on p. 89 the eleven iMt numbera of the addition ought to be: 781, 810, 865, 867, 898, 909, 920, 990,1080,1563, 2163. p. 90, 1.18. On Eahn, vide Judges, iii. 8,10.

and Dahriyya. The I~ashwiyya, or HaBha~ p. 90, 1. 35..P<MttM~t wiyya are a heterodox sect of Mualim philosophera who adhere to an exoteric interpretation of the divine revelation, and consider Ctod as a bodily being, vide "Diction&ry o~Technical Terma," i. p. 396. The word J)~)- seems nearly to correspond to th ~x~MM ateroMm are a heathenish sehool (" em<Bese <tme") of the Avast. The 2)<<t of philosophera who believe the ~~f (time) to be etemal, and who trace everything to the Dahr as last cause, vide "DIotionary of Technioal Terms," i. p. 480. p. 90,1 44. In the following the author attacks 'Ab-Ma'shar, the author of the book De <M<tw<<t<t5<M92,1. 2; p. 91, L 31 p. 94,1. 44 (p. p. 96, L 1). Cf. note ad p. 29,1.4. The subject of the discussion is the .D<MM (M<r<M~tm Delajnbre, (vide "Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne," ii. 546), i.e. the question how long a man may live, if at the moment of his birth the phmets occupy such places and stand in such relations to each other as are eonsidered the most favourable. For a detailed explication of the astrological terms whieh occur in the following, and atl of whioh are of Greek origin, 1 refer to the J)M!<KMMry of <&eTechnical 2~ma we~ Sciences of the JKiM<t!m<ttM, Calcutta, 1862. The JMe)~n)tt!MM (~~) is the tt~M~m eMyo~'o, the Paterfamilias, the indicium cuttM(p. 90,1. 45).

ANNOTATIONS.

395

The house of th Sun is Lo, Ms oM~Mtois th 19th degree of ~rKS. Cardines are four points of the ecUptic that point whieh rises in the I. Cardo ~ofMcopt, or Cf[rt!o ~)t'M)MM, east at the moment of the birth. or n. Ck~o oec<M!!< C!M'<&) septimus, that point which at th sa,me moment aeta in the weat. or TTT CtM'(&)coe!t (&n-<~o ~ectmtM,the point between the preceding two but above th earth. pointa, th IV. C<M'<!o <ef)'<Br Caf~o gtMn~tM, point between the points I. and o IL, but under the earth. Cf. Dictionary of Technical Terms," i.465. <H<Mc<t!t!M J)t a c<Mtco)'d<t!tt quarter. By quarter 1 undeMtimd the division of the signa of the Zodiac into four trigones, th <)'j/<MKM)t i'~MKm, trigonum terreum, etc., which are either masculine or feminine. Cf. M. Uhlemann, Ctrundzge der Astronomie und Astrologie der Alten," pp. 66, 67. The term concordant is applied to any two places of the ecliptic which lie a.t equal distances from one of the two equinoctial points so as to or form with each other the constellations called Ta~M or '!MHt<& MuCf. Dictiona.ry of Technical Terme," ii. 1392, s. v. ~<t&t. is the contrary of j~. p. 91, 1. 10. Have Mo <Mpec<. The word There are five aspects t.e. T<M<S<, the planeta are distant from each other by 60 degrees. ie. Tf[!-&t', the distance between them is 90 degrees. T<ttMt&,i.e. the distance botween them is 120 degreea. .M~o6<t!<t,ie. the distance between them is 180 degrees. .MtAM!, is the Mu~&bala, of Sun and Moon. Any other relation between two planets is called 8ukl (t.e. falling out). Cf. Dictionary of Technical Terme," ii. 1385, s.c. is p. 91,1. 13. The Caput .DMtcoMM that point of the eeliptie which a If sun and moon meet tbt this plmet cuts when moving northward. in the aame zodiacal sign and degree, they are said to stand within point the Spot ~K~ttwrtKM Alma.gest," vi. cap. 5 Mnu'~ ec~t~tM, (Ptolemy, vide Delambre, "Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne," ii. 226), and an clipse ta,kes place. Every eclipse is considered as unlueky. p. 91,1.16.' The elements of this sum (215 yeara) are not quite clear. If tho Sun gives 120 tmd 30 yeara, Moon, Venus, and Jupiter, 25, 8 and 12 years, we get the sum of 195 ycars. Whence the astrologers derive the missing 20 years is not stated. They are hardly to be considered as a gift of Saturn or Mars, since they a~'cunlucky stars perhaps they are tnMMd to the influence of Mercury. One may suppose that there Is somewhere a lacuna in the text.

396

AI.BBN. ~t&M.< instead of ~i, ,t

p. 91, 1. 31. Bead J~ ~t ~&M.< ~t J~ S,~< (text, p. 78,1.19).

p. 91, 1. 34. The middle eom~ttttc~ott of Saturn and Jupiter is 240 yeara, th wtmof conjunction 20 yearo, th major M junction 960 years. Cf. 0. Loth, "AI.Kind as Astrolog in Morgenjandischo Forschungen," Leipzig, 1875, p. 268. p. 93, L 10. M~M was 'Annr.at'umara in Baghd&d A.H. 331-334, at the time of the Eh&Hf AImuttak, whose eyes he put out. Ho was of Turkish origin, and commander of the Turkiah troops who held BaghdM and aome other parts of central Msopotamie p. 93,1. 15. ~~y-ctMcut~. Bead'<tM<mh. Mu'izz-~lda.ula.died A.H. 356, amd Izz-aldaula, died A.n. 367, both princes of the family of Buwaihi. p. 93, L 23. ~M?t<<tHtKt!ce,prince of Mosul and the north of Meso. potamia, of the family of ~mnd&n, died A.H. 358. p. 93,1. 42. Bead (p. 81,1. 9), and ~j ~)~ inetead of instead of (text, p. 81,1. 7), J~~ (p. 81,1. 12). (FIeisdMr.)

The author means 'Isma'N bon 'AbMd, Vazr of p. 94,1.19. ~6. the Bnyide prince Fakhr-aldaula, Vide note ad p. 72,1. 36. The time during which Fakhr-aldaula held the country of Jurjn under his sway was A.H. 372-388. p. 94, i. 40.M N<t'M SM<!Mm is not known to me from other sources. A man called Sh&dhn is mentioned by T&Mt, i p. 204, 1.20,Mid~.j}EhaJMa,v.p.l02. p. 95, 1. 2. According to Dictionary of Technical Terme," i. p. 568, retrograde motion is any motion whieh does not, like that of tho planeta, proceed conformably with the order of the zodiacal signs. Th ecliptic is divided into twelve equal parts, caUed ~o<Me& Tho 12th, 2nd, 6th, and 8th ~oiMee are caUed Domua M<~?t<<a. p. 95, 1. 22. '~6<))Mt. A man of this name was general to tho Khalif AIhAd!, and was killed by Harn AJrMhd A.H. 170. Cf. IbnAI'a.th:r, vi. p. 74. The opithet ~t& ~(~f 1 cannot explain. p. 96, 1. 12. Read J~ mston.d of J~ instcad of (~p~' (p. 83,1.1). (text, p. 82, 1. 21), and

<t~

p. 96, 1. 25. J<tm<!M<M&)-<t, town in India, is not known to mo, a the word can be read in various ways.

ANNOTATIONS.

397

p. 96, 1. 43. Ab-'Abda.lt&h Alhusaiu, etc. Atn&til, a uativa of N&tua, a town in Tabarietn, is sometimes mentioned as the teacher of 'Ab-'AI! ben Stn&. He lived in Bukhr, and a.fterwa.rda at the court of th prince Ma.'m&n bon MuhfHnmad of Khwrizm. CI. my edition of the text, Einloitung," p. xxxiv. p. 98,1. 13. (Fleischer.) C'<K)Mt~. BM~ inatead of j~ (text, p. 84, 1.10).

p. 98,1. 22. ln some book. Alberun! does not mention the author of the work whence he took the chronological tables of the kings of Assyria in any case it must have been derived from the Chronicon of Eusebius. Cf. A.. Schoene, "Eusebii Chronicorum libri duo, Berolini, 1866 vol. i. p. 63, and vol. ii. p. 11 S. and 1875 p. 100, 1. 24. Another table of successors of NunMd is given by Mas'd!, "Prfuriesd'or," pp. 96-100. A aimilar table is also found in Albrn's Canon. Jf<M'K~tc<M (MS. Elliot, fol. 28a). Ye&rsof reign. Anni Adami. Nt)K.<-0< Interval after tho confusion of languages and the destruction ofthetower ~j~ ~j~ Interval 59 2951

43 85 72 42 18 7

2994 3079 3151 3193 3211 3218

Then follow the Asavrian kings, Belos, Ninos, etc. p. 101. TttMc of </MX's of <tc C/tftHectKS. It ia th table of Ptnlemy. Cf. Chronologie de Ptoleme," par l'abb Ha.lma., Paris, 1819, 2do Partie, pp. 3, 4, and Gcoi-gius Syncellus," ed. Dindurf, Bonn, 1839, p.890 S. p. 102. This table of kinge of Egypt begins with the 20th dynasty of Manetho. Cf. Eusebii Cbronicorum libri duo," vol. i. p. 145, vol. ii. p. 62. p. 103, 1. 13. ThM t&Uo of PtotcuiMiMis is based upon that of Chronologie do Ptoleme," par Halma, 2do Partie, p. 4. In Ptolemy. 1..82 rend: C!eope[<)'<t, ~te <t))te /<<;? Cf~'<MJ<th'<Mo!'<<mt<!f< till MtpCewM (text, p. 92, 1. 1&). ~uMx;fMt~ooM. Hcu~l ~< inBtua,d of

398

AlBB~S.

p. 104. The last source of thia table of the RcmM emperoM seems to bc the "Chronicon of Eusebius." Cf. aJso "mm.~ hpahanensis annahum, libri x., translation, pp. 51, 54. In the addition of the years there M a mistake; the last sum is 313, not 303. p. 105. Part of this table of Byzantine emperors aeemp to have been taken from ~amza Is~hni, translation, p. 52 and 55 S. In this table the Mm of the years is 526, not 528. In the text (p. 96,1.12), read ~. instead of ML-<. (De Ctoeje). p. 106. The tradition of the judge ~~& see in Hamza Isfahni, translation, p. 57-59. AiwaM' seems to have lived in the nrst half of the 4th century of the Flight, vide Xitab-aiChriat," p. 114 The addition of the years of this table is in groat confusion, and AIMrun! bu not made an attempt at correcting it. In the text (p. 98, L 10), read C. instead of p. 107, L 1. The following chapter on Peraian chronology beaN a close reNemblance to that of Hamza la&han, translation, p. 6 ff. The explication of the word Gayomarth, I. 5, see in Hamza, p. 48. p. 107 t. 43. AbA-'AIi Muhammad ben 'Ahmad AlbatHi!, mentioned only in thM place, ia not known to me from other sources. Haj Khal&. ~.p.l3,qnotesfromAtbern. P. 108, L 3. The following sources of ancient Peraian history are aJso quoted by Hamza, p. 7. was killed in Atba~a, probably A.n. 145. Cf. "Kitb-alfihrist," p. 118 Ibn-EMIi~n, nr. 186. M~hamm~d b. Aljahm, of the family of Barmak, lived under the Kh~M Almu't~im (A.=. 218-227). Cf. Etab-aIShAt," PP pp. 81, 245, 277, and notes Ibn.BMiMn, nr. 81, p. 40. Hisham b. AIk6sim and Bahram b. mrdnsh&h, Zoroastrian priest in Shaprstown, in Persis, are mentioned in th "Eitb-a.Mhnst," p. 245, among those who translated Ferstan bocks into Arabie. p. 108, 1. 19. The mamwscnpts have kkara. My reading, kkrra, is a conjecture. Th word may be identiod with &M~ of the AYMt& (ft~Just, "~ndbuch der Zend~he," and also with mentioned by Mas'M!, Prairies d'or," ii. p.in92), a very curious chapter, 88, where the author enumerates AMman and hie son 2KW<~ in a table of kings of the Syrians.

ANNOTATIONS.

399

instead p~M8,1. 34~~1 ~OMtty m<tK. Intext (p. 100,1. 7) read 4' of 4* (1. 11) instead of jt)~; and L~~ instead of J~b ~-4 (1.18). (Fleischer.) p. 109,1. 14. Simila.r tables of the worda for king, emperor, prince, etc. in various languages are given by severa.! authors, e.g. by IbnJournal Asiatique," 1865, p. 249-257. Ehurd&dhbih, M<m. Perhaps we must read TMf~tB, and compare th following note of the Etymo!ogicum Ma.gnum," ed. Gaisford, p. 763: T<n!8oM'ot o! T<Mr<MT)/M~TM !rapa ToepffOt!. On SK!, vide note at p. 37,1. 9. The word~-t J~ttoM~ (p. 110, 1) M supposed by my learned friends P. Lerch, of St. Petersburgh, and W. Tomaschek, of Gra.tz, to be a misspelling for j~, i.e. JtMM, ~ttctez (a derivation from the Teutonic cuninga), a conjecture whieh 1 recommend to the students of Slavonian antiquities. The title jB<t<-M)'<XK(!(M has been found by P. Lereh on the coins of the satraps of Bukhr under Sasanian rule and la.ter (as far as the time of Alma.hdt). The coins offer an original writing of Semitic origin; th legend is without any doubt to be read B<:Mt<:)-t AM~u< (or X XAwd<M&, ~<t~(M!). A number of these coins are found in the coinX collection of the BoyaJ Musum of Berlin. p. 110, 1. 26. The following verses are also found "FraMes d'or," ii. p. 116. in Maa'Ad!,

p. 111. On the pedigree and family relations of the Pahdadhiajis from HshaNg till Fredn, cf. Bundihish, chap. xxxii. On the chronology of the Peshdadhiams and Kaynians, ib. chap. xxxiv. In the text (p. 103, ll. 11, 15), rea.d &<~ inatead of & p. 112. On the descendants of Kawi E'a.wta, or E~i~ubdh and their names, cf. Nldeke, "Ka.ya.nier im Awest, Zeitschrift derDeutschen Morgenlsndiachen GeseUseh~ft," tom. xxxii. p. 570. p. 113. 9,10. With this table compare that of Hamza, tramsta.tion, pp. With thia table, compare Hamza, pp. 17,18. Ca~o~ Maau-

p. 114,1. 4.

p. 115,1. 3. A similar table occurs atso in the author's dicta (MS. Elliot, fol. 29a.).

4or<

ALBhtx!.

After tho kings of Assyria fmd Arbaces th Median follow Me t;);~ f<H'!JMe~M. JRf;&y!f):t'<t YeMitof foign. Anni Mandi. .P<HJ~, a df-ffcendant of Sardane! Tin!atj.i)Mar 8.ttniatMnmr ((~~L.) i.e. BuHitMM~~rl.14 8a.nherih Sa.)'gn oj~- <-<a~EzMhaddon~A~ Merodakh Baladan ben Baladan, i.e. Mttrdkemj)ad .48 Sanhent) Minor Kinitadan ~JLJL-* .17 NabopotaMMtheMagian HM son Nebu~dnezar, t.e. ButhtMMsMr II., who destroyed Jeruf<alem Evilmerodakh t)6n Nebukadneziur HMhrotherBe!tesha~~a.r Darius th Mdian Then follow the kings of the Persiana Cyrua Hia son Ca.mbyMs Darius the son of Vishtasp Xerxes, i.e. Xerxes Kirn-a b. Darius Artaxerxes (t~<)~), i.e. ArdMMr Longinmnns Darius Nothos .18 ArtMerxef~-MM ArtMerxes Ochua, t.e. the black Arses ben Ochus DanuabenAmat: 35 35 4709

9 g

47~ ~cy 4770 4818 4849 4866 4887 4930 4932 4936 [4953] 4962 ~9~0 5u06 502C 5067 5085 5125 5152 5i5(; 5162

31 21 43 <! 4 [17~ 9 8 M 20 41 40 27 4 6

Then follow Alexander and the Ptolemeaa.ns. In a special column the author mentions some contemporary venta of Jewish, Egyptian, Greck and Roman history. p. 115, 1. 45. (FteMcher). In tho text (p. 112, 1. 4) read instead of

p. 116, 1. 8. 8a.d b. Muhammad Aldhuhl ia perh&ps tho same Dhah!: mth whom Bukhr: (died A.K. 256) had a controversy, vide ~&j! KhaJifa, iii. 172. p. 116, M. BMh is Mdia, or Aljibl or Aljabal in tho later geogra.phical terminology. Read J\ instead of the mMprint J)<~<.

AX\nTA'nnxs.

4f)1

They <peMone of the families, etc. is a literal translation of the reading of the manuseripts, but 1 do not believe that this reading is correct, nor that Arabie grammar allows such a. construction. instead of is not satisfactory, as it is not My conjecture, (~ conformable to the usual construction of this word. One might think of reading f)-~ (" They were the most daring and enterprising of th pptty princes," etc.), but this, too, does not Beem to settle the dinicu!ty. I am sorry to state that 1 have not been able to nnd the original upon whieh the term J(fMf~t-a~<<)t~ Petty princes," has been coined. Cf. with this passage Hamza, p. 30 Tabar!, ed. Zotenberg, i. 523 ff. Ibn-Alathir, i. 2C8-210, 27], 272; Mas'd:, Prairies d'or," ii. 136. The pedigree of Ashk ia carried bM~ to a. son of Siyxwush, whosf name I do not know how to pronounce. Another son of Siy&wush is mentioned by Ibn-Alathr, i. 173 (Fcrozad ') and Tabar!, ed. Zoten. berg, i. 467 (Afroud). For another pedigree of Ashk, Me B. Dom, Sehir-eddin's Cteschichte von Tabarista.n, Bujan und Masanderan," p. 152. For the chronology of the Ashkanians, cf. MuhIau-Gtntschmid in "Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenliindischcn Gesellschaft," tom. xv. Gobineau, ib. tom. xi. p. 700; Muj. p. 664; Bla.u,<&.tom.xviii.p.680; -i .1-altawrkh in Journal Asiatique," 1841, p. 164 H. Schneiderwirth, Die Parther," Heiligenstadt, 1874. p. 117, 1. 9. On the sumames of the Ashkanians 1 offer a f"w conjectures <~erace pure = setnvahya, );M!e Gobineau, XMaMtA, i.e. we!H<M'M, "Zeitschnft der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft," tom. xi. p. 702. ~nv!m, i.e. yoMet:. jrtitfMm seems to be a mistate forj)~- i.e. Gotarzea. i.e. GeeiMMt)-, e?')'M, cf. the Persian word Gcsd:tr=a. man of authority. .B<tf(Mtt=<n &<t~)py.6orH. Bc[M~='J ~tyA-~t-M; but see note at p. 118,1. 21. p. 117,1. 30. 3ee this table in Hamza, translation, p. 10.

5. p. 118,1. L See this table in Ha.mz&,p. 18. p. 118, 1. 21. name JMtMo!,in 393, 415, 416. and the surname Besides the na.me JfaM~M~ there occura a. Parthian "JouryuJ Asiatique," 1843, pp. Mujmit-a.ttawMkh, Perhaps there ia some cornection between jS~* j&< of Frz ben Bahrm, mentioned p. 117,1.17 (~). 28

402
Ot~cfother 8Ot1l'CCS.

AMBN.

known to me from text (p,117, ~) read < mate~ of instead of

<j*j0"(~* P. 120, 22. <~ ~3~ pp. 865-361, 36. of ..J)\.r. ~~1,1.

In the text (p. 118. 1. 3) read f~

this work of M&n!'B very little M known, und seine Schriften," Leipzig, 1862, 5) r.wit.theMSS.,iu~d

Inthetext(p.lI9,L

4 p. 21, 0. The following calculation ia known in 1 1. astrology by th mMneofTMyAr~M). Thec~euhtionMthis 407x93~=37,925~. If you divide this produet by 360, you get a remainder of 1521 degrees. The meaning oith.~ degrees, the nature of the solar cycle here~: tioned, and the further details of the calculation, 1 do ~.de~ .d, and cannot, therefore, guMantee th. correotneM of the text. .1~ 14. ~~ Alkisrawi i. also mentioned in the translation, pp. 11-16. ~J~ pp. p~ 146,151. m~ With by S. de For the pedigree of ArdMMr ben B&h~ cf. B. Dorn, M~d.~ history of the Sasanians according t. in antiquits de

la Perae, p. 273 ff. Instead of read 'K~ surname of L The is explained by Mirchond as Shpr (S~y, p. 296). Instead of u~j:~ Mirchond has ~&L<. Instead of N\ M!rchond hM ~~t/ ~u:1~ (see Journal Asiatique," 1841, p. 265 1843, p. 403). 1 have to add in this opposite the name of Bbak the MSS. have the place that note following ~L. <~j g< e~ ~ uI have not been able to make out the meaning of the b..t word In the note which M written the Mme of SI.~r h~ Ar< oppo~

AKNOTATIMtS.

403

whieh 1 hve aitpred mtu shr, the MSS. have the reading us~ M the word ~e is in the masculine. B< The surname of ShahrbarAz ~~y. is perhaps to he read or to be considered as a corruption of ~\t~ He is also called yanMnK. In the text (p. 122,1. 7) read )3-~ instead of )jp. 124. p. 125. With this table compare Hamza, translation, With this table, cf. ttamza, pp. 18,19. pp. 10, 11.

p. 126,1.27. Jushanasptadha or Jusha~nasta~hit is tho correct reading G. HoSmann read nrst the beginning of th word of the signs <e. or as JtM&<MMM jMf)t<!Ka<!p Annenian form 7es~H<Mp, vide (~ (; Langlois, Collection des historiens," etc., ii. p. 345). The second part of th compound 1 read Tada or ra~/M (a word of unknown etymology), and found the whole nmne in th Armenian form of FM/<M<Mp/<t~ (vide Langlois, "Collection des historiens de l'Armnie," tom. ii. p. 387). G. Hoffmann added a. further support of this identification by pointing ont the Greek form of the name, viz. rou<ntfa<rra&)! (cf. P. de Lagarde, Gesammelte Abh<mdlungen," p. 185). instead of p. 127,1. 23. In the text (p. 129~ 1. 9), read ~i~ and ~t (L 11) inatead of ~t.~ (1.14) instead of p. 128. With this table, cf. Hamza, pp. 14, 15.

'Ahma.d b. Alta.yyib Alsarakhs, a. pupil of Alhind! and p.129,1.16. companion of the Kha.!if AImu'ta.did, was killed A.H. 286. Cf. EitbaMhrist," pp. 261, 300, and Wstenfeld, Geschichte der Arabisehen Aerzte und Naturforscher," nr. 80. p. 129,1.19. On the Indian astrotoger Kanaka, vide p. 270, and note. p. 129,1.24. of ~\* (L 13) instead of In the text (p. 132, h 10), read e~ (1. 12) instead of (Fleischer). Kit&b-al&hrist," instead J~ c~ and

p. 130. This table contains a number of mustly well-known princes, atatesmen, and generats No. 1 was Vazr to the KhaJif Ahuu'tadid, and died A.H. 291. Cf. Weil, Q<'achichtp der Chalifen," iii. pp. 51-t, 539. His son, 'Amd-aldaula, is not known to me. No. 3-5 are princes of the house of Mamd&n in Syria (Mosul). No. 6-11, 13, 14, 17-21, 23, are princes of the house of Buwaihi or Baya, vide the pedigree of this family in F. Wilken, .Mirchond's Ge.

404

AMBX.

schichte der Sultane Ms dpm Hause Bnjeh," p. 12 the Turkish chroniclc of Munajjim Bashy. ii. pp. 484, 488, 495, 501. No. 12, 15, are two princes of the family of the BanA-Ziyad of Jnrjn. No. 16 is not known to me. No. 22, 28, 29, are the two founders of the famous Gha.zna.wt dynasty. No. 24, 27, 32, belong to the family of Shnj&r, governor of Ehnras&n under the Samanide dynasty. Cf. Defremery, Histoire des SanMnides," pp. 261,169,188,201,203. No. 25. AbA-al'abbas Tsh waa governor of Nshap&r under Sama. mde m:< and died A.H. 379. Cf. Defrmery, t. p. 168. No. 26. AM-ahaaan A!f&'i~, a general of the last Samanide princes, diaappeN-8 before A.H. 389. Cf. Defrmery, t6. p. 196. No. 31. AM-aK&wria Begt&ztn was governor of Khuras&m and VMir to the ]aat Samanide pinces he seems to have died before A.H 389. No. 33. Ab-Man~&r Alp-Aralan Alb&b~ was VM!r to the last Samamide prince Munta~ir, and was still a]ive when this book waa composed. Cf. Defrmery, t6. p. 202. On BughrjUtMn, prince of K&ahghar, the conqueror of p. 131,1.18. Transoxiana, vide Weil, Geachiehte der Chalifen," iii. Anhang 1. p. 131, 1. 23. Here the author apeaka of the prince of Jurjn, ~&b&s ben Washmgir, to whom he bas dedicated his book, vide note at p. 1, 1. 25. p. 131, 1. 41. (Fleischer). In the text (p. 135, 1. 6) read instead of

p. 132,1. 3. TMfM&t. (Cf. p. 162,1. 34.) By the term <tM~bH (or redoubled) ~t~Mam, the author means an oblong quadtamgniar field, divided into two equal parts by a diagonal. TailMa ia the name of a pieM of dress, vide Dozy, Dictionnaire des noms des vtements chez les Arabes," p. 278, and Lane, Arabie Dietionary under this word. p. 132,1. 7. The Greet name of the sexagsimal System is ~Kooro, vide Delambre, Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne," ii. pp. 577, 608 (Hexcostades). There is a chapter on the sexagsimal System of calcuiation in BarJaMn's Ao~tort~ <!<~K)fo~ (Delambre, ib. i. 320). p. 133. A similar table of intervah between the epochs of the various eras is also given by Delambre, "Histoire de l'astronomie du moyen ge," p. 96, on the authority of Ibn-Tunus. In the text of this table 1 had to correct some mistakes ~i< notea a, c. PL have the correct reading, 101 4933, guamnteed by The corresponding sexagsimal numbers 54, 7,43,4, are ~J~ wrong in all mamaacripts, for they represent the mroneeus number 101, 9274.

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1 bave printed inatead of them the sexttgesimat numbers which represent the number 101,4933, i.e. 38, 55, 41, 4. !M)<ea e, d. The reading of the manuacripta 123,8528 ia &, wrong, for the addition of th oonstituent numbers gives the sum of 128,8516. Accordingly also t~~e~ must be changed into ~~a~~ The sexagsimal numbers have also been derived from the wrong number, for 3 {not 43), 8, 44, 5, represent the number 183,8523, whilst we must read 56,1,44,5 5 as representing the number 183,8516. <tinatead of jit d, M&d A. a p. 184. The chapter on the chess problem 1 have separately edited and explained in the "Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgentandischen QeBeDschaft," tom. xxix. pp. 148-156. BegMding the English terminology of this chapter, 1 must say a word to justify the use of the word check. If 1 had used the common expression for a field onthe chess-board, ie. ~<M)'e,my translation would have become very ambiguous, as frequently in one sentence 1 should have ha~ to spea& of a e~cn-e (in the mathematical meaning) and a square (a field on a chess-boMJ). TLe square (former meaning) of the <nt<t)6efof a square (latter meaning) would hve been intoler. able. To avoid this ambiguity I hve adopted the word check in the common meaning of square, as check seems to be the next synonymous term, meaning a quadra.ngula~ field in a. piece of Scotch cloth or tartan plaid. p. 136, L 7. The daya of the epoeha of th various era~ according to Ibn-Ynus have been communica.ted by Delambre, Histoire de l'Mtronomie du moyen ge," p. 96. Albatim's rules for the comparison of era8 between each other, see <&. p. 41. p 136,1. 20. The epochal day of the ~)-<t Diluvii is a Friday, vide Hamdbuch der ma.thema.tischen und technisehen Chronologie," Ideler, u.p.627. p. 136, L 26. The epochal day of the JEw yettomoMa~ is a. Wednesda.y, that of the -~r<t .PMH~pt is a. Sunday Ideler, tt. ii. pp. 627, 628. Th correspondence between the L Tt and the I. Daim&h, is also Btated by AIfMgh&n, Elementa. astronomica. ed. GoHus, p. 5. p. 136, 1. 30. The epochal day of the ~&n ~!sMm~t Farghn, p. 6, Ideler, ii. 628. is a Monday;

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p. 137, t. 9. The Syrian year commences with the 1 Cet., the Greek year with the 1 January. The interval between thse two New Yea.r'6 Days is 92 days. is p. 137, p. 17. The epochaJ day of the ~E-a ~<t~<M<t a Thursday Mler, H. p. 628. p. 137,1. 37. The epoeha.t day of the ~-<t OM<!e<t<t<n a Wednesday, is eee Hler, u. 628. The epochal day of th Era o/'tte p. 138, 9. Ideler, ii. 629. p. 138,1. SO. The epochal day of the ~nt Me Ru-ghan!, p. 6, and Mler, ii. 629. p. 139, 7. 142, 1. 22). u. ~< is a Thuraday;

is Y<M<&[?n-f!t a Tuesday,

Bead ~t!<Mtt)-M!t instead of .~Mt-M (also in the te~t, p. In the text, p. 142, 1. 21, read instead of

p. 141, 1. 29. The following lines (till p. 142, 1. 2), are a <o!-Mof which 1 do not know a proper restoration. It seems the author gave an exposition of the length of the Jewish, the Christian, and the Mtro. nomica.1years, and pointed out some incongruity between Jewish and sciemtinc astronomy. Both Jewiah Years, that of B. Samuel (the Julian year), of 365 d. 6 h. and that of R. 'Add of 365 d. 5 h. 997 H. 48 Reg. are too long, vide Dr. A. Schwarz, "Der Judische KaJender," pp. 65, 120. In the present state of the text 1 am not able to say what the 165 days (p. 142,1. 2) mean. p. 142, L 12. The aubtmctionof two yeara in this ca.lcalation is necessitated by the Babylonien Or<&)ttt~n:o!c[<MtM, ;QN:U. which the author uses in this place. Cf. p. 65,1. 6. p. 142,1. 20. The ~.Ma~Mt~Cn-c!e ia based on the assumption that the Enneadecateris corresponde to 19 solar ye~rs (whilst there M a difference between them of 145 Hal~im, vide p. 64, 1. 16), and that the mean Lunar year haa 354 days in a common year and 384 days in a leap year. The former, if compared with the Julitm year, is too short by 11 days the latter is too long by 19 days. In the squares of the thirteenth year of the cycle read ht 7, instead of /M~ 6 (also in the toxt). No regard hss been had of the intercalation of the Julian years. p. 143,1. 28. t~ p. 144, 1. 5. motion the a.athor means that motion By the <t~)<n-ett< In the texf- (noie i, huit lino,) Mitd ~f gt-~ inateitJ ur

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which at any time is found by Mtronomiua.1 observation, no eqna.tion or correction being used. 17. This spaco of time, :.e. 2 d. 16 h. 595 H is the so-called p. 144. of Ct<MfK:<e)' the Enneadecateris. 1. p. 144,1. 26. The 4 d. 8h. 876 H. are th CtftMc~)- of the CootMtoM o Year, the 5 d. 21 h. 589 H. th C'Aat'acfei- f the J;eap-yM)'. Cf. Lazarus Zur Geschichte und Berechnung des Jtidisfhea .Katendera," Bendavid, BerHn, 1817, 32. p. 144,1. 30. These 5 d. 14 h. are the Mld of the Creation (T '*)) <.e. Friday morning, 8 o'clock. Cf. Dr. A. Schwa.rz, Der Judische Eidender," p. 50, note 2. p. 145,1.15. With the 12th year of the ~m ~i~.fftH~n begins a new Enneadecateris of the Jewish ~E)~ ~Idamt, the 182 d. one. i.e, ~<!a)ttt 3460) has been The .B<MM, th Mld of J?. Alex. 12 (ie. omitted in the tables of aU mEmuscripts. It is, however, easy to find by the help of the tables on pp. 145-147. 3460 yeMs are 6 Great Cycles 14SmaJHCycles SamgIeyeaM = = = d. h. H. 3 20 600 2 15 770 3 6 385 9 18 675

Therefore the Mtd of the 12th year of Alexander is 2 d. 18 h. 675 H. (cf. the astronomical calculation of thia Mld on p. 148,1. 19). p. 145, L 30. The numbers of days, h-~urs, and Ha.laMm of this table the reader may check by aJwa.ya adding the Cha.ractcr of the Enneadecateris, t.e. 2 d. 16 h. 595 H., and by subtracting 7, as soon as th addition of the days gives more than seven days. The number of days, hours, and t~a,l&k!mthe reader p. 146, 20. may check by always adding for a common year 4 d. 8 h. 876 H., for a leap-year 5 d. 21 h. 589 H., and by subtracting 7, as soon as the addition of the days goes beyond this number. p. 147,1. 1. The Character of the Great Cycle is 5 d. 7 h. 460 H., which you get by multiplying the Character of the Enneadeca.teris, )'.e. 2d. 16 h. 595 H. by 28, dividing the sum by 7, and taking the re. mainder. p. 147,1. 42. TiMtM. One <)tte is equal to four minutes.

408 p. 148, 1. 15. used

AMtiBCN. In the following tables these measures have been

Charactero/'<~e B!:M<t<~c<t~rM 16h. 28"' 671. 57m. 2d. ggnr. Accordingly the Enneadecateris aecording ta th sons of Jnuaft ben Shku* was 6939 d. 16 h. 28 57 n. 57 m. 53 Iv. The division of thia aum by the number of the lunations of the Enneadecateris, '35,givea the length of the synodical month M asaumed the sons of Ma hem Shkir, i.e. by 29 d. 12 h. 44 2~17111 21 iv. 10 v. Cf. p. 143, L 28, where the same meaaure is mentioned, with this dit ference, that there the number of fifthe M st~ted to be 12. Cf. note at p.158. The Character of the Common Year is 4 d. 8 h. 48 270-28~ 14iv. The Character of the Leap-Year ia 5d.21h.32i 29~ 45m 35 Iv. The ChahMter of the Great Cycle is 5d.5h.31i 311. OHI.44IV. within whieh the Mld of a year may &U ~M~d C~L~rus BSpn~ Bendavid, "Zur Beredmung~dGeBchichte des JndMehen E~tenders," 35-39. On the relations between New YeM-'a Day and the chuter or nature of the year, cf. Lazarus Bendavid, 46-48. p. 152, L 34. better t6 read ?'<M~, vide note at p. 132,1. 3. Perhaps it would be instead o:f ~~< (text, p. 159, L 1). p. 150,1. 22. The j~m~

p. 153,1. 4. In this table as it occurs in the MSS. there is a mistake. Md 3 can follow each other, M the Table of ~e6M~ (at p. 154) plainly shows. Thei~fore, read in the text, in the corresponding field, J~ (~' instead of J~! y~ The three values of the table give th following six permutations cannot follow each other. ~+<~ m+uh 3+H L can foUow each other. tP+m 5+~~ 3+<!<~ p. 153, L 14. The M<e o/'J%<t<M)t, ide v pp. 280, 281.

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p. 153, 1. 18. The number of 6,940 days is a round nnmber, for in reality the Enneadecateris has only 6,939 d. 16h. 595 H. Begarding the prpondrance of the .Pey/ec<~MtMover the J)!tpet/ec< ones in the EnneaGeachichte und System des J&disehen Ealendecateris, cf. Lewisohn, derwesens," Leipzig, 1856, 90. 125 months of 30 daya each, and 110 months of 29 days each, give the sum of 6,940 days. jM!e at p. 154. There was a fatal mistake in the first square of this table. The MSS. hve the 20<&AM instead of tlw 19<A~)M (text, pp. 166,167). Dr. Schramm, of Vienna, kindly settled the question for iM by computing the date in question by means of the formula, of Gauss. The New-Year's Day of the Jewish ~1.~<!cntM 4754 was the 19tk ~i:! ~1.~!e.e. 1304. However, according to Albrn, the corresponding Greek year M ~!ea:. 1305, not 1304. This difforence is to be explained in th following way: The Jewish year 4754 falls together or runa parallel with ~1. Alex. The New-Year's Day (or Ist Tishr) of 1305, with one difference A. Adami 4754 was the 19th Il A. Alex. 1304. The Jewish NewYear'a Day (let of Tishr!) fell 11 daya earlierthan the GreekNew.TeM-'a Day (or lst of Tiahrn Primus). Therefore-to apeak accuratelyth beginning (i.e. the nrst 11 days) of the Jewiah year 4754 falls into the Greek year 1304, but the whole remainder of the year corresponds with A. Alex. 1305. This seema to he the reason why the author haa in this table compared th Jewish year 4754 with the Greek year 1305. The Jewiah New-Year aiways precedea the Greek New-Year by a amaU number of days, vide the Assaying Cirele on p. 142. The table comprises the yeara of Alexander 1305-1818, i.e. 532 years, or one Great Cycle of 28 Small Cycles. The Ordo Jmtercf~MtCMM each Small Cycle is ~Q!3~) :.e. the 3rd, 5th, in 8th, lith, 14th, 16th, 19th years of the cycle are leap-years. It is a noteworthy tact that in every 247 years (t.e. 13 Small Cycles) nearly (not accura.tely) the same HeM'th return, whieh the reader will find confimed if he compares the years 1305ff. with 1552ff. and 1799 ff. On this subject, cf. Lazarua Bendavid, Zur Berechnung und Geschichte des Judischen Ealenders," 45. p. 155,1. 26. On the two beginnings of a Jewish month, or th two B6sh-H6desh, cf. Lazarus Bendavid, 11. In the following tables I have printed the real lst of a month in Arabie numerats, and the fictitious nrst of a month, i.e. the last day of the preceding complete month in Latin numrale. 29

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p. 1J7, 1. 10. The computation of this .table resta on the theory thh. between the Mld of one month and that of the following there is an interval of 29 d. 12h. 793 H. The half of this (th Fortnight) is 14 d. 18h.396~H. Th Character of the month is 1 d. 12 h. 793 H. t.e. the Mld of a month falls by 1 d. 12 h. 793 H. lator in th week than th Mled of the preceding month. The Character of the Fortnight ia 0 d. 18 h. 392g ~. The table con. sista of additions of thse two ~tues. p. 158. The checking of this table gave Home diiEeulty, as in the oolunm of the fourths the fractions have been omitted in aJl the manuscripts of the text, whilat in the computation they have not been disregarded. This table shows that AlbrAi~ reckoned the interval between two con. Mcntivo conjunctions (after the sons cf Ms&b. Sh&kit) at 29d. 12h. 44 2n. 17ni- 21~. 12v. The half of this is 14 d.18 h. 2~'i- in. 8in. 40~. 36~. or 14d. 18 h. 221-1 n- 8ni- 4(~iv. With thia mea.sm-o, cf. my conjecture on p. 143, L 28, amd note at p. 148,1. IS. Accordingly the Character of this synodical month is 1 d. 12h. 441. 2 n 17ni. 21 iv. l2V. t.e. the beginning of a month falls by se much later in the week than that of the preceding month. The half of this Character is Od. 18 h. 22 in. sin-40~ IvThe table consista of additions of these two values. p. 159, L 11. The reason of the following calculation is this, that Paasover atways falls on th 163rd day from the end of the year. The division of 163 by 7 gives 2 as remainder. If, therefore, you add 2 to the week.day of tho Passover of a year, you get the week.day on which the New-Year's Day of th following year falle. p. 159,1. 29. The wttoeyM! egwo~otMrefer to the various inequalities in the rotation of both aun and moon, and they serve the purpose of m changing their real motion into MefMt otion.

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p. 160, 6. p. MO,I. 29.

In the text (p. 176,

21), read

mste~d of t~~ instead of

In the text (p. 177,1.10), read \~

p. 161,1. 4. The number 350 if the multiplication of the 7 years of the Cycle of Sh&o' by the 50 years of th Cycle of Ybet. After this cycle of 3o0 yeam the single yeara of both cycles in question return agMa in the same order. p. 163,1.20. L 12). With M<!tttMm<. ead ~< B instead of <?~ (text, p. 182, G

p. 163, 1. 38. The solar year of 365~ days, i.e. the Julian year, is called the year of Rabbi Samuel, whilst th year of 365 d. 5~~ h., the second of the two Hnds of solar years whieh occur in Jewish chronology, is o6t!ledthe year of R.'Add bar'Ahab. Converting thia latter spaoe of time into Jewish measurea we get 365 d. 5 h. 997 H. 48 BegMm. This length of the solar year has been found by dividing by 19 the Enneadecateris of Meton (6,939 d. 16 h. 595 H.), which comprehends 235 synodical months of Hipparchus, and which has been adopted by the Jewish chronologists. Cf. Dr. Ad. Schwarz, Der Jdische Ealender," P. 65 ff. p. 164,1.1. For an astronomice exa,miua,tion of the following chapter (as far as p. 167), 1 refer the rea~er to Bt~eBefee/MM~ <!<')-~ttt/M-MM~ ~eo jS'otmMt-~lpoy<Mifw'< u~MtJ''rft7t!t)~/WM/;<<! ~'t'tt oo~ &t ~f~e~/tet'H oo)t Prof. Sec~tM wtf! Dr. ~o7t. ~o~~c/tei!: (p. 19ff), m the Sitztmgsberiehte der Ea.iserlichon Akadcmio der Wisseuscha~ten in Wieu, PhU.-hMt. Classe," 1876, February. p. 167,1. 7. Ab-Naar Mamsr, etc., a mathematician and astronomer, lived in Khwa.nzm and Gha.zna. and died, as it scems, in the ta,tter p)!M;e in the nmt quarter of the 5th century of the Flight. Cf. the text, Binleitung," p. xxxiii. p. 168. The Te~fth are the chronologiea.1, not the mtronomical year-points. Their calculation is based upon th Julian years of Rabbi Samuel. The following are the clemcnts of thia calculation: 1. The year conta,ins four qua.rtcrs, each of 91 d. 7 h. 540 H. Dividing thia by 7, you get the remainder of 7 h. 540 H., :.c. 7~ hours.

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2. The Character of the Te~f ia 7~ hours, which ia th amount of the precession of eMh year-point within the week. This precession amounts for one complete year to 30 houra or 1~ day. 3. If you multiply 30 hours by 28 and divide the product by 24, you get no remainder, which means that after a cycle of 28 such years th year-points fall again on the time within the week. 4. The question is whence to begin with this calculation p with the Tekf of Tishrl or that of Nisn f The author fixes the Te~Af of Tishr! on the 5th Tishi!, a. Wednesday, 9 o'olock in the morning, t.e. 4d. 15 h. after the Mled of Tisbr. By subtraoting herefrom the amount cf tho weeMy precession of two TokAfoth (i.e. 15 hours), the author nnds the nrst hour of the night of Wednesday (or, according to our method, Tuesday, 6 o'clock in th evening,) M the time of the Tekf of Nisn, i.e. 4 d. Oh. after the Mld ofNs&n. 6. In the Table. of ~~<& the author has asaumed as the beginning of his calcuia.tion the time of noon (of Wednesda.y), t.e. 4 d. 18 h. instea.d of the sunaet (of Tuesday) or 4 d. 0 h. cf. Dr. Ad. Schwarz, "DerJndischeKaIender,"pp. Onthissnbjeet, 65-69. p. 169, 1.10. The names of the planets as given by the author are well known in later Hebrew. As a matter of interest for the history of Hebrew pronunciation, I mention the spelling of ~.=n8n and c.e~ =nn 33~ which reminde one of the pronandaon~of the Jews of (Mici&. p. 172. Begajding Oriental names of the p~amets, I refer the reader to Chwolsohn, "Sa.bier und Sabismus," ii. pp. 156-175. In the square of the Syriac najnes of Venus there occur two other names, whieh 1 have mot been able to decipher. The one, is, perha.ps, a corruption for <t)y)e) p. 174. The author shows that a year-point, as calcula.ted by the Te%.fth of Rabbi Samuel (t.e. according to the Julian year), in no way agrees with reality, ie. with a year-point as determined by astronomieal observation, amd that on the other hamd the Te~fth, as calcnlated by the System of Rabbi Add, come pretty near reaJity. The proof for this atter assertion has fallen out, as the chapter is a <oy<. Here (1. 21) the author atates that the firat Te~f of Tishr feU 5 d. 1 h. after the Mld of the year, whilst on p. 168,1. 19, he bas said that feU 4 d. 15 h. after the same Mld. I cannot account for this divergency.

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p. 174, 1. 16.

The constituent parts of this eum are d. = 1,554,490 8 Great Cycles = 180,431 26 Small Cycles = 3,2?7 9yeMaorlllmonths Sum RemNmder 1,738,200 -5 1,738,195

the following h. 11 22 21 7 1 6 H. 440 850 543 253 253

This ia the interval between the Tekf of TIshn of th &rst ysa-r of the Adami amd the Mld of A. Alex. 1311. The division of this aum by 364; days givea 4,768 Julian years, and a t.e. one yea.r minua 29 d. 11 h. 827 remainder of 33S~ d. 253 which, added to Sunday, 7 h. 2S3~L of daytime is 0 d. 19 h. 253~ 29 d. 11 h. 827 H., givea the aum of 30 d. 7 h. If we count 30 d. 7 h. from the beginning of a Stmda.y (i.e. the preceding aunaet), the lat of Ell, we come as far M a. Taeada.y night, 7 h., the firet of 'Rahrin Primus. In 1. 33, rea.d 7 h. instead of 9 h., and in the text, p. 194,1.15, read inatead of ua~e~ g-s m,\e~ Of p. 17S, 1. 2. The year of Rabbi Add contains 365 d. 5~, h. thia kind of fra~tiona (t.e. 4104th parts of am hour) one day contains 98,496. The following ia th converaion of 1,738,195 d. 6 h. 255 H into theac fractions 1,788,195 d.=171,205,254,720 6h.= 24,624 961~ 253.= Stun 171,208,280,305~.

Hence it is vident that in the number 171,280,305t (line 5, for M it M to be read) 205 millions have Mien out. If we divide thia sum of 4104th parts of an hour by 35,975,351 (which ia the solar year of B. AddA, reduced into the same kind of fractions), we get as quotient 4,758 years, &nda remainder of 850 d. 21~r h. If we compare this remainder with that of the former calculation, i.e.

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335 d. 18 h. 253~ we get a difference of 15 d. 3 h which means ~H., that, according to Rabbi Add, th Te~af of Tishr! of A. Alex. 1311 faNa by 15 d. 3 h. H. earlier than that of Rabbi Samuel. This difference shows that the syatem of Babbi Adda comes pretty near aatronomical truth, for, whilst hia autumnal equinox feU 15 d. 3~~ h. eajiier tham that of R. Samuel, th astronomica equinox feU 14 days earlie!, as the author saya himself on p. 174,1. 35. p. 174,1. 21. Read u~ instead of M~ in the text, p. 194,1.9.

p. 175, 1. 5. That part of the text whioh is missing in this place (t e between the worda ~U*-J and ~L.&e, in th text, p. 194, ]. 21, not be~ tween the nnmber and ~) originaUy contained rutes by which to find the week-days on which th yeara of the eraa of the Deluge, Nahonasaar and PhiJippna commence. Of the chapter relating to the EM of Alex. ander only the end ia extant. The table on p. 175 contains a cycle of 28 Julian years, after which the aingle yeam begin again on the same week-days. The reason why the beginning of Tishrin I. in the nrat year of the cycle is nxed npon 2, io. Monday, is this, that Monday is the epochal day of this em. Cf. L. Ideler, Hamdbuch," ii. p. 628. p. 176,1. 1 ff. SimUar rules for the derivation of the beginnings of the yefja of the different eras are also given by Delambre, Histoire de l'astronomie dn moyen ge," p. 41. Th epochal days of the single rM are also given by Delambre, p. 96. p. 176,1. 27. This rule for the derivation of the Signum Jtf~tuv~mt of any year of the Flight is very intricate, and the author does not explain the principle upon whieh it is baaed. Most people take Thursday, othors Friday, as the epoohal day of the era of the Flight. The lunar year of this era is generaHy reckoned at 354~d.=354d.8h.48', but in reality the mean lunar year is longer. Ideler (" Hamdbuch," ii. p. 479) reckons it as 354d.8h.48'36", and the author seema to reckon it as 354 J. 22' 1"=354 d. 8h. 48 min. 24 sec. (It must be noticed that in the former number minuta are 60th parts of a day, seconda 60th parts of a 60th part of a day, whilst in th second number minutes are 60th parts of an hour, seconds 60th parts of a 60th part of an hour.)

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The author does not explain why ho adds 34 to the minutes. To add 5 days and 34 minutes is the same as if yoa add 6 days. In thia case we must assume Friday (6) as the epochal day of th era, and the addition of 6 days brings us back to Sunday, the beginning of the week in whioh the Flight oceurred (cf. p. 177,1. 43 &, and p. 180,1. 19). Further: why does the author count aU minutes above 15 as o)'e toM)-, whilst, according to th general pmetice, the minutes below 30 ought to he disregMded, and those above 30 to be counted as one hour? The nitricacies of thia rule have not revealed to me the mystery of their mathematical ratio. As it seoms, th author intended by some contriyam to meet the incorreetness of the common year (of 3544~ d.) being too short. p. 176, 1. 38. The aum of the days of two months is 59, which, divided by 7, gives ~e remainder of 3, t.e. the day on which a month begins, advances in two montha as far as 3 daya within the week. p. 177,1. 2. Muhammad bon Jabir Alba.tt&n!, a famous astronomer of ~NT&mMi origin, died A.H. 317 w~ "Kit&b-aMhmt," p. 279. ~abash the mathematician, a native of Marw, author of famous astre. momical tables, otde "Kitab-aJhliat," p. 275, and notes, and H&j!EhaKfa, v. p. 515. p. 177,1.44. Read JM! mstead of JMt in th text, p. 197.1.15.

p. 179. This table is the invention of the mathematician Habash, for indicating the Signa Jtf<t~<nv<ntM 210 years but some sectarian has in every place added 5 to the number of days, and thereby changed it into a tabk indicative of the Signa .BaMMKMtM the cycle of 210 years. for In this form the table is given by Alber&m. The title of the table, as given by me, must be corrected Table showing on what week-days the Bamadans of the single years of the cycle of 210 years commence." Aceordingly also th superseription of col. B. is to be altered. For the intercalary System of the lunar calendar 1 refer the reader to L. Ideler, ii. p. 479 S. As the lunar year is reckoned as 354 days, 11 days must be interealated within 30 years. After the cycle of 30yeam the New-Year days do not again fall on the aame weet days, as there is a remainder of 5 days. There is no remainder of days if this cycle is repeated seven times, i.e. after a cycle of 210 yea~a the New-Year days fall again on the same week-day. This is the reason why the table was constructed for a period of 210 years, cf. p. 180,1. 26.

416

AMhtNt.

The following lis the Ordo M~rM~tcuM h&s constructed his table.
Cyole of SO yeara. portio interoalanda.

Mcording to whieh Ha.baah

Cyole of SO yeara. portio mteMahndft. T

L.

L.

2 8 3 4 5 6 8

L.
A L. A L.

16
17 18 19 20 21 22 83 84 25 26 27 29 30

S S

L.

A L L. .SE 11 12 18 14 B t! S

L.

L.

H S

L.

Aocording to HabMh, the following years of the cycle of 30 yeara are iea.p-yeam: 2,5,8,11,13,16,19,81,24,27,30, whilst, according to the common Ordo M~co~~MM, Mele&p-yeaM: the following vears '

2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26, 29, or 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 21, 24, 26, 29. Th principle of Habash ia obvioua He inteMaJa.tea th w<e)-. calanda as one rrhole day, when the fractioD bas Men to portio more than ~ t.e.~rdsof&wholeda.y. Habash bas used Friday as th epochal day, be~use IV. BaNM~B}) mmus 5 givea VI. (Friday) as th Signum MuhaNami.(Signum In th text (vide th screw-figure, p. 198) there are four mista.kes 1. In th first square J (th Signum of the rst Bam~n) has f&Uen out. 2. The Signum Ba.madn for the year 9 has fatlem ont, viz. J 3. The Signum of the year 25, read instead of~ J 4. The Signum of the year 181, read inatead of J p. 180,1. 7. 'M~M~M~w. Th word W<M~ or Medium meana the corrected or mean motion of any celeatial body.

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test, p. 198, 1.22

(F~)' (Floiecha).

p. 181 The Correoted T~Me of the ~thor contains th C~ of th. single years of the cycle of 210 y~s, < the remainders which you if you divide th aum of the d&ys of the get yeMs by 7 ~?: ~e~cu~ted for Friday as the epochal.day. It must be kept in mind that in order to find the S~M Jf~M for any year, we muet look out in the C.~M ~<, for the S~~ the preceding year t. find the Signum 3f~< of ~0, ~w.we we t&ket~eS~<t<tMoItheyeM99, viz. 5d.l8' +&d.34.'

3 d. 52'=IV. or Wednesday. The author doea not explain what System of intercalation he foUows. p. 182,1. 1. Th following passage aud table are also found in the of At~Mw!nt, ed. WMtemfeld, p. 74. ~cMtoyf~te The Octaeteris of lunar years is the basis of the Turkish calendar, vide Ideler, ii. p. 564. It resta on the observation that the beginnings of eMMecutive cycles of eight yeara fall nearly on the same identical time of th week, but there is a difference of four minutes, t.e. the of one OctMteris, Mis by four minutes later than that of the beginning preceding one. If we compute the beginnings of the firat Octaeteris by the help of the corrected table, we get th following Signa. Team ot Signa theCycte. Mntamuni. 1 = 4~+6 3 2 ? = 1~+6 6 8 S = 6~+6 4 2 = 3~+6 6 = 6 0~+6 6 6 4 = S~+6 1 = 2~+6 8 6 = 6~+6

30

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1 do mot see the reason why the author ordera 4 to be added to the complete yeara of the J&<t J~<B (11.4, 5). The nrst Signum JMM~mwmt of th table belangs to th second year of the Flight. In 1. 7, read under 8 instead of under 7. 'Ahmad ben Muhammad bon Shihb ia not hnown to me from other sources. The Kit&b-atnhnat," p. 282, mentiona a mathematician Ahmad ben Muhammad, a contemporary of Muhammad ben Musa, who died a.a. 259. 'Ab&.J&'&tr Alkhzin, a famous astronomer amd mathep. 183,1.18. matician, vide "Kitb~tahrist," p. 282. He was a contempomry of died A.H. 322. Cf. "Et&b.aMhnst," Ab-ZaidAlbatkM.who p. 138, and G. Flgel, GrMnmatMche Schulen der Araber," p. 204. p. 183, 1. 13. The ChMMteN of 30, 10, 5 years, and of 1 year, as given by the author, will be found to agree with the Cor<-ec<e<! T<e, if converted into the aext~eaimal system. Cha.&cter of 30 yeaM=5 d. =5 d. 0' 10 yeMa=l d. 16 h.=1 d. 40' 5 yeM9=0 d. 20 h.=0 d. 50' lyeM==4d.8~h.=4d.28' The remainder of th rule does not require an explanation. The second rule of Alkhtzm is as correct as the firat p. 183, 34. one, but it ie lumeceaaMiIy complicated. The c~tMetef of the lunar year ia 4~ d. It ia easy to multiply any number of yeMa by 4 (or half the number by 8), but for th multiplica<ion by AIUi&zin bas sought for a aimpli6ed method. of a number is nearly equal to of it, t.e. of a number are more than of it by of the number, or of half the number, e.y. of60=22~ ot 60=22 The diffrence between both numbers ia y, t.e. of 60 (or of 30). If, therefore, we multiply a number of years by (t.e. if we half the number by 3 and divide the product by 4), we mut multiply aubtract from the product of the number (or of hait the number), in order to get of th aame number of years. Example: A.H. 90. The number of complete years is 89, an odd number.

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We subtmct 1 year, and write down ita ekaracter, t.e. 4d. 22', Half of the remainder (88)=44.

d. I.) 44x8=352 H.) 44x3=132 4=33d.

352 d.

33d.
6 d. sum 391 d. -0 d. 390 d. +4d. (we add 6, taking Friday as epoehal day, m a.gt'eementwithWstenfeld'a Tables, whilst Alkhzin adda 5, taking Thurs. day as epochal day.) 44' (60th parts to the amount of httif the 390 d. 16' mumbet.) 16' 22' (character of the one yea~.)

394 d. 38' (these 38' are counted aa one day.) Therefore 395 7=remainder 3=C. i.e. A.H. 90 commenced on a Tuesday (cf. Wustenfeld, VergleichungsTabeUen"). p. 184,1. 24. The aa,me rule for the ~Brc Yazdft~Mt, vide in Delambre, Histoire de l'astronomie du moyeu ge," p. 41. Zur Geschichte p. 184,1. 33. On the ~Etft Magorum, cf. Ed. Sacha. und Chronologie von Khwarizm I." ("Sitzungaherichte der KaM. Wiener Akademie der Wissenscha~ten, phil.-hiat. CiMse," 1873, tom. 93, p. 485). 42. The authors report on the intercalation p. 184,1. Persians, vide on p. 38. p. 186,1.27. Ibn-SanMIa me from other sources. (the son of Syncellus?) of the ancient

is not known to

p. 187, 1. 13. 'Abdall&h b. 'lamMl h unknown ajmaah AIMndi seems to be the famous philosopher an authority on Sa.biama he is also quoted by the 318, vide also Chwolsohn, "Sabier und Sabismus," ii. p. 18?, 1. 37. 1.3.

to me, but 'AMof this name. As Eit&b-alnhnst," p. pp. 3 and 56.

TMfMMt, name of a piece of dress, cf. note at p. 132,

p. 188,1. 3S. Aljmida waa f large village in th district of Wsit, between this town and Ba~ra.. Y&&t, ii. p. 10. A JM)'-<t~&t in Wasit is mentioned by Yakt, iv. p. 841.

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A place, ~i~o~n-, I do mot know, but A!-ja*&t was a castle in the neighbourhood of Samarr, built by the KhaUf AhnntawakHL ~~e Ta~At, ii. p. 86.

345.

p. 188,

44. On the Sa~KMot, o~

a note in

EttAb-aMMst,"

p.

L p. 189, 2. Bahdr is the Sanskrit word ctM<w of IMiM)~ 1 do not know the origin. The author seeme to think of the Buddhiatic monuments of the K&bal vaUey. On the sects of Bardesanes and MMeion, et. KitAb. p. 189,1.14. aMhriat," i. pp. 338, 339, G. nagel, mn, "Seine Lehre und seine SeMften," 1862, pp. 169,161. p. 189, t. 20. division of eaoh the influence of mined diCerenay of Ptolemy). The a~Mtttt %mtare an Mtrologio&l term, meaning the zodiacal sign into five parts. Thse parts stand under the planets (except Sun and Moon). They are deterin different Systems (that of the Egyptians and that Sein

p. 189, 1. 43. The chapter on Mn, cf. with G. Flugel, M~n, Leben und seine Sohnften," Leipzig, 1862.

p. 190,1. 87. Ta~nt (iv. p. 317) mentions the canal of Ktha, but he does not mention the name of JM<M'<~<! (sic.). p. 191, L 1. Tahy& b. Ama'man, the Christian, is not known to me from other sources. p. 191, 19. Jtbr&'t Nh is not known to me. Tazdanbakht was a Manichman chief in the time of the EhaHf Ma'mun, w<<e FInseL MAn:, pp. 108 and 99, etr. p. 191, L 44. 1. 32. On this prince MarzabAn b. Bnstam, vide note at p. 47,

p. 192, L 6. The "Etb-atnhrist" mentions two booka on J&BKM, one by Ibn-aimntaaa.' (p. 118), and one by 'Ab&n b. 'Abd-athamd In the same book, p. 342, a chapter on Mazdak. (p.163). p. 192, L 26. This con-espondenoe took place A.H. 10, cf. Ibn-HisMm, pp. 96S. 946; Ibn.al'atMr, iL 227; Ibn.~utaiba, "Etb-aima'arif," p.206. p. 193, L 3. In a different form this verse is quoted by Ibn-Kutaiba. "Ma'rif,"p.206.

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p. 193, L 6. The story of th idol that was eaten by ita worahippera is told by many Arab authors. Cf. Muh!t-ahn~h!t," a.v. C~Iti. On Bah&nrM, cf. Shahriatan, ed. Curoton, p. 187; p. 193, Eitb-amhriat," p. 344.. The village or town of Sfr&wamdis fdso mentioned by T&~t, e.v. < ii. p. 486. p. 194,1.12. 1 do not know an 'AbdiJIah b. Shu'ba in the ea.rly history of the AbbMides. In the Eit&b.a.t&htist," p. 344,1. 24, one of th two officers who were sent out in puMuit of Ba.hnrd, is called 'AbdaJIM~ ben S&'d, tmd a man of thia name ia known as provincial governor of the KhaMa H&r&n and 'Amin, vide Ibn-al'athr, vi. pp. 156, 214. p. 194,1. 22. Ibn-td'atMr, vi. pp. 25, 35, relates th coming forward of Abnu~Mma.' under A.H. 159, and his death under A.H. 161. p. 194,1. 45. &?,93. The history of AIhaU&j ia told by Ibn-at'atMr, Tiii. pp.

p. 195,1. 33. On the literature of the ~tt)tt-ttb)MM~M)t, cf. M. Stein. schneider, Apoktdypsen mit polemischer Tendenz (" Zeitechrift der Deutsohen Morgenlndischen GeseUschaft," xxviii. p. 627 6.). On Aimnhhtar, who wasMUed A.H. 67, cf. Ibn-~utaiba, p. 195, 37. "Ma'Anf," p. 204, amd Ibn-at'atMr, iv. p. 220. p. 195,1. 42. Ba4w& M a mountain in Athij&z, between Yanbu' and Medina, also mentioned by T&~&t (ii. p. 790, 1. 20) as the residence of Ahnahd!. Cf. also Akaz~M, Xosmographie," ii. p. 160. p. 196,1. 1. On the ialamd of BMt&'l, cf. Al~bzw!n, i. p. 53. Kosmographie,"

p. 196, L 13. On the history of the ~arma.tia.M, cf. De Goeje, "Memoire sur les Carmathes du Bahrain," Leyde, 1862. p. 196,1. 21. Tamm is mentioned by Takt, iii. p. 547, as a town near HadTMnaut. Abn-'AbdaUah Al'd is not known to me from other p. 196, 44. sources. An Ab-'Abdimah AHA': (~ a. mistake for ?) is known in history as a chief of th Sh'a in Dailam, vide Ibn-al'&thr, vin. p. 424, at A.n. 355, amd yiii. p. 443. i p. 197, t. 39. The Sra called ~&MM<tfs Sra. 39. These verses were also tramBlatod by de Goeje, Mmoire sur les Ca.rma.thea," p. 51.

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Read j~ p. 198,1.1. Al'azHr instead of jt~ Alghrr&~ir, and /)-om S~Ma~~t: ~t*Jt. (~. instead of b. St<t~M~ (~it. (text, p. 214,1. 9). Cf. Y&~t, iii. p. 314, and Ibn-al'atMr, viii. p. 216. Shalmaghn was the name of a district belonging to Wsit. An extract from the author's chapter ou the festivals of p. 199,1.1. the Persians is given by Atkazwin, Xosmographie," ii. pp. 79-84; aee <t~oAlfM-ghn!, Elementa. MtronomisB," notre, pp. 20-42. p. 199,1.20. I am unable to tell what the author means by the sphere of Frz (not Mrza.) and by the sphre of Afrimja.w! (or I&~m&w!) ou p.208,lS. p. 199,1. 28. S&'M b. A!f~l. me from other Bourcea. (vide also p. 208,1. 27) is not known to

T&~t, ii. p. 584, mentions a place, Dummd, below Baghdad. Perhaps it would. be preferable to rea.d On the mountain of Dumma," etc. p. 200,1. 3. Ealw&dha, a place not far south from Baghdad. Yakt, iv. 301. The year in which 'Adud-aJda~uIa.entered Baghdad wu A.n. 364. On Ab-aJ&mj Alzanj&n!, cf. note at p. 54,1. 1. p. 201, 1. 4 ff. If popular use may more eaaily determine the solstices than the equinoxes, it is just the reverse for their scientme determination, as the author himself observes on p. 167,1. 2. Cf. Sa<ha.u and Holetscheh, "Berechnung der Entfemnng des Sonnenapogaeums von dem FrMingsptmkt," p. 25. on the mounp. 202,1. 4..B<M~. It would be better te translate tain of Bshamj," as Bshanj is a. village in the district of Hera.t, not far from the road to inshapr, vide Y&~ut, i. p. 758. p. 203, 1. 32. 1.37. p. 204, 1. 8. M<t<&. With this innovation of Shapr the Hero, cf. p. 209, ~Mfn-. Apkhtaja. means in the AvestA north, not

p. 204, 1. 51. Manifest in the ~M~M (vide ~o p. 205,1. 24) is the common mode of quotation in Pajsee books, <~e "Bundihish," d. Justi, CHossajy, e.e. <~U!e{. p. 204, 1. 52. On the Ghambars, cf. F. Spiogel, "Avesta. ii. p. c. and p. 4, note 1 on the etymologies of their names, vide A. Bezzen.

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Einige Avestische Wrter und Formen in Gottinger Gelehrte berger, Anzeigen," 1878, p. 251. p. 205,1.13. CfM~t-t-tMM/a)'meams <te/eM< of the <M<e)'y.

p. 205,1. 25. ~)')'s/). The older form of this name is ~1~/MH,)')'<?<' Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenl&ndischen Gesellschaft," Noeldeke, xxxii. p. 570. p. 206, 1. 28. Na~tt was a town half-way between Rai and Ha,ma.d)tn, vide T&kut, iii. p. 24. A town of th name of ~lH(!~ or MaH(!t is not known to me. p. 207, L 11. Here something seems to be missing, viz. that dha.rcashn foll on Mihr-Rz, i.e. the 16th of th month. p. 208, 1. 21. Sa.lm&n Alf&ris!, originally a slave of Persian descent, ttfterwajds one of Muha.mmad'a companions. He died in th beginning of the reign of 'Uthm&n. p. 208,1. 25..AMf~M! from other sources. p. 208, 28. (also p. 211, 1. 19) is not known to me

iSMMm. A mountain of this name is not known to me.

p. 208,1. 32. AUdsra.w, vide note at p. 122,1.14. p. 208, I. 83. Hmm. This place seems to be bomething like the an B<tM&<<t~M, intermediate place between heavea and hell, vide Weat, "Mainyo-i-Kha.rd," Glossary, p. 97. p. 209, 1. 20. ~te<t& mea.ns girdle, costume of a.Zoroastrian. still an essential part in the

p. 210, 1. 15. Aln&~ir Al'utrs was a descendant of Ali, who ruled for some years in Dailam and Ta.ba.rist&n, and was Hlled A.H.304. As a missiona.ry he had endeavoured to spreaxi Isl&m among the Zoroastrian people of thse countries. Weil, "Geschichte der Khalifen," ii. pp. 613-615. In the text, p. 224, 1. 9, read~U~ ~.htus!')' instead of~M ~!tt(M)')-. For a description of the feast of Farwardagn, f!<!e p. 210,1.18. F. Spiegel, Avesta," ii., Einleitung," p. ci. p. 211,1. 3-8. The lines between brackets have been taken from the Ccn'omJtf<M!n!tc<M Albern!, MS. Elliot (British Musum), fol. 60A. of p. 211,1. 15. T&hir b. T&hu', unknown to me.

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2 The name of the feast of th ISth ban ia aleo in the p. 212,1. 8. Canon JMMMdtMM 49a, 50a) written t)U~. (ff. p. 212, L 83. The second name of this feast is written in the Cc~ott Jf<M<t<!tCt<s 49a, 50a) J~~ whieh M certainly more correct than J~. (S. On these festivals, cf. Canon JfoMMMcMo, 50a, U. fol. p. 213, ll.11-18. 18-22: "On the day of Bahmanja they coo~ in oaidrons ail sorts of plants, kemels, Mossoms, and aU sorts of eatable mea.t. They drink the white Bahman-root, mixed with the purest white milk, maintaining that this helpa to preserve the body and to defend it against evil. means above <<t<~<t~, because it prcdes Sadhat by five B<n'M~ i.e. days. It is aJso called J~<MCK!&<t, the new Sadha~. SfK&tjL They say that on this day the creation of a ~mf!fef! sonb of the family of MesM and Mshna had become perfect, and that there. fore the day was called &K!<&t! i.e. But~yet~ According to others there ia an interval of 100 days between this day and Naurz, if you coant days and nighta separa,tely, and therefore the day was called Bw<t<e<<~y in the same way as Nuwad.Bz (otate p. 212,1. 12). p. 213,1. 24. Kataj, a town midway between Hamadam and Ispahn, alao a village near Ba.i, and another between Hamadam and Nah&wand. Y~At, iv. p. 251. p. 214, 1. 28. Ab.'Uthman Aijahi~ is the well-known zoologist, author of a..Mef <t)ttM<t!tMM, who Xt<a&-<t~<~<Mi'f!m, died at Ba~ra, A.H. 255. p. 214,1. 28. 'Ukbaja, a village in the district of Dujait, near ~a.TM!n and'AwAn&. T&~t,iiLp.705. p. 214,1. 33. Aijajhant, a famous polyhistor, vezir to the dynasty of the Samanides, beginning of the 4th century of the Flight, vide Beina.ud, Gographie d'AhoolfMa, i. p. Ixiii. p. 215, L 15. AdhfHfHi&r&ia not mentioned by Y~ut, nor does he know anything about E&m-Ferz (L 39). Dr& (L 88) is not known as a place in Persia, perhaps D&r&bjird was meant. 1. p. 216,1. 22. In th text, p. 229, L 16, read instead of manuaoripts. as in the

p. 216, L 81. Dnr-B&z!. The spelling of this naMe is not quite certain. It is mentioned by Ibn.~au~al, ed. de Goeje, p. 275,1. pen. It is a place on th road from Jurjn to Khar&san. p. 216, t. 40. Zanj&n, a town in Media towards Adharhaijn, from ~azwn. Ytt, ii. p. 948. not far

ANNOTATIONS.

42~.

and p. 217, t. 26. On th Fe<M<of J5'<t)'(!~[<!))~M<M!'<t, the city of this BMne,cf. Y&kt, iv. p. 258. p. 221,1. 6. B&muBh ia mentioned by Ya~ut, u. 737, as a village in the district of Bukhr. p. 221, 1. 21. The festivals called MkMraj fell, according to the Mthor'a "Eit&b-altafh!m" (MS. of the Royal Library in Berlin, Peterm. 67, fol. 62b.), alwa.ya on the 13th. the Kit&b-a.lta.fMm has p. 221,1. 22. Instead of t.e. the gham or feast of Baikand, cf. Bamush.gh&m, 1.16. s~

p. 221,1. 82. Al-~waw!s, a town in the district of Bukhr, between ia not known this piMe aihd Samaj~and, vide Ti%&t, iii. 655. ~t~ to me. p. 222,1. 5. Shargh (" Kitab-&lMh!m," fol. 62b), called by Ibn~&~.a.l, . 360, U. 5, 6, was a large village near Bukhr, vide Y&~ut, iii. p p.276. p. 224, 1. 4. According to the "Eit&b-alta.fMm" festival Ajgh&r feU on the 16th of CM. p. 224,1.12. root efp ((~). p. 224,1.18. AYOSt. p. 224,1. 22. JN one may think of reading p. 224, L 28. Insteitd of ~!A!& H~t~tt t~~<==t~t. t.%e ?M~/t< ~)~==)j!j~'). (M p. 226,1.14. Ta.hy& Grammaticus, a Jacobite bishop in Egypt who tramala.ted from th Greek a.nd wrote philosophica.! and polemica.1 books, lived in th nrst half of the 7th century of our era,. p. 226, 1. 22. JC&&~1 hold to be a derivative from the aame root and ~ftKMnJMt in th AvMt&). whence (. ha~ aprung (cf. )<) are p. 226,1. 30. The following Chorasmian na.mes of the G&ha.nb&m diaJect-vajfieties of th names of the Aveatit in th following order P(n<M-t<t~<t (26-30 ShfbhrSwtu-). (11-16 Tir). J)f<n(!tw-</tem<t 31 (fol. 63a) th

~t~)~t6<t& is baga= God, and some derivative from the Read A!<Minstead of .4z<M,and cf. j[<t<t=~ Instead of CM-Boj the Eitab-aJta&m in the

haa C!r-r8z

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.M<M<M-~ (16-20BahMan). JMfn~f!<tMm<ty (11-15 Ardbahiaht). wMoh jBom<<{p<t<X)f<!M<t~<t, ia omitted in this place, th five intercalary daya at the end of Spend&rmat. ~~arM)M (26-30 Mihr). author means by .A~~ I do not know. p. 325, 1. 33. What the w t~ -tmeana ~o!tn<jf carnet, and ,~t meana <'eMtM~to ~oMf~ (~'). ~~t p. 326, L 10. Whatever the tme Chorasmian form may be, AHtar, ~lM<<n' Akhkhar, or Akhtar, it ia certainly identical with th Peraian~ =atM'. p. 226, 1. 14. The authors cricisma on the constellations of the aingle zodiacal atgna as tepreaented by Arabians and ChoMamiana, may be compared with the book of L. Ideler, "UmterauchTmgen uber den Uraprung und die Bedeutamg der Sternnamen," Berim, 1809. ia a Ba.huvnhi compound of two worda p. 226, 1. 81.MyctcitaWt corresponding to the Persian <~=two, amdjpttt&cn'j~;=&gure. p. 226,1. 37. Ab&'Muhammad 'Abd&U&hb. Mualim b. ~utaiba AId!mtwa~ ia in Earope known M Ibn-Kutaiba. He was a native of E&fa, and lived aa jndge in Mnawaj. He died A.H.270. According to Eitb-at&mMt," p. 77, his booka were highiy eateemed, especMly in Aijabal, ie. Mdia, and to his <M)aK or Median charaeter AtMr&n! seema to have certain objections (p. 227,1. 16). That one of hie booka whieh our author quotes ia perhapa identical with that mentioned by Eit&b-anhriat," p. 78, L 8 (~~ ~yH (~ ~i~ ~~). p. 227,1. 23. In SAraix. v. 98, Muhammad blamea th '-4')-<S, t.e. the Ara.b Bedouins, in the atrongeat terma Th 'A'rb are the worat infidela and hypocritea, they do not deserve to learn th laws wMch God reveals nnto Hia prophet, but God is all-knowing, aJI-wise," etc. p. 227,1. 32. Three of the Sogdian names reaemble the con'eaponding Sanskrit namea: r<-M~&<tp<t<M=~ ut~ (No. 24). ~!M'a~ (No. 26). jMo~iM= (No. 8.) Cf. E. Burgeaa, Srya-Siddhanta (" Journal of th Ametican Oriental Society," vol. vi. p. 327 &), and A. Weber, "Jenaer Literatur-Zeitung," 1877 (7 April), p. 211.

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The name in No. 7 is the f<~txt<?. of th Avesta; in name <M~ No. 20, cf. with the f<M!<Mf the Avest. of

th

p. 229, t. 3. Ahmad waa the last prince but ont of the ancient house of the SMhs of Khw&nzm, who undertook a reform of the calendar A. Alex 1270=A.D. 959, ie. 13 years before th author was born. Cf. Sachau, Zur Geschichte und Chronologie von Ehwnzm I. der Wiener Akademie," phil. hist. Classe, 1878, (" Sitzungshetichte Kitabp. 503). A short report of this reform is also found in th altafMm," fol. 63. p. 229,1.13. other sources. AlUiarj! and AIhMnda.M are not known to me from

p. 230,1. 8. According to the Eit&b.a.ltafh!m th Ist Nausar~ was nxed 60 as to fall on the 2nd Ntsan (~t-<! < ~Ui\ ~!t ~). p. 230,1. 26. According to p. 258, L 18, the Nile begins to riM on the 16th ~M!r&n, ie. the 16th Payni. p. 233,1. 5. Sinn b. Thbit died at Baghdad A.a. 331, and his father, Thbit b. ~un-a, A.H. 288. They were both famous as philosophera, ma.thema.ticia.'tS, and physicians, both ~[a.rrnia.ns, the last representatives of ancient Greek learning, through whom Greek sciences were communica.ted to the illiterate Ara.bs. Cf. Eit&b-a.Uihnat," pp. 802, 272. Sinn had made a collection of meteorologica.t observations, called Xt<a!'<n:Mx!, compiled from ancient sources, and enriched by the observations of his father and his own. The work of Sinn has been incorporated by Alberun into his chronology, and thereby he hM pre. served to us the most complete Parapeyma of the ancient Greek world. With the works of Sinn other works of a. similar chaj.tcter may be compared Sem&MM,BMmYmyq ra ~tfo~tfct, th 16th chapter, edited by Ha.lma. < ' in Chronologie de Ptoleme," Paris, 1819, pp. 79-87. (Cf. Boeckh, "Ueber die vietjahrigen SonnenTtreiae," p. 22 ff.) aTrafSf a<rT~)m)' owaymyj~ f!n(rq~<rtmf cditcd by Kai .PMettttetM, ~<Mr<M H~lma., "Chronologie de Ptoleme." Jb&<tMtesj!~(!< (" Corpus scriptorum Histonea Byza.ntinee," Bonn, in ttw f)f).m 1837), De mensibue, cap. iv., and De M~ vnhmm, pp.357-382. For calendaria of more recent times, vide J. SeHeM, De synedriis et pnefeeturiB jnridieis vetemm Ebrorum 1734- (contains three calendama.).

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~o~<e!'tt, Nachriehten und Auszuge a.ua den HMdachriften der Kgl. Bibliothek in Parie," i. pp. 415-424. Vide BcBmM! "Geschichte der Osmmischem Dichtkunat" i pp. 76-81. Fleiacher, Abutfede Hiatoria. antoislamica," p. 163 ff. Kazwni, Eoamogra.phio," ii. p. 75 ff. (extrait from AIbr&m). A calemdariwm ofSpMush-Arabic ongia has been edited by R. Doiiy, "Le Calendrier de Cordoue," Leyde, 1873. Regarding th a~nthoritiea quoted by Sm&n, as Enctemon, EudoxM. Philippns, Metrodorus, Dositheus, Conon, CaMM, etc., 1 refer the reader to the excellent work of A. Boech, "Uober die vierjhrigen Somnembtese der Alten, vonugUeh den Endoxischen," Berlin, 1863. p. 233,1. 9. By .BpM<!m<MM6 I &rt<n~MKrMthave trMtsIated the word J~M'e~. According to Alb~n!, p. 839,1.4, J<~nt' meana the riaing of a LunM Station. The meteorological influence of thia riaing ia called B~ftA; the influence of the sinking of a LunM' Station is called m<t'. AIMrn: uses the word Nau' in either of these two meMunga. Comparing the conflicting opinions of the Arab philologiste on thia word (e~ W. Lame, "Zeitachrift der Dentaehon Morgenimidiachen GeseUacha.ft," iii. p. 97 &). 1 am led to believe that J~w' ia an ancient Arabie word, probably much uaed in Nite-MuhMnmadam times, the meaning of which WM no longer fully and diatinetly understood by the Mualim Arabs. Afterwarde when the Greek calondare were to be tramala.ted into Arabie, the word Nau' wM used to render the Greek as &rM~~<m'<t, the compM-iaon of Sinan'a compil&tion'with Gem!nua, Ptolemy, and Johannes Lydua shows. The single days of these calendara do Not correspond with eMh other, but the teehmeal terme are everywhere th same. p. 234, t. 40. Ibn-Khnrdadhbih, vide note at p. 50,1. 26.

p. 235, L 19. lap&hbadMn, a town in TM)M-iat&n, wo miles distant t from the Caspian Sea.. Further inlamd m the mountains the castle 2M~, with caves and wells in the neighbourhood. Cf. Yakt, iii. pp. 490,491 ~MwM, ii. p. 270,1. 10 ab inf. p. 238, 1. 24. 'Alt b. Aljahm waa a. famous poet a.t the time of the EMif Almuta.wakM, who died A.H. 249. As he had made s~t:ri<=d Tcrscs on the Ehalif, he Bed, and ~tM) huntod a.bout. At htat, after having been wounded in a &ght with hia pursuers, in th agoniea of expuing he is aaid to have recited thia verse. Cf. IbnEha.Uik&n, ed WustHmfeld, No. 473.

ANNOTATIONS. p. 838,1. 39.

429

Ya.hy& b. *AMis not known to me from other sources.

p. 243, 1. 31. Ab&.Ba.b* Husain Altammar, a. contemporary of B&z!, who died A-H. 320, ia also mentioned by Wstenfeld, Geschichte der Arabischen Aerzte und Naturforacher," p. 46,1. 3. p. 245, 1. 29. known to me. 'Abdallh b. 'Al, a mathematician of Bulthra, is not

p. 247, I. 2. On th &re as a apherical body within the lunar sphre, et. &!so ~azw:n!, Eoamogra.phie," ii. p. 90 tranalated by Dr. Eth, p.185. p. 247,1. 37. On the correapondence of Albrn with Ibn-Sna, cf. my edition of the text, Einleitung," p. sncv. p. 248, U. 17, 31, 34. In th text, p. 257, tl. 16, 23, a.nd p. 258,1. 2, read ~e~j~ instead of The word if a genuine Greek word, might be read in various ways, but 1 hold it to be a. mistake for u<y~M<~e.):)M. p. 250, L 15. Muhammad b. Mtyr known to me from other sources. (also p. 258, 1. 26) is not

p. 251, 1. 33. Abu-Ta.hy b. Ennsa, th author of a famous Kitbal'anwa, was bom at Kf& A.H. 123, and died at Bagdad A.H. 207, vide Kit&b-tJmhrMt," p. 70. p. 252, 1. 6ff. The following discussion on the circumstances under which water rises, is of a technicat nature, the due appreciation of which 1 must lea.ve to physical Mhota.rs. p. 255, 1. 23. The word Da~y does not occur in any Arabie dietionary. If the writing is correct, it is proba.bly a word of foreign origin. p. 255, 1. 34. Eunak, or EaimM:, a province of th Chinese empire, inhabited by Torkish nomades, vide Ka.zwm!, ".Kosmogra.phie," ii. p. 395, and Ibn-Khurdadbih, in "Journal Asiatique," 1865, pp. 267268. p. 256,1. S.cN~ft p. 25C, 1. 10. between Jurjn of Mara'n and Y~ut, i. p. 246 .~<MK&<t is not known from other sources.

Mihrjan was thc ancient name of IsfM&'t), a village and Nishpr, also the name of a. village in the district of another village between Ispahn and Ta.bs. Cf. iv. p. 699.

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P. 858, 29.

ALBB~N.
Hayawaniyya-sect, not known to me. the famous poet at the time of the KhaM known

AM.Nu's, Hrn, died A.H. 199. p. 261, sources. 42.

other

p. 262, is correct, and v-e must not rather ~<. this man may have been the &ther of Ab~!A!f.,tl b. Naubakht, libruian to th Eh<dif H~, and a great grt MtMioger. Cf."Et&b.~hnst,"p.aM..Ma~ P.p.NTf" p. 128, 1. 18 j p.124,1.1. 266, 1. 40. Thu'dliba. Thia &S~ anywhore. Thts`lx3dt,in Ykt, i p. 925. ~,Y~t,iii. doubtful, as no approa.ch is

The

~T~ useful material for the of the featal calendar of the Jews the following works have explication been used: Ca)M)tmot<~tc<M, MS. Elliot (British Musum, ff. 37b-38a.). ~6<t~e<!te, Historia Miteia}MtiiM," d. FMsehm, p. 1S6 ff ~<t<<ohcc!,"Bibliothec& Ba.bbimc& ii. 553 & "tes Ebraeorum," (Mttmgen, 1742, sect. v. T. C. 0. B.&, der heutigen, Bonderlich "EKUicheVerfMsrmg der tentaehen Juden," Erlangen, 1748, voL n. pp. 87,105. M. ~M&.Ba.bbimsche CaeremonMgebrSuche," Breslau, 1837. D~f) D'?~ ed. Jo. Mayer, Amstelodami, 1724 (cap. xii ) D~ fOCO id est: CodeT 'MmT.dicuB de Jejunio, ex Hebreo Bennonem La.tinumvemus commentMiisque iUuatMtus a Daniele Lundio Suceo." Tra.jecti ad Bhenum, 1694. p. 268,1. 20. Bead -.m instead of ''Mf. meaaimgjM-.t~MM, i.e. advanced or .po~ Jerem~ Jeram. $li. 2. It is a Hebrew form J~t femiaime rr'n2 Eings xxv. 25, and

~eb~w garb is found in J. ZedSSn. ~chcr StSche auti hebraeischen Schrift.tenem," Berlin, 1840, pp. 6-11, as waa pointed ont to me by Prof. H. Stmck L 27. Bead p. 269, in~ead of .< river."

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p. 870, 1. 29. yoK eM! celebmte a feaat, etc. The words ~e. ~M~ (text, p. 277, 1. 11), can only be explained M a too literal translation of Levit. xxiii. 41. 3n ~M an~n; 'n p. 270,1. 33. AM-s& Aiwa.rrak (also p. 278, 1. 22) is mentioned in Eit&b-dBhrMt," p. 338, M one of those who in publie professed Islam, but in reality were heretica. p. 270, L 39. On the <(tM:e day (ie. the 21at) !'s the Peast of Co;ty)'eya. tion. ThM ia a mistake. or Ft~y falls on the 22nd Co~~a~'o~, Tifthr!, i.e. th following day. Ca~ett JtfasxdiCtM gives the following aeries: 21et Tiaht=m~ 22md =JTSy 23rd ~ec =<d, Cf. Bodenachatz, ii. p. 235. The vord JEHrMMt(1. 40) 1 cannot explain. The court of the temple is called nUSn and the place where the wiUowa are g&thered is caJIed or M~NtM (Talmud Pftbeatinensis). MN1N(Mishn&) Canon Jtt<M<t<!M!M 38a) aa.ys (fol. ~tM~ J~ AeB, t.& Thfeast of ArabM consista of a procession round the aJtM." The of the text is the Hebrew t~M. is p. 270, 1. 43. The feast of 6e<tet!tc<M)!t caUed ?T~D DD!:}i8, vide T Wa,e'haer, v. p. 111, and Bodenseh&tz, ii. p. 245. p. 271, L 14. Be<tce(.~ the 8th and l3th o/' ? mo!!&. a poMiMy between the 8th and 13th there is no Monday a.t a.U,it may happen that this fast-day does not occur in some year (if the rule ia cotrect). p. 271,1. 21. This fast-day Ma according to MegilIath-Ta.'amith on the 7th EisMw, Mcording to Waehner and Bodenschatz on the 28th Kislw. Cf. on the origin of thia &Bting, Jerem. xxxvi. 27-32. Eiat. p. 271, 1. 35. The following story occura alao in AbuKedte, tmteialajnic& pp. 16(~-162. Instead of the ~~hAA< of th mamut.e. Antiochus, and so scripts, Canon ~<<MM<!te<M 38a.) haa (fol. 1 have tranelated. In the text (p. 278,1. 11) the words are a ra.ther ~t short and incorrect expression for NeW ~t*! ~-J< <M~(~ &U)<.

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p. 272, 1.17. Ptolemy M hre caUed '!Mt)M!,M if the initial p were the Coptio article. In th MegiUath-Tft'amth, whieh fixes thiB iaat-day on the 8th Tbeth, he ia catled 'TNn ~D (cap. 18). p. 372,1. 80. According to MegiDath-Ta'a.nith, cap. 18, this &st.day falla on the 8th Shab&t. In the text, p. 279, 1. 20, there ia a ~c~M, which 1 p. 273,1.17. have nited up with the help of C<tKCM fol. JMtM<!te<M, 37b. and Waehner, v. p. 112. p. 275, 1. 8. In the "Kitb-altafMm" (Cod. Berolin. fol. 58b), the author aaya ,a~ in th Canon J~Mtt~tCMe (fol. 38v) and he says: ~~t) In the sa.me work, ,~t J~ ~!< ~L~. fol. 37v, the feaat ia called u-~ ~a. Accordingly the reading (j-~aeema to be prfrable to that of tj-& Thia word Kas seems in aome way to be oonnected with the Syriae t<aa whieh meanB t)M<M!e the month, indicating the ISth, on which of thia feast &Us. p. 27S, 1.12. TM~ men, a nnatake for &t~ ~<MMaN< Th Canon -M<MM<Hc<M Cf. 1 Sam. iv. 10. (f. 38b) has eorreetty J~ ~t p. 275, L 15. thelSthIyar: Canon JM<Mtt~t<!<M 37b) mentions a feast atao for (f.

Jt~ at, J~je* e-~< Th feast of the Small Paaaover, also the day of &Bt in commemoration of the death of Sanme! p. 27S, L 19. The plural e~=- (text, p. 281,1. M) aeems to be a form coined by Albfirn! from a singular t.e. the Hebrew for the pure Arabie word haa th plural g~In the Canon jtfiM<faMe<h author gives two days to the ~<M< of t Congregation, the second of which is caJIed ~e i.e. JtM<t~ of the hiret-fruit. p. 275, L 26. With this biblical Exod. xxxiv. 22, 23; Deut. xvi. 16. The reading of the MB. (text, p. to me. My conjecture )< muet a verb a denominative formation quotation, cf. Exod. xxiii. 14-17;

is unintelligible 281, L 20), be explained as the infinitive of from ge.=~n.

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cap. xii., has the following

p. 276, t. 12. The Megillath.Ta'anth, note on this &at-da.y 10~ rnin ~BDt ~'nn

M~n

''y

~2

p. 276, 1.18. There are two uniucky days in the Jewiah calenda.r, the 17th Tammnz amd the 9th Abh. A short review of the disMtera that have happened on theae two days is given in the JM<M8e!:te<A. a~'ot:~ p. 55. The text (p. 282, t 11) ia not quite correct in the manuscripta. With the text as given by me, et. Canon 3f<MM~tc<M 37b 38b) (ff. (~ p. 276, 1. 37. With the atory of the lamp, cf. 2 Chron. xxix. 7, and Jif~t:!o<&-t~'<m~,cap. xii. pp. 113,182. The name of the prophet as given in the manuscript, Q~ etc., seems to be corrnpt. There wu at that time a prophet *d<!&!(2 Chron. xxrm. 9), and Isaia (Iaaia vii. and viii.), but no prophet of such a name. In the Canon JM<M~tc<M 39a), the author relates tbat it was the (f. king AhM ~90" jM who extinguished the lamp. Therefore 1 have into and ~ae <te~Top&e<" aeenis to be a mista~e changed for ~&M king." the aa p. 277, 1. 4. There ia no !cK!M<Mt 1 ha.ve indicated in the text, p. 283,1. 3. This fttst.d&y is &xed by some on the 7th El&l, by othera on the 17th If, therefore, the (Mde Bodenschatz, Waehner, and Megillath-Ta'anth). author says that some people place this fast-day withn the last week of the month, 1 know nothing by which to test this assertion. In la.ter times there waa a fMt-da.y on the laat of EKd as an atonement for the sina of the pMt year, but thia is an inatitute of modem tnnes. Cf. Bodenscha.tz, p. 88, 2,1.1. the Atso in the Canon JK<Mt!M<M J~Mtt~ of the <SpM:(on the 7th Ell) iB the laat of the feaat- and faat-da.ya of the Jewish year. Therefore the words (text, p. 283, L 3) "Mc&e," etc. are to be camceHed. To this table of Dehiyyth may be added that 'Arbh p. 277,1.10. camnever be t.e. Saturday. The reason why the feaat-day cannot fall on certain days of the week ia this, that they wajitcd to prevent two non-working days from immediately following each other, aa this might interfere with the practical welfare of the people. Besides, certain feasts cannot fall on a Sabbath, beea~tse they require a certain amount of work (e. the burning of Hamam, etc.). ?2

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p. 87?, L 89. The words /J (text, p. 283, 1. U) are the rendering of the MMo.words Cf. P. de LagMde, t~l-M~ n~T)~ MaterMien znr Enti& and Gesehichte ~t. Pent&teucha," ii. p. 134. des The PesMtt bas trausiated thus ~COU ~T ~M}~ ~<~ ~~<~

~~o ~oa~~cout-0

t-

t-<~a;o t-~

~oaL

p. 280. In the text, pp. 286, 287,1read the t in the fourth columns, as J~ ie. impossible. It atfmdf) aiwaye with < whioh the MSS. write with blaek inh. It ought, however, to have been written with Kd inh, aince a year beginning with <is tMpMttHe. Therefore, in order to indicate what etsewhere M indicated by the red iNk, the letter e=J~ bas been addjd. Impossible meMM that a year beginning on such a day is a c&Ien. darian imposaibility. J~ecMM)~ means that in a year beginning on aaoh a day there is no possibility of a n~fT~, i.e. of postponing or advancing. PM<t6!e means that a year beginning on auch a day ia possible, if the year be n (Imperfect) aLd a common year, whiht it ie impossible, if it be )t amd a. lea.p-yeM, and Mce 1~)'~ The single numbers of the table may casHy be checked in this way 1. The (intervaJa between New.TeN-'s Day and IHpp&r, t.e. the lOth TMh~ and 'Ar&bM, M. the 21st Tiahii, are the aame in every kind of year. 2. The intervala between New-Year'a Day and the other three festivals, .P<Mm,r&<t$, a;nd '~&-e&, are diSerent 'n digrent yeam. In a common year.P~M is in rt the 161st, in the 162nd, the 163rd day of the m year. P&< in the Mist~ im 3 the 192nd, in the 193rd day. in n the 24.1at, in 3 the 242nd, m 'e<&, the 243rd day. In a ~Mp-yeaf r<!<Tm ia in n the 191st, in 3 the 192nd, in the 193rd day of the year. r< in n the 221at, m the 222nd, in the 223rd day. in n the 271et, in th 272nd, '~f<~ the 273rd da.y. in These suma of days are to be divided by aeven, and th remainders represent th distances from New-Tea-'a Day. To this table the author bas referred the reader aiready on p. 153, 1. 15. It shows why two iniermediate yeare, t.e. 3 camnot follow each other, in this way Cf the seven yeam oniy those two are possible that begin with III. andV. 1. If, now, after a. common year 3 beginning with m., another yeaj

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were to follow, it wo~dd begin with a VII., Sattuand that ia impossible, as the table shows. If after a. leap-year 3 beginning ;with m., another year were to follow, it would begin with IL, whioh M again impossible, as the table shows. 2. If after a year beginning with V. another year were to follow, it would begin with II. in a common year, with IV. in a leap-yeaj and both OMesare impossible, as the table shows. p. 883, 1.14. For the emendation of the namea of saints in the following chapter, 1 ha.vo used the J)femo!o~tM~CnecoMtot, juasu Basilii Dnperatona olim editum &M9ce et Latine. Studio et opra! Albani. Urbini, 1727. p. 283, L 35. Regarding the degrees of the clergy of the Oriental Bibliotheca Orientalis," iii. pp. 788-790 alao ohurchea, cf. Amemaju, Ami Bou, La. Turquie d'Europe," iii. p. 421; Maurer, Das Grieohische Volh," Heidelberg, 1835, i. pp. 389, 403, 410. p. 284, L 16. Ab&.a.Ihuafun 'Ahmad b. Aihusain Al'aJiwz. author of this name is mentioned by I~aj! Ehalfa, iv. p. 81. An

p. 284,1. 20. There are certain Greek names whieh 1 have not been able to decipher, ~)'<r~! (1. 22), <uc<rMT! 39), and some others. The (1. answer to these questions 1 must lea.ve to those who are intimately t~oquainted with the aMhteology of th Byzantine empire. but The word might be a. corruption for (j-t< ~(cpetrMTKOtro!, in that case the explication which Ab-alhusain givea is not correct. According to the explication, one would expect the word 'A~~y~m~. vide On 9n~t<t<o<jnm~<yo;, Du Cange, Lexicon in&mta grcitatia," where it is explained as ap~MM'eS~Ot, trpat~ro<rtTO!. A word poyaTmp(p. 285,1. 4), 1 do not know. It seems to be a derivation from poya jM'e<em< a<!pe~, vide Du Cange (rogator). and cf. On the ~<tY<~tn)t, Beiske, commentary to Conatamtini Porphyrogeniti, De cerimoniia a.ulo," ii. pp. 53-55. On Tt<r<ropm<(ofrapto;, a soMtef who received 40 aurei as stipend, etc. vide Du Cange. p. 285, 1. 23. Muha.mmitd b. M&s& b. Sh&ldr, the eldest of three brothers, ail grea.t schola~s in mathematical and technical sciences/M' whom Greek bocha were tramalated into Arabie. Muhammad died A.H. 269, vide "Kitb-ainhrist," p. 271. p. 285, L 26. 'Al b. Tahya, cf. note at p. 38,1. 5.

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31. The reading Cornutus is not beyond aJI doubt. A saint p. 286, of this name ia mentioned in the Menologium Graicornm," at 12th Sept. p. 287,1. 3. Johannes the Father seema to be identicat with Johannes SoholaaticM, who died A.D. 578, M Patriarch of Constamtinope. He had made a new arrangement of the c<mo<tM the church. Cf. K. Base, of "Bjrchengeschiehte" (8th edition), p. 149. p. 287,1.14. On this Modestns, vide Le Quien, Oriens Chriatiamna," iiL 102 ff. p. 258. He waa Patriarch after A.D. 614. p. 287,1.15. p. 289,1. 40. The word NMm is perhaps to be chamged into <S' <~e

p. 287, L 17. The epithet seems to have been derived from th SyriM Bible, wheM Joseph is called ~Q~Qa Luke sdii. SI. p. 287,1.19. Ahn&'mm b. Ahmad Aisulam AIhaM.wi (a]so p. 297, 1. 2S) is unknown to me. p. 287,1.39. Ab-BAh is not known to me from other sources.

p. 288,1. 34. Bce~ child M 6o< etc. On thia well-known tradition, cf. L. Bj-ehl, Ueber die koranische Lehre von der Pnedestina.tion," p. 99 (m "Berichte der ggl. SSchsischen Gesellsch&ft der Wissenschaften," hist-phiL Classe, 1870, the let July). p. 289,1. 39. The reading Be~oye is entirely conjectural. The word might atso be read ~&MtM (<~e Calendaj of Armenian saints, Asse. mani Bibliotheca. Orientalie," iii. 1,p. 64S, at lOth Shubat), but Blasius ~pMc~tM waa killed by the Romans, not by the Persians. p. 292,1. 12. Jt!t~o<M, the most &unous of the east, so ca.Ued from J&r, a town in Persis, vide Ta~t, ii. p. 147 ~az~M, Kosmogra.phie," ii.121. p. 293, 1. 10. The author seems to mean that two straight lines, cutting each other in the middle, and connected at the bottom by another straight line give the Cumo form of the word ~o, t.e. X, as it frequently occurs in monumental writing. p. 293, 1. 30. i. p. 260. On the wood PottM, cf. tCazwM, "Kosmogra.phie."

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p. 2S5, 1. 15. DMh!sh', author of a c~mmentary on the Gospel, is not hnown to me from other sources. ia mentioned in the p. 295, 1. 25. A CyfMMtM<MMM&<M'e<<t gium Gnecorum," et 29th P~pt. Menolo-

is Menologium Greecorum," p. 296,1.18. J)<M)te<MMmentioned in the at 7th Aug., amd TAt(<t<te! 26) ib. at 5th Sept. (1. p. 297, 1. 29. With his tale regarding al'atMr, i. pp. 214-216, aiso iv. p. 140. the hlood of John, cf. Ibn-

Cf. with this fa-bai, traduit par Zotenberg, i. p. 569 p. 297, 36. Ibn-al'athr, i. pp. 208, 215. & is a corruption of p. 298, L 13. Church of the NtMepM~e & X~jj!~ &.t.<~Church of ?< BeMttTecMott,invented by Mnslim malice. Cf. Fargha.ni, Elementa astromomue," ed. Ctolius, p. 138. p. 298, 1. 15. Among 40 martyrs who were killed by the Persiana, Maruthas (Assemani BiM. Orient." i. pp. 192, 193) mentions Paul, Sabinus (not Sabinianus) and tM- Besides Tatt atso the form t0~ Ta!!m occurs, ib. i. p. 190, col. 1. p. 299. The following chapter contains the computation of Easter, as Albrn had learned it from the Christians of his time. The Easter which he means is the mMr~a oTMpmo-~w,not the mM~a ChristUche Archaeologie," ii. p. 30. dMMTT'Mr~f cf. Augusti, The chief elementa of this computation are the following 1. Easter depends upon th Jewish FassoYer, t.e. the full moon of th Jewish month Nsan. 2. Counting 1g lunation, i.e. 44 d. 7 h. 10' backward from the full moon of Nsn, you find the new moon of the preceding month. 8. The Monday nearest to this new moon, if it doea not fall earlier than the 2nd Shubt nor later than the 8th Adhr, is the beginning of Lent. It begins on 4. Lent ends on the 49th day from the beginning. Monday and ends on a Sunday. Easter lies between thia Sunday and the preceding Sunday, t.e. Palmarum. The Troo~noTtn)pxrt~f waa celebrated on To uae modem language some day between Palm Sunday and Eaater Sunday, but on what particular day it waa celebrated the author does not explain.

438

AMEN.

J~' ~y/~ (~, ~~tM whether1 have correetiyinter. p. 303,1.13). 7~~<, i. ~~My not identicatwiththe Grt Cycle 28 yeMa. of p. 300. 1.4. The Jew. count 3,448 between ~der. If you ~dethiB Bnmby 19,yeM-a 9 M Adam and Alex. you get remMnder, the &-stye&r th of is the lOthyear of the cycle. The di~ion of 5180 by 19 gives reniNnder of 12, t.< the ant yeM .f the is, Moordmgt. the ChristmM, e 13th f year of the cycle.
p. The whole passage, from "it M aho weH known," etc. Cme 8),tJI "yo. get M remainder 6180 years (as the mt~~al be. tween Adam and AlexMtder)," in the Arabic text p. 803, 1 17 tm p. 803, 1. 2 ~) (< ~), seems to be a later interpolation. p. 300, 1. 9. KhNid b. Yazd ia eonsideKd as the father of alchemy amongtheAmba,M~~];iaM.K&,v.p.880. The Baster-limita extend over 28 daya, t.e. from 21st Adhr to 18th Ns&n. The limita of Lent extend over 48 days, t.e. from the 2nd Shub&t to 22nd Adhr, or from the 8th Adhr to 25th Nsn. The amaJIest mterval between the begiMung of Lent and Easter 42 days the greatest, 49 days. p. 801,1. 23. By 44 d. 7 h. 6 min. th author month. One synodical month is reckoned at S9<i.l2h. 44'. meMia p. 300,1. 30.

is

synodical

p. 30J, I. 86. If full moon Ma on a S~bba.th, the Sist Adhr, count 44 d. 7 h. 6', t.e. 45 days backward, and you find the new moonof the preceding month, viz. the 4th ShnMt, a Wednesda.yin a common year, a Thursday in a Io:,p.yeM. The next Monday is the preceding one, the lst ShuMt in a leap. year, the 2nd Shubt in a commonyoM. As, however,the Ist Shub&t lies beforethe ~MM<M ~~M, the year in question must be a common year. p. 802,1.1. If the JowMh PMsoTer fell into Ns&n,and the Jewish year was a. ie&p.year, it might aeem doubtful to the OhnstiMM

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whether they were to ma~e the new moon of Adhr I. (i.p. Shubt, February) or that of Adhr n. (i.e. Adhr, March) the basis of their computation of the beginning of Lent. The author gives th computationa for both cases. L Computation on the basis of the new moon of Adhr n. (Adhr) of a leap-year If full moon Mis on thelSth of N!san, a Sunday, count 44. d. 7 h. 6' backward, and you find the new moon of Adhr n., or the Syrian Adhr (March), viz. the 5th Adhr, a Friday. The next Monday is the following one, the 8th Adhr, which is the latest day of the Terminua Jg't'tut. n. Computation on the basis of the new moon of Adhr I. (Shub&t) in a leap-year If full moon falls on the 18th N!s&n, a. Sunday, count 2~ lunations, i.e. 73 d. 19 h. 50' backward, and you find the new moon of Adhr Primua or Shub&t, viz. the Sth Shubt, a Thursda.y, if the Christian year ia a common year. The next Monday is the preceding one, i.e. the 2nd Shubt. This calculation is impossible, for the reason which the author 8ta.tes on p. 302,11.14-16. If the corresponding Christian year is a leap-year, we find the 4th Shubt, a Thursda.y, to be the beginning of Lent. The next Monday is the preceding one, t.e. the Ist Shubt, and this date is impossible, as being outside the Terminus Jejunii (th 2nd Shub&t to 8th Adhr). p. 302, 1. 30. In the genuine 20 MutomM of the Synod of Niceea. there is no mention of Easter. In the Arabie collection of 84 canones the 21st refera to Easter (vide Mansi, Collectio nova," ii. p. 1048), but thia collection is an invention of la.ter times, vide Hefele, Theologische Qua.rta.ischrift," Tbingen, 1851, p. 41. That, however, the bishops of the Synod of Niceea, had handled the Easter-question, iB evident from the letter of Consta~itine, vide Eusebii vita Constantini," i. p. 18. To decide the question whether Albcr&n is right in ascribing the authorship of thm C%fo~tco<tto Eusebius and the Synod of Nicaia, 1 must lea.ve to scholars in Church History. p. 303. This table contains the begumings of Lent for a period of 632 years (t.e. 19 x 28). It resembles the period of Victorius, cf. Handbuch der mathematiachen und technischen Chronologie," Ideler, ii. p. 2?8. p. 304,1. S. This fragment treats of Still-Friday in the Easter-weelt. Cf. Augusti, Chriatliche Archaeologie," ii. p. 136.

440

At.BB~Nt.

p. 304, t. S..KTew &M<!oy, or Dominica nova, Dominioa in albis, atso Diea meophytomm, of. Augusti, ii. p. 308. p. 304, L 33. The MMttto which the author refera iatMa: "Qno. niam sunt quidam qui in die Dominico gonnncctunt et ipsis diebus penteeostes, ut ommia similiter in onuu pMochi& serventur, viaum est Sanetee Synodo ut e<<tm<ee Deo <M-<t<tOKM e~4t)t<&tm< This ie the last (the 20th) of the cattonee of the Synod of NiceBit, vide Marnai, "Col. lectio conciliorum nova," ii. p. 678, 20. Hence it is vident that AJMr&n} used the ancient and genuine c<m<MM< this Synod, not the of later apurions collection, vide Hefele, Acten des ersten Concila zuNieaea, Theologische QuartaJschrift, Tmbingen," 1851, p. 41. p. 304,1. 88. On the tf~t; mani, "Bibliotheca orientalie," iii.2-8. ~00<, and toc'?! ~Aoo;&, cf. Asseii. p.~05, amdiii.8,p.382; akoActa,

p. SOS, I. 4. The 2M!e of ~M<Mt~of seven columns, mentioned in this plaoe, ia not found in the mamuscripta. It muet have &Hen out. p. 306. With the chapter on the festivals of the Nestorians, et. a eimatu- chapter in Assema.ni, "Bibliotheca Orientalis," iii. p. 2, and "AbuMode Historia amteisiMnica," p. 162 S. p. 308,1.3. Johannes CMearenaia and Phetion were killed im ~uiwan between A.D. 430 and 465, vide Assemfmi, "BibL Orient." ii.p.403, col. 1. Phetion Maftyr ia mentioned by Assemam, Ni. 2, p. 386, on the 25th October; vide aJso W. Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac mamuscripts of the British Musum," part iii. p. 1134, No. 66. Ta~ut (ii. p. 683) mentions a Monastery of Phetiom ~~t ~j. p. 308, 8. 1 have not been able to decipher the name ~A

The name ~&t& is known to me from Y&~t, ii. p. 689, p. 308,1.16. where a JfoM<M<e~ of U~ j;j is mentioned. p. 308, L 19. The Syriac form of the name Solomonia (mother of the MMca.bfBama)is ~jolOa, vide W. Wright, Oatalogae," etc. iii. p. 1137, coL 1. p. 308, L 26. 1 do not hnow a saint of th name of or ~t-

Th word ~~seemsto be a corruption. IntheCamott p. 308,1.37. JK<tMt<KetM 47a) a. ~td~y of ~Kef (fol. is mentioned, but thia j~ Ftiday faDs 40 days after the beginning of Lent.

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4 The two saints mentioned in thia paragraph are not p. 308,1. 0. known to me. L~. may be BereshyA, i.e. Be)'eM~, and a martyr Catalogue," etc., cMM, the son of Cyrus, is mentionod by W. Wright, iii. p. 1136, col. 3. p. 309,1. 1. Two Armenian martyrs of the names of Ourenius and Surinus are mentioned under the lith March by Assemani, "BiM. Orientalis," iii. 2, p. 650. The name DittftttMt oocurs, ib. p. 653, under the 2nd Ootoher. X~ (text, p. 311, p. 309,1. 26. The common year is here called 1.18). This term the author mut have borrowed from the source whencc he took the information of thia chapter, for everywhere eise he calls the common year D'e-t p. 310. This table is based upon the beginning of Lent, which in a common year faJIs between th 2nd Shubat8th Adhr in a leapyear, botween the 3rd Shubat8th Adhr. The festivals keep certain invariable distances from this date. The Latin numerals at the top of the table denote the week-days on which the single festivals fall. p. 311, 1. 7. The reason why Christmaa and the Commemoration of Onr Lady Mary should not immediately follow each other seems to be this, that eaoh two feasts must be separated not only by a night, but by one complete day. The idea seems to be this, that each feast requires a certain prparation on the preceding da.y. p. 311, 1. 11. The 'H<Mt<ee are the Arab tribe to which the poets Prairies d'or," 'Ad b. Zaid and Zaid b. 'Ad! belonged, vide Masudi, iii. p. 205, and Cauasin, "Essai sur l'histoire des Arabes avant l'Islamisme," il.148. (text, p. 814,1. 8) ~< p. 311, L 18. The expression~ was coined upon the pattem of a word of the Prophet, vide Ibn-Al'athr, i. p. 352,1.16. is mentioned by Freytag and Muh~-almuMt, not The name '~<t~ it occurs aiso in Hamza Istahani, text, p. 112, the TurMsh ~ms by 1. 6 translation, p. 88. p. 311, L 22. iii. 2, p. 387. On the Ninive-fast, cf. Assemani, Bibliotheca Orient."

after p. 313. This table ia based upon the cycle of 28 Julian yeam, which every date Mis again on th same week-day. Ir the Column of the <ntNt6e)-1 have ma.rked the leap-years by a star. 33

442
As aU th festins

AMB~N}.

of this table are attaohed to certain weA.davs theywMderaboutwithimthespacoof7days. In common years each festival falls one day, in teap-yeara two davs later thau in the preceding. The double oolumn of numbers under the head C.NtMMt. of No~MMM, is to be explained in this way The first column reprsenta the common computation of this day wMst the second column repMsents th pmctice of the people of Bagdad, who made it fall a week later. So, according to C~M Maott~tc< (fol. 46b). The numbers of the oolumn J!'<~< of ~M~M are corrapt in 1 have computed them aooording to the ruie on p. 308, U. 86-30. The numbers I. 29, etc., me~ that in this given year feast is celebrated twice, on the Ist TMhrn I. and on the 29th the lul whdst the blank means that in this year the feast is not celebrated at aU, which is the CMC if the !Mt Sunday of the year (or the CoM. memoration of Bar N<t/Kin the preceding column) Mis on the 2th nt. The Latin numeMts at the top of the table denote the week.da.ys of the single festivals. p. 314. The following chapter, of which the text in many passages seema to be corrupt beyond hope, is to be with the re. searches of Prof. Chwolsohn ("Die Sabier und compared der Sabismus") It would require a spcial commentary of its own. and whoever wants to undertake it must be thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of the last phMes of Neo.Pla.tonism and of the popujar belief and supersti. ttom of the dying Greek heathendom. The authordistinguiahes between the heathens of Harran and th Mandteans of the south of Babylonia. His testai calendar is that of the people of ~tan'n. This calendar, on pp. 31S-318, the authorhas trans&rred from a book of ~N~t~ just as it was, with aUthe mis-spellings, faults, and lactmas and ance the time of the autaor the text bas become worse and worse' He expresses the hope (on p. 318) that he wiU be able one day to correct this chapter, but his hope does not seem to hve been fulfilled. It would have been more cautious not to translate this chapter at aH but I hope that the reader will accept my translation with indulgence as a first essay at unravelling the mysteries of this enigmatic but never. theless most vainable chapter. p. 814, ]. 7. p. 315, 1. 4. VtZ.A.H. 216. On th ShMnsiyya, M<~Chwoleohn, i. pp. 292-295. Chwolsohn, i. p. 140, gives for this event another date,

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p. 315, t. 86. Muhammad b. 'Abd-a.l'azz Alh&shim! is not known to me from other sources. Perhaps he wM a son of Ab&.Muhammad 'Abdal'adz b. Alw&thi~, mentioned in Eitb.ainhriat," p. 39. p. 316, 1. 36. DhahbAna, a place near Harrn, vide Chwolsohn, i. p. 306,note 6; ii. p. 630; and aJsoT&ktii. p. 725, M', ~t~~ In SynM the place is called tMSOt), vide A~semami, Bibliotheca OnentaHa," i. p.278. If the moon p. 317,1. 1. The text of this passage is very uncertain. stands on the 31at Adhr in Cancer, it must on the 8th Adhr have atood in Gemini or in the nrat degree of Cancer. p. 317, IL 21, 22. On DMr-KdM and Dair-Sn, pp. 24, 37,40,41,630, and 808. cf. Chwolsohn, ii.

but p. 317,1. 38. 1 do not know a word JCMfHMM), Turms (~* ~*y* t3eM means jxtTM in cinere cochM, etde Chwolsohn, ii. p. 27 at 15, TMnnz. p. 318,1. 4. DaiMatan, an old name of Venus, known as A<\~T from the Greek lexicographers, vide Hesychius, ed. M. Schmidt At~o~Mo ~; 'A~toStn); dor~) ~ro Xa&Mm'. The name occurs also in Assyrian. p. 318,1. 32. From the ruies relating to the computa.tion of th Lent of the ~ajraniams the author infers that their year waa not a vague lunar year, running through all the seasons, but a kind of luni-solax year, like that of the Jews, which, though based upon lunar years, is made to agree with the course of the sun by means of the cycle of 19 years. Further, he infers that the ~atraniam FMt-breaMng depends upon the vernal equinox and their New Year upon the autumnal equinox. The double-bodied signa ~4~ <.f~ e~~ are Gemini, ytfj/o,~l)-ct'<emeM, 1'tecet. The inclising M~rtM X(J* e~< are ~Iftes, C<ttt<:e)', Zr!'&)(t, aper. C The stable signs <-w~~ e~ are Ttt!t!tM, Leo, Scorpto, A)tpAot'<t. In the following we give a survey of wha.t seem to have been the elements of the calendar of ~amn 1. The day begma with aun-rise. 2. The month begins on the second day after conjonction. 3. The year begine with Xnnn n. or with Tishfin I. (with new moon, the next to the autumnal equinox), or with the winter solstice. 4. Lent begins the 8th Adhr, when the sun stands in Pisces, and ends after 31 or 29 days, when the ann stands in Aries. The last quad-

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rature of the moon before Paaaover (of the Jewa) is the time of their &tat-bMitkiag. Henoe the lumi-sotar cbaraoter of the catemdar. 5. As ~M)tM<MP<McMM Alberan! adopta the time between the 16th Adh&r and 13th Nta&n, <.e. 28 days. 6. The diffrence between the hmar and aotar yeara (11 d. 5 h. 45', etc.) they inaert in every fourth month as a leap-month, viz. Hill Adhir I. (after Shub&t). 1 am not able to expMn thia table in a p. 320,1.14. aatia&ctory maNner however, 1 offer a few remM-ka to which an exMnination of th nature of thia table has led me 1. On an average the common year is counted at 3S4 days, th leap. year at 384 days. The one ia 11 days ahorter, the other 19 daya longer, than the Julian year of 36S days. 2. Once, however, in the 19 yeMS of the cycle, the commom year hM bm counted at 3S3 days, 80 that between ita beginning and that of th following year there ia an intervat of 12 days. Thia aubtraction of one day ia perhapa to be expJained in this way 12 commou years, each of 3S4 daya=4,248 days. 7 leap-yeam, eaeh of 384 daya =2,688 days. 19 yeara =6,936 days. Aa, however, 19 eolar yeMa, each of 36S days, give only the aum of 6.93S days, this diNeMnoe of orne day waa to be removed by the aub. ttaetion of one day in one of the 19 yeam of th cycle. 3. The following are the yeam which are counted at 353 days Year 5 in col. 3. Tear4incol. 4. Year 2 in coL 6. Tear2incol. 8. Year 2 in col. 10. 4. In the columns of the Sabiam Newyear and Faat-bMaMng we find the Of~o tM<erc<t!tt<to<!M e~)W t.e. the 2nd, Sth, 7th, lOth, 13th, 16th, 18th years are leap-yeam, whilet in the columms of the Corrected Paseover, Mean Faating of the Chriatians, and the lat of Tishrh I. of the following year, we find the Ordo ttttercctMM~M m~ t.e. the 8rd, 6th. 8th, llth,14th, 16th, Mfhyeara are leap-years. 1 cannot aay on what principle thia differenoe resta. 6. Th New-Year in col. 3 and BMt-bMaHng in col. 4 are Sablas. The Corrected PasaoYer in col. 6 ia Jewish. The Mean Faa<mg and the lat of Tiahra L of the car in following y coL 10 are Christian. 6. The .computation of the Corrected Passover reats npon an aatro.

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nomicaJ computation of th vernal equinox, spcial regard being had to the precession of the equinoxes whieh had been neglected. The author does not communicate this astronomioel computa.tion of Ma. 7. The compariaon between col. 3 and col. 10 shows that the Sabian New-YeM faBa always by one da.y (in some cases by two da.ys) earlier than the Christian New.Year. 8. The author gives diKctiona (p. 330, 1. 7), to add 16 to th yeaM of the ~r<t A lezandri, or to subtraet 3 therefrom. This indicates that &tthe epoch of the era which he uses, &tready three yeare of an Enneadeeateha had elapsed. Whieh era thia is, 1 have mot been able to find out. p. 322,1. 28. Ibr&Mm b. Sinn, known as an astronomer, of Ha.rr&. mam OTigm, lived about the middle of the lOth century of our era. Geschichte derAya.bischonAetzte," Cf. Fihriat, p. 272,amdWustemMd, p. 37. p. 324.,1. 4. Alba~Md died A.H. 204., B~]! Eh&tMa, v. p. 411. p. 324., 1. 22. The reading .MMyct Is uncertain, as 1 do not know a place of this name in ~[a~ramaut. A place of this marne in mentioned but it cannot be identical with that by T&~&t, iv. p. 391, s.v. (~e~ mentioned by Alber&n. Some of these fa.irs are aiso enumerated by I~zwn!, Kosmogra.phio," il. p. S6. A testai calendaf of the Muslims ia a~so found in Co~oM p. 325,1.1. J)!f<MMtc<M 48) and in ~azwM, "Xoamogra.phie," i. p. 67 6. (taken (fol. from Alb~rttc!). p. 326, 27. The same verses occur in Ibn.a.l'a.tMr, iv. p. 76. p. 328,1. 21. Two of thse verses occur aJso in ~amnn!, "Eosmographie," i. p. 68. p. 328,1. 39. On ~M day the pilgrimage of the forty we~, etc. This nor tact is not mentioned by Canon JK<MM<e!M by ~a~wuti. 1 have not been able to find ont wh~t is the historicat basis of this statement. 1 have p. 329, ]!. 3-26. This passage is missing in the manuscripts. it from th CaMomAfMiMtCtM. supplied the p. 330,1. 4. Alaal&m!. A poet of thia name of th 4th century of in Eit&b-a.Mhnst," p. 168. Another author of th Flight is mentioned M mentiofed byY~t, same name, author of the Eita.b-nttta.f.altMf iv. p. 203. and p. 330, 1. 32. HMM b. Zaid, the Al!de prince of Ta.bMet&n vide Weil, Cteacinchte der Chalifen," il. p. 460. Jurjn, died A.H. 370,

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ALBBON~.

p. 830, 3?. XhaM b. 'Ahmad raled over Sijiat&nat the end of the 4th oentury of the H!)M. It WMMahmM ben Sabuhtegin who put end to hie rule. Weil, Cteschichte der Kh&Hfem," p. 62. iH. P. 331, 1. 39. The Arabio text of thia passage (text, 333, p. 1.12, <" <~ < jfjt ~) seem to be corrupt.
p. 332, L 7. The <~e of the c)-M~ is Sm. iii. 54. Muhammad'a Mgot.~onawith the Christians of NajrAn are ~hted in a special uhapter of Ibn-HMMm, ed. Wuate~eld, p. 401 &, A. Sprenger, "LebenTmdLehMdesMohNnmed,"iii.p.488& p. 332, 1. 21. xmrvii. 146. The tree Ya~t~ ia mentioned in the Coran, SM

p. 338,1.17. Th.Mr is MN near MeHN, cf. Y&%At, . i p. 917, where ~MNM Mymg ia mentioned (line 18). i. p. 1077, M~t-ahn~, 1.8 Jf. p. ~M. ~mous phiMogist of the aohool of Kf, died A.B. 281, t~ ?. Muge!, GMmm&tiache Sch~den derAmber p.148. The battle of occurred C8S, the 26th Aug. The tr~p. of the Khalif T~td b. Mu'wiya stormed Medn. under the command of MMlim b. 'U~b~ Weil, "Geachichte der Chalifen," i. p. 831. p. 336, L 16. ~MMt~ ia not known to me from other sources. philologist, died A.H. 810, vide Ibn.KhamMn, ed. WuBteNfdd, No. 12, men.

mt.b-&Mh).Mt," p. 61. ttonaIuB"jEit&b-aI'anw& b. XtM~M, vide note at p. 251,1. 88. ~M.Ti~~ ~M-~<t~ ~!<~t<MM~, a grammariau and ma.thematicim, died A.H 150 cf. Ibn-XhaDiMn, ed. Wastenfeld, No. 776, and "Etb-aMImst," pp. 78, 88. ~M-J<$<tMm<t<!~<t~~ better known under the name of Ibn. ~Mba) vide note at p. 226, L 87, and Eittb-aMhiMt," 88 is 'Abd-~hahmn b. 'UmM ~~MM who died A.H. 876. H)s book of axed stars hM been translated by Dr. SjeUerup St Ptera burg, 1874. Cf. "mt&b~ahrM," p. 284, mdn<~e. p. 386, 1. 22. Jt~i!< vide note at p. 16,1.16.

p. 336, 1. 20. Pe~M o~ ~ymed! ~oe~. The author me~ns th ~<t<<t6.<tP<M~ (vide p. 837, 1. 29), frequently mentionedinthemore

ANNOTATIONS.

44~

Aa far M 1 know, there is no standard work aneient Arabie literature. of this kind in the libraries of Europe, but it is highly desirable to soarch for one and to publieh it, amce most t&ely many of the verses, to the interprtation of whioh these hooks are dedicated, may claim a moh higher antiquity than the ~Ca~tdasand Bajaz-poenM of th earMeat Arab poeta. p. 387,1. t. 40. ~AtMM!tett J'af)8, a native of Rai, a famous philologiat amd writer both in prose and verse, died at Rai, A.H. 390. Cf. IbnK~aUik&n, ed. Watenfeld, No. 48. p. 338,1.7. The author aNudea in thia passage to certain events in his own life, but unfortunately in such vague terma that we learn very little for his hiography. Was he banished from the court of the prince ? Of what kind were his troubles, mental or materiat? At present it is impossible to give an answer to thse questions. p. 338, 1. 39. J&t:-ct&[[~' is not mentioned by Ibn-XhatliMn, by the Fihrist, nor by ~aj EhaUfa. nor

p. 339, 1. 35. Ab-Mwhammad Ja.'far AJfa~ar! ia unknown to me. Perhaps he WM a. relative of the two brothers Mmhammad and Itha~, the sons of Ibrah!m A]&.z&n,vide "Kit&b-aMhrist," p. 164, ami Beina.ud, Mmoire sur l'rnde," p. 310. p. 339,1. 37. EMM ben ~fwam, a. fimous oa.tor at th time of the firet Abb&side KhaJif ~bft~, vide Ibn.Kha~liMn, d. WaBtemeld, No. 808 (end), p. 316, amd Ibn-~utaiba, "Ma.'&rif," p. 206. p. 341 med. The same division is mentioned by Reinaud, "(Mographie d'Aho~df~da. i. p. 231. IjMtead of jM-~ i.e. ~paM<c[M, the motth ia here caRed by the name of dhajbaij&n (Atropatene). p. 342, 1. 13. J~MMMMtotM.1 do not know the word ucA-t-A!as denoting some pajtienlaj part of th path of the moon, but 1 suppose that the author means the four C<t)'<M~M, vide note at p. 90, 1. 44 (on p. 39S). B ben p. 342, L 31. B<Mt<JtMTMftt J5M&<m<! tMMt-Mwfaben BemMH~Mt. Assuming that the writing of the manuscripts M correct, 1 must sta.te that theae two clams are not known to me from any other source. With the following description of the Limar Stations, p. 343,1.1. cf. Ideler, Unterauchungen &bor den Ursprung und die Bedeutnng der Stemna.mem," Berlin, 1810, and Schier, "Globus joelestis cuficus," Dresden, 1866.

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ALBBN.

p. S45, 1. 93. JMm!<t. 1 do not know an ishmd of this name Perhaps the author meant the island JB<!M<M~eaenbed by AHazwm! d "Koamographie," i. p. 107. An iaand .B<M,intheIndian ocan, is mentioned by TA~At, M.p. 789. The reading of thia name is conjectural, as p. 846, 1.1..B<t~ 1 cannot prove it from other sources. p. 851. The distance between two Stations M not, as the second number of the table, 18 61' 26", would have us believe, but 12 51' 26~ as the reader wiU and if he examines the addition in the column of seconda. The author did not think it necessary to note the fractions in this cohunn, bnt he did not dieregard them in his calenbtiom. p. 357, L 1. The following chapter on the projection of a globe on a plane (ee~t Dr. H. Bruns, Professer of ~) is purely mathematioal. Mathematics in the Univermty of Berlin, bas Hndiy undertaken the trouble of revising my translation of this chapter. For purposes of comparison as regarda both th subject-matter and the <eMttttt <ee~tCt 1 refer the reader to L. ~M. NMtBo<, Mmoire sur les inatrumente astronomiques dea Arabes," Paris, 1844. B. DM~t, "Drei in der EaiaerHchen offentlichen Bibliothek zu St. Fetersburg benndiiche astronomische Instrmnente" ("Mmoires de l'Acadmie," tom. is. No. 1) 1865. "Ueber ein in der Egl. Bibliothek M Berlin befindliohes Fb~xiAie, Astrola.bium" ("Abhandinngen der EgLAkademie," etc.), 1858. On pp. 7-10 and 15, aride an explication of the stereographic projection and the graphie method, of other methoda, on p. 17. p. u3! I. 34. Ab-~Mmid 'A~mad ben Mm~ammad AI~Agh&n!,a famona constmctor of aatronomicat instruments in Bagdad, died A.H.379. ~MeL. A. Sdillot, "ProMgom&nea des tables astronomiques d'OlonghBeg," Parie, 1847, Introduction, p. 66, note 1. p. 868, I. 1. My book. The author means Ma '<<.<!< 't'<~t-< ~U< M~< ~L.M <M. i.e. the book ln <eAM& ~MMMemethods for the M<M<c<t<Mt the <M<<-o<~ of Me are eoMpfMe~ of whieh there are several copies in Europeam libM. ries, e.y. Royal LH~y ofBedm,Sprenger 1869; Bodteian Library, MMah. 701. ~"T) f'

INDEX.
'Adan, 324, 20. Adhr L, Jewieh Iea.p-mont)i, 63, 9. dhMb&d, Mobed of Baghdad, 200, 41. dharbn, 121,14 190, 41. Adhafc'ashn, 207,11 211,29. (or AdAb&-a~asan dharkhr IiMthr&), son of Yazd&nMuts!s, geometrician, 54, 4 107, 40: 204,14. dhajHt&r, fire-temple in Persia, 215, 15, 37. 'Adhri'&t, 264, 1. 'ditea, 98, 1. 'A~ud-~da.ula, 217, 24. ~!tia, 25, 15. ~iqu&tor, 249,1&. ~!ra~ definition, 16, 4. ~!m Adami, 18,5 141,6 142, 8 300, 6, 22. 136, ~a. Alexandri, 32, 31 31. ~;ra. Antonini, 33, 33; 137, 3u; 176,13. ~!re6 Arabum ethnicorum, 39, 8. ~!ra. Astronomortim BabylonMB, 121, 12,16 190, 42. ~!ra. Augusti, 33, 11; 137, 17 176, 1. ~Era.DtluTU,186,20.

A.
Aaron,269,35376,36.
A&ron's Golden Calf, 270, 4. Mr Abb, catholieus, 311, 41; 313. Bam~Abb&a, 129, 7, 20, 24. Ab&.al-'a.bb&s Al-~muli, 59, 26; 239,13. Mar 'Abda, 309, 7 310. 'Abd-~kMtm b. 'AM-al 'a.uj&,80, 7. 'Abda.tl&h b. 'Ali, mathematicum, 245,29. 'Abdallh b. Hill, 49, 26. 'Abda.tMh b. Ismil Ath&sMm:, 187,14. Aljabal, 226, 37; 335, 17. 'AbdaU&h b. Almut:a.Sa. 108, 3. Ab&Abdall&h AIsMik, 79,21. 'AbdalMb b. Shu'ba, 194,12. 'Abd.dnMMnt' b. Ish&k Alkind, 187,13. 'Abd-a-lrahman b. Muljim AlmurM:, 330, 7. Ibn-'AbdalrMZ&k Alta!, 45, 3. Abraham with the ~MluaJia, 187,1. AbrMhatr, 255, M.

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INDEX.

'AI! b. Ttthyn, the astronomer, 38, .Era.DiodetiMu, 33, 38; 187,37; 5,15, 385,26. 176,19. ~!ra. FugtB, 33, 45; 74, 5; 138,9; Almagest, 13,18 31, 29 354,17, 176,28. 34; 358, 33. ~:r& Magorum, 138, 35 184, 34. 'Amr. b. BaM'a, 39,15. JEra. Mumdi with the Persians, 17, 'Amrb.Y!thya,39,16. 10, d7. muJ,206,39. ~)'a Ahnu'tadid ChfJifte, 36, 10; 'An~n.68,41. 'ABHMtM,68,40; 278,34. 138, 40 230, 5. ~!ra Nabonaseari, 81,13 136,26. Amd~rgAh, 53, 25 210, ~9. ~h-a. Philippi, 32, 22 136,26. Andsb, 206,36. 35, 43; 138, 30; Anianus, 25, 25. ~imYazdagMi, 184,26. 'An!caf!r, daughterot Nu'm&n,311, 21. Afrasiab.205,17. ANtichrist,196,4. AMjagan, 215, 6. Antonins -Martyr, aUas Ab-B~, fr!gh, 41, 7. of the Zoroas287,38. gMmt, feasts trians, 221,17. 167,1. Apoge,164,1 AItMverus, 273, 32. 'ArAbM, 270,37. Ahaz, 276,37. Ibn-aJ.'a.T&M, 333,19. Ab-Sa'M 'Atmad b. 'Abd-aJjaJ!! 'Arafat, 332,40. ArMMBfms,93, 24,43. AJsijz!, geometrician, 52, 23. 'A~mad b. FAns, 337, 40. Arbaces, 100, 3. AbA-athustua 'A~mad b. AIhusMm ArdMh!r b. Babat, 122,31. Al'&hwaz Akatib, 284, 16, Ardawn, 121,14. 30, 388,36. Arians, 282,14. b. Mahammad AM-Sa'M 'Ahnmd Arish, 205, 25. b. 'Ir~ Ehw&nzm-Shah, 229, Aristoteles, 163, 25; 209, 2; 2~5, 7. 12. 'Ahatad b. Mn~MMNad b. SMMb, Arius, 288,11; 291,17. AnaMiM, 29, 28. 182,1. 'Ahmad b. Ms b. Sh&Mr, 61, 43. Arkand, 29, 28. 'Ahmad b. Sahl b. Hshim b. AI- Armenia, 211,19 298,17. Armenian martyrs, 309,1. watd, 33,18. 'Ahmad b. Altayyib AJea.raths}, Arpakhshad,100, 30. 129,17. ArthNmHi, b. Bzkr, 41,28. 'Aa'ad b. 'Amr b. B&M'a, 49,40. Ahrimam, 107,18. 'Atba,269,6; 276,14. Al'MM[,344,8. b. EM&Mb. Esau, 49, 9. 'AtN b. 'AM-TaJib, 826, 26. At-fM 'Asf&r b. Shimwaihi, 47,25. Alexander, 32, 81; 35,16 48,38; 119. 127,5. AshMDiaM,H6,28; 326,3; 327, 2. 'Atfamyya, Jewish sect, 279,14. 'Ashrtt,270,7; 'Al b. Ab:-T"!ib, 69, 2; 230, 7, Aakajamk b. Azkakbwr,41, 40. 21, 26; 294,22. Aasaving-circte, 142; 155, 5. 'AK b. 'Al! Alktib, 261,42. Assu'n,352,29. 'Al!b.AI'jahm,238,24. Assyrian kings, 99. 'Al b. Mu~ajnmad b. A~m~d, etc. AtMy&n,212,37. Im&m,330,29. Augustus, 68,34. 'AM b. Mutammad b. 'Abd-aJra~Avest&,108, 40; 113,3; 117, 22; man b. 'Abd-aJ~ia, 830, 31. 127,11; 204,40; 205, 24. 'Ab.'AN Ibn Nizar b. Ma.'add, 48, Al-'a.ww&,246,23; 337,22. 82. Il 'Azreth, 275,19; 277,14. 'AM-aMd&b. Ms, 830,22. Azm&'M,213, 30.

i~DBX.

451

B.

Baalbek.187,35. Babylonian kings, 100. BadhagMs, 194,13. Badr, date of the battle of Badr, 330, 9. Alba.ghd&diyva, religious sect in Khwrizm. 178, 5. Bahfird b. Mh.Fur&dMn, 193, 16. Batr-aJma.ghnb, 260,24. B~hr&m, a.Ncestor of the Byides, 45, 7, 41. Ba.hr&m, of Her&t, 108, 9. Ba~rm b. Hurmuz, 191, 10. Ba.hr&m Jusha.nM, Marzubn of dhajba~jan, 48,12. Ba~iram b. Mard&nah&h, Mobed of Sh&pr, 10! 6. Bahrm b. Mihrn AlisfaJini, 108, 8. Bahrm ShMn, 48,11. Ba&and, 221, 22. C. Ab-Bakr AI~B, 36, 14. BaJ&mis, 27,17. Albalda, 348, 30. Balk&, 39, 17. CMSM,33,12. Baikh,100,12; 186,19 220,20. Csa.r, pMa.pegma.tist, 234,7. Balti, 316,2S. Calendee, 288, 4. Calendar, reform of the Calenda.r B&miy&n,255,41. Bant-Na'sh, 231,18. during the Chalifate, 36,10. Calendar, reform of the Calenda.r Bam-al'a~faj, 104,3. in Chorasmia, 229, 1. Bam-Hamfa., 193,19. CaUippus, parapegmatiat, 31, 26; Ban-Mriya b. Ealb, 842,32. BMt&-Mm*va) Ha.!ii]it)i b. Shaib. 233,15. C'aBhu-i-mIMa.i-,205,13. bn, 842, 33. Catholieus of the Melkites, 283, Bam-Msa b. SMMr, 147, 26. 43. Bam&-yMb& 39, 23. Ca.tht licus of the Nestorians, 284, Baptizing of the ChnstiaM, 288, 2. 25. ChaMaeans, their seMons, 322, 18 Bardesa.nea, 27,9 189,30,43. 323. B&nh, 339, 5. Bmkh b. NMyy, 271, 25. Chalda.n8=Ka.yaDians, 100,6,12. Chalda.n kmga, 101. Batn-alh~. 250, 6. Ba.tn&n, 316, 4. Chalifa.te,129,13. Chessboard,132,14. Ibn.Alb&zy&r, 25, 27. ChUdren of Adam, feast, 311, 42 Bel of ~arran, 316,8. 813. Benjamin, 272, 83. China, 266, 10. Bereshj, apostle of Marw, 296,1.

BvMMp, 202, 32; 209, 37; 213, 37. Bih.rz,53,41. BiIMs.49,25. Al-Mrn!, 12, 4, 11; 29, 35 80, 29; 92, 6, 9; 134., 29; 167, 11; 194,42; 196,34; 214,30 217, 5 234, 38, 41 237, 2 247, 35; 248, 40; 256, 13 269, 19; 290, 38; 294, 26 338,7; 357,41. Buddtm.190,5. Bdhasa.f, 186,15. Bughrakhan, Shihb-alda.ula, 131, 18. Al.buhtui!, 37,16. Bukhta.nassa.r, 297, 30. Buigharen, 51, 1. Al-burku' 330,29. Busha.nj, 202,4. Bu9r&,251,37; 259,31; 263,21. Al.buta.rn, 343, 29. Bnw&ihi, hotMe of, 45 94,19.

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ME:.
Cynacua Infams, 808, 40; col.6. CynM,24,13; 291,42. 810,

Chineee, 249,1; 263, 12. CMneae sea, 236, 27. ChoMsmiana, 40, 39; 57,13; 244, 4; 292,13. Chorasmian names of the planets, 172. Chorasmian names of the figures of the zodiac, 173. Choraamian charactera, 42, 7. Chorasmian names of the months, 57. Christ, 21, 23 25, 42; 33,23 287, 28,290,20. Chriatiana, their months, 70,11. Christiana in Choraemia, 283, 4; 292,12. ChnstMM in Xhtu-as&n, 295,22. Christian feMta, 306,29. Christian Araba, 311,11. Chronicon of the Christians, 153, 82; 803. Chronology of the Persians before l6Mm,38,22. Cleopat! 103,38. Goals, 242,29,38,44; 243,3. Commentary to the AImagest, 139, 7. Concilia cmnemca, 291,9. Confusion of languages, 100, 16. Conjunction, middie one, greatest, 91,33,41. Conon, para.pegmatiat, 234, 24; 236,13. ConfttamtuluB, 33, 41; 291,17,41 292,19 295, 25. Corbicius b. Rttecins, 191,2. Creation of man according to the Persians, 17, 20,43 107,1. Creation of the world and begin. of the year with the Per. ning sians, 55, 5. Creation of theworld, ita horoscope, 55,6. Crocodile, 250,30. Cross, invention of the, 292, 18. Cross, symbol of the, 298, 8, 10. Cycle of 8 years, 63, 31; 64, ~0; 182,19. Cycle of 19 year6, 31,85; 63, 33; 64,1; 319,6. Cycle of 76 yeMs, 31,28; 68, 35. Cycle of 95 yeare, 63,37. Cycle of 532 year6,63,89.

D.
Da.ba, 824., ]6. Al-d&bM&n,336,38 344,16. DMMshA', 295, 15. DaMk.100,3. AI-da.hnYya,90,35. Al.datfadhiyya, 206, 8. DM,58,15. Dair-'Ayyb,251,82. Dair.K&dM, 317,16,21. Dair-SM.317,22. Al.da.jjal.l95,44; 196,9. Dama, mountMn in Perms, 199, 28. DamMeuf), 237,23. D&mdMh,108, 26. Daniel,18, 84, 87; 19,18; 20, 20; 300,11. David, 333,43. Day, definition of, 4, 10. of the day, 7, 31, Day.-Beginning 35. of the day with Day.-Beginning theAraba.5,14. (,f the da.y with Day.-Beginning theMtroBomets, 6,28. of the day with Da.y.B~uming the Ch-eeks and Persiane, 6, 10. of the day with Day.-Beginning the ~MaM, 315,16. Days.-Battle da.ys of the heathen Ara.bf, 39,3i. Days.-Battle days of the 'Aw aadKha,zM],39,43. Da.ys.Ba.ttle da.ys of Bakr and Ta.ghtib.40,8. Days.-Battle days of the~Utush, 39,33. Da.ys.CamouIaJ days of the ahepherds, 262,17. Days of bad luck, 245, 37. Da.ys of th month with the Cho. rasnua.ns.57,17,

INDEX.

453

of the month with the Egyptians, 58,32. Da.ys of the montb with the Persiajis,53,5. Days of th month with the Sogdians, 66,34. Da.ys.Lucky, unlucky, and indifferent days, 218. Days of the Old Lady, 244,18,37 24S.33. Saints' days of the Melkites, 283, 4. Delephat=Yemi8 with the ~&biama, 318,3. Deluge, 27,24 28, 7,11,38. Democritus, pitra.pegmatist, 233, 20. Deuteronomium, 22,40 23, 5. Al-dhira, 245,4. Dh, 50, 8. Dh-a.thijja.. 321, 13. Dh&.alka'da,321,18. Dh-Mr, 311,19. Dh-alkama.u), 43, S. Dh-almajz, 324, 28. Dh-alrumma, 340,7. Domini horarum, 317,19. Dona astromm, 90, 42; 92,4. Dositheus. pa.ra.pegma.tist, 233,27. Dum&t-alja.ndal, 324,6. Dunbvand, 213,32 814,5. Ibn-Duraid, 49, 33. Duration of the worid, 18,11. Days E. Ea.Btercaleula.Uom, 318,40; 319,3. Eaater time, corrected, 320, cols. 6, 7. Eccleeiaatical degrees, 283, 33 284,18. Egyptians, ancient, modern, 12, 28,33; 13,17; 58, 33. Egyptiau kings, 102. Egyptians as paja.pegma.tists, 233, 16. Egyptitms, their seasons, 322, 35 323. Eli, the high-priest, 275,13. Etiaa, oa.tho]icns of Khurasn, 292, 4.

Eliazer b. P&r&ah, 68,33. Emim b. L&d, 28,34. Emperors of Byzantium, 106. Enoa, 314, 27. EpapomenfB with the Arabs, 246, 13. Epa.gomene with the Persians, 53, 24. Epa.gomen6a with the Sogdians, S7,2; 220,8; 221,5. Ephesus, 285,18. Al-ransha.hn, 208,25 211,19. Esther, 274, 26. Euctemon, parapegmatist, 233, 14. Eudoxos, p~r&pegma.tist, 233, 17. Euphra.t<-a,251,44; 252,22. Eusebius of Csa.rea.,302,31. Eutyches, 291, 35. Abn-al'a.bb&s Alfadl b. H&tim Al. naanz!, 139,7.

F..

i FaJiIa,216,15. Faira of the ancient Arabs, 324,1. FMi&khusi-a.,45,25. Famkhuma.u, 45,9. AI-fank, 344,17. Ab-alf~r&j Alzanjni, 54, 1 118, 31; 120, 38; 126, 1, 7; 200, 5,14; 216,39; 316,6,19. Al-fargh al'a.wwibi, alth&n, 349, 28. Fargh&na,94,35; 235,16. Fajkhw&twic'iTah&hiyya,, 47,29. Farrukh, 53, 21. F&rwMda.g&n,210, 36. FMta of the Apostles, 804,38 309, 3 310. FMts of the Christians, 299, 2, 3 320, 14, cols. 8, 9. FMts of Elias, 309, 12 310, col. 12. FMts of the 'IbMitM, 313, col. 12. Fasts of the Jews, 270,7 271,16. Faste on Monduys, 327, 31. Faste of the Mustimf), 7,41, 77, 1; 327,18. Faut of Niniveh, 809,14 310.

4M

NDBX.
G. (Mme], 331,36. G&hMtMrs, 204, 42; 205, 9; 207, 28; 810, 38,212,17; 21?, 11. G&hamb&ra with the CnorMmmM, 225,30 ff. Gajus Julius, lu3.32.40. avenus, 225,3 231, 27; 232, 26, 27; 293,38. GedaljA b. 'Ah!~&m, 269,1. Geometrical procession, 134,4. Al-ghafr, 347,14. GhumdAn.41,16. IbD.AM-AIghnr&Hr, 198,1. GhuM-Tarks, 109,23 224,15. GitsMh.27,38; 107,3. aiMh&h,M7,2; 108, 15. Gomerb. Yapheth, 28, 24. Gospel, 25,39; 331,14,30. Gospels of Bardes&nes, Marcion and M&N, 27, 9 189, 43 190,7. Gospel, eommemtMy to tht, 295, 15. Gregorius, apostle of the ArmeDiama, 298,17. Greek fathere (Diodorns, Theodorus, Nestorins), 311,39 313. Greek names of the planets, 172. Greek names of the figures in the zodiac,173, coL 2. GundsApr, 191,16. Guaht&ap, 206, 24.

Faste of the S&biana, 316, 12, 27, 82, 40 317, 1, 17, 318,13, 16, 28; 320, 2,14, cols. 4, 5. Faste of the Spies, 277,1. F&tima,332,6,23. FeMta of the Church of St. Mary in Jerusalem, 308,6. Feast of the Crown of theTear, 297, 42. Feaat, "Diacovery of the Cross," 298,5. Feast of the Eqninox with the 266,25. Hmdua.249,39; Feast of the Chapes, 296, 31. Feast, "Harve~t-home," 295, 30. Feast of Lent-hreaHng, 331,35. Feast of Mar-MAn, 308, 12. Feast of the MepIM, 274,32. Feast of Mount T&bor, 297,2. Feasts of the Mualima, 325, 2. FeMta of the Peraitma, 199,2. Feast of the Roses, 292, 11; 295, 20. FeMta of the ~AbimM,318,20. Feast of B~bomMiea, 270,23. Feast of the Temple, 811,1 313. FeMt of the Renovation of the Temple, 298,3. Feast of Wax, 289,29. FeMt of WM of the Jacobites, 289,29. Feast of the Virgina, 311, 9; 313. Frz, gmndfather of NosMrw&n, 215,8. Froz, 199, 20. Figures in the zodiac, 173. AI.er,41,K. Fire, its nature, 246,41. Formation of Moaaoma, 294,10. Formation of double organe or members inanimataand plant 94,6. I Frdnn, 114,33; 115, 4; 207, 43; 209,12; 210,7; 212,36,42. Friday, the golden one, 310, col. 9. Friday with the Mualima, 304,15. J. J' Fct.aim.l4,8. Fustat, 235,45.

H. HabMh.177,3; 178,8; '80,4. l~Mb b. Bthrz, MetropoUtan of Most, 33, 8. ttajr in YtHmama, 324, 32. Ath~'<t, 344, 23. Ahkim, Chalif of Egypt, (Abu. 'AIbenNizr),48,32. Bman, 273,25. aarnm-Sr, 274, 32. Eamd&dh&n,192,6. iEmin, 208,33.

tNDEX.

455

HMMo. b. Alha~tn AUsfa.han!, 36, Hoshang, 108, 41; 206, 16 212, 11. 15; 61,33;62,12; 106; 112,41; 114,1; 117, 22, 30; 118,2; Hours, 9,18. 122,14 124, 1; 125,1 127, HuM, 'IsM, Na'ila, 39,17. 6; 128, 2. kludhaifa b. 'Abd b. Fuka.tm, 14,6. HMM:t,294,21. Huiwan, 28,1. lhfm'a., 344, 32. Hnmmz b. Shapnr Abbatal. 203, B. HMamja. b. TeMdjtn, 276,12. 32 209, 37. Abu.Ha.n!fa. Atdina.wari. 335, 16; Hurmuzan,34, 13, 17. 351, col. 13. Aihusam b. 'Ali, 326. 6, 20, 22; HMHmthe Hindu, 258,36. 328, 18, 37 330,3. Ab.AIhusain Ataf!, 335,18. p&nubM, 271, 29. Al.hM-ra, 334,1. AM-Bitkr Husain Att~nHUM,243, 31. H&rraa, 186, 23. ljarrnians, 13, 23 32, 16 186, AM-'AM A:huM.in b. 'Abdallh b. 24; 188,26; 314,29; 315,8; S!n&,247, 36. 329.27. Abu-Abda.Uah Aihusain b. IbraMm Altabar Alua.t! 96, 43 Har&nAlra.sMd,287,39. AI-hMa.n and Al.busMn, 332, 5. 97,15. Ab.Muh~mm<Mt AIhasan b. 'AI! b. AIhusMn b. MMMArAlhallj, 195, Nan&,45,22. 1,18. HMshim b. Ha~kim Almu~Mma', Aihuaa.in b. Za~d, prince of Taba194,22. ristan,330,32. AIh&shim!,318,24. AlhMhwiyya, 90,35 199,7. Al~ya.w&niyya., 258, 29. i. Hebra.ica, 18,25, 34, 38; 19,6. Hebrew names of the figures of the zodiae, 173, col. 5. Hebrew names of the planets, 'Ibadites,31l.ll,13. 172. 'Ibbr, 63, 11. Ibrhm b. Al'a.bbas AlauM, 37, 9. Helena, mother of ConstNitine, 292,21 307,41. 'Ab&.&tfM'aj Ibrhm b. Ahmad b. Khala~ Alza.njan! (vide AbHert, 235,37. Herms, 187,44 188,24 290,18 alfaraj), 54, 1; 118, 31 120, 38. 315,1; 316,41; 342,40. Ibrhtm b. Ashtar, 326,34. Hi]ra,327,13. Hial, 315.12. Ab.Ishak Ibrhm b. HilalAI~bi, Hilll, 273,20. 45, 5. Ibrhim b. Alatrr! Alzajjaj (t'Me HimyM-ites, 40, 31; 94,34. Hindus, 15, 5 83, col. 2 96, 19 AlzajjaD, 335,15. IbraMm b. Sman, 322, 28. 249, 39; 266, 26; 335, 20; Al-'iMi!, 347,38. 342,29. Hiou.99,37. Hippa.rchus, 233, 22; 322, 35; 323. 'Imad-al'l~ul~ 'Ali b. Buwaihi,129, 22. Hippocra.tea, 258, 33 261, 25 262, India.n names of the figures of the 3; 337, 37. zodiac, 173, col. 6. At-H!ra., 4C, 37. ludia.n na.mcs of thc plancts, 172. Hisham b. 'Abd-alma.m, 36,43. HisMm b. Al~sim, 108,5. Intercala.ry cycles of the ancient Arabs, 73,9. Hizr, estate in the diatrict of Intercalation of Almu'tadid, 81, Ista.khr,56,8. Tomer. 99.50. 14.

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Intercalation of the 'Am&mitea,69, j AM.'Uthm&m Alj&hiz, 214, 28. 33. JM.88,17. Intercalation of the heathen Araba, 214, 38; 856, 5, 18; Il Aljaihni, 13, 34; 14,27; 73,9. S63,13 279, 2. Intercalation (of days, months, jMn, 202, 13, 33, 803,80 220,11. years, etc.) of the Egyptiane, 1 Jamasp, 196, 40. 68, 33,69,1. j jMnsMdh.200,25. Intercalation of the Greeks, 60, 4. Jetemm,271,23. Intercata.tion of the Hindus, 16,6. Jerobeam, 87, 3. Intercalation of the Jewa, 68,16. Jeruatttem, 294, 16. Intercalation of the Persiana, 12, Jews, 13, 22 14, 28 62,16 196, 40; 38, 32; 54, 10; 55, 29; 7. 184, 42 220,22. i Jibra' b. Nh, 191,19. Intercalation of the PMtdftdians, John of Xashkar, 308, 3. 13,11. John of Dailam, 318, col. 16. Intercalation of the ~&Ma.M, 316, John, the teacher, 307,15. 24. John of Marw, 296,27. Intercalation of the Syriana, 70, John Baptist, 297, 25. 19. Jona,102, 2 309,16 332,17,21. Intercalation of the ZoroMtnans, Joaua. b. Nn, 272, 31; 277, 3. 55, 29. Joseph of Arunuthia, 287,17. IntervaJ between Alexander and JndMz b. SMpr b. AfMrahSh, the accession to the throne of 297, 38. the laat Yazdagird, 17,30. Judges, their thronology, 88. Ion, son of Fans, 33, 10. AI.j&d:. 28, 41. AM-'M AI'is&thm}, 18, 20. Jnm&da, 321, 19. Ab-S~M 'B& b. T&hy&Almasihi, Jalius CeaMT,60,8. 74, 86. Ab&.ThumHtma.JunAdit b. 'Auf, 13, AM 'M Alw&rrak, 270, 33 278, 42. 22; 279,13. 'Mf, 39,18. :b:ua, 22, 18, 28, 39. MaMn, 216, 3,4. K. Tshma'iyya. 68, 36. AM-'Isma, 95, 22, 24. lamMl, 268, 28. ImiMl b. 'AbMd, 72, 36. E&'b Al'ahbar, 238, 18. Ism&tl the Saitumide, 48, 5. Ka.'bb.La&'yy,39,22. K~ Ispahbadh&n,836,19. Ispandarmadh, 205, 22. X&M, :-08,1. 'Izz-aldaula Bftbhtiv&r, 93,16. IMhL.tdit (codespotes), 95, 1. Ab&-a!jabb&r, 80, 13. Atkadhithudhivya, 210, 14. Aljabha, 339, 8; 345,23. XtuHnMrM, 206, 27. EMn and Abel, 810,41. KMN.w&n,256,28, 31. J. Kalammae, 13, 40; 14,16; 73, 20. Kalb-aljabbr (Sirius), 201,28. KatwdM, 200, 6, 9. Jacobites, 282, 10, 24 289, 30. Km&rz, 215, 39 316,1. Ja.'far b. Muhammad At~adik, 76, EAnka. the Hmdu, 129,19. 36; 182,28; 188,36. ~&re9anB (Aikttrra'), 68, 36 Ab&.M~hm&d Jafar b. Sa'd AlfaAHtMM, 218,24. zM, 339, 35. XM-beM,326, 22.

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Kajdfanakhusm, 217, 28. 196. 13 197, 38. armtes, Akarva. Alha.dHha, 256, 5. Ka,yamms, 100, 11, 12; 110, 34 111; 113,20; 114,21. B:a.ymarth,107,2,5,7. Khalaf b. 'Ahmad (see Wa!ialdaula), 330, 38. Khalid b. Abd-almas!)) of Marw. rdh, 147, 24. Khlid Akasr!, 36.43. Khlid b. AIwatid, 192,44. KMHd b. Safwau, 339,37. Khlid b. Y~M h. Mu'awiva., 300, 9. Abu Ja'far AlkMzm, 183,12 249, 34 322,27. Khindif, 328, 21. Ibn KhurdMMh, 50,26. Khurram-Rz, 211,39. Khurshdh, Mobed, 207,21. Khusrau Rtt-wz, 258,36. Khutan, 263,14. Khwf, 193, 18. KhwarMm-SMhs, 48,15. KiMa., 328,14. Kilw&dh, 278.16. K:mak, 255, 34. 14,13,20. Kmna,13,39; Alkmd! (see Ya.'kb b. Ishak), 187,13; 219,18, 29; 245,18; 294,27. Kings of the Jews, 89. 277, 11; 327, 10. Eippur,270,7 Alkisraw, 127, 2 208, 32. Klepsydra. (wa.ter.tMef), 254,9. Xonm, 331, 16. Kosmas, author of Christiancanons, 289,22. ~ub&, 82, col. 10. KuMdh b. Ferz, 192, 8. Kufa.28,39. Al-Eutthmi, 335, 15. jtunm, 215, 1. Ibn-Eunasa. (see Yahya), 339,34. E&sMn, King of Mesopotam' 90, 18. ~Utitiba. 1). MusIItu AibattIH, 41, 38; 42,6; 58,8.

L. LaM b. Daitam b. Basil, 46, 12. Lakc of Alexandria, 248.23: jLakhmidps,40,37. AMatnasHsiyya, 25, 2. Lamp, setf-actin~, 255, 22. L~ap-mouth, Februarv, 241,19,20. Lifp.DumtioN of Ufp. 90,34.

MitghriMs (Spa.MdB), 59, 27. Ma.ghrib:a, Jewish sect, 278,23. mh. Mdia., 116,34. Almahdi, 194,33,39. t M&h-rz,34,15,18. Al-m~hwa, 340,1. Makzor,64,33; 66,22; 146. Maim&n b. Mihran, 34, 7. mkMrM I., 221, 21. MahMr&j n., 221,24. :Ma'mn, 235, 2 330,5, M~m&n, 235,2 330,53:g.1At-ma.'mn b. Ahma.d A!s~Ia.)n! AMia.Mw,287, M 297,25. Ma'mn b. EashM, 328, 41. Ma.'n b. Z&'idaL~0,7. 8 MitnMj, 265, 27. Mam, 27, 11; 121, 6; 189, 43; 225,19. MMihbsBa.ns,80, 8 329, 28, 31. Maittchapans of Samarkand, 191, 27. M.tn!G..t.teuf Mni, 191,17. Mankur, a mountain, 255, 34. AL'u-Mansr b. 'Abd-alrazz&k, 119, 19; 127,16. Ab.t-Naar Mati~itr b. 'Al! b.'Irk, 1C7.7. Ab-Ja'far .M'an~r, 80, 5; 262, 30. j]Marcian,291,34. Marcion, 2~, K 189,30. Mard, Mardana, 107, 39. !MarJaw!j,47,24. Mare etausum, 236,17. ~]r Man, 309. 7,10 310, col. 11. Martvrs of the Melkites, 283. 4. :3

458 MMw, 283,43296,1.

JNPBX.
Months of the Syrians, 69, 40; 70, 12 83.7. Months of th Tbam~ 74., 37 89, col. 6. Montha of the Turks, 83, cols. 1,8. Months of the people in tbe west (SpanimJs f) 59, 26 83,3. Months of th inhabitants of Kab, 82, col. 10. Months of tbe inhabitants of Bnkh&nk (?) 82, col. 9. Month.-The smaH month of the Egyptians, 59, 23. Months beginuin~s in the cycle of 28 years, 175, M. Montha of the Pilgrimage, 325, 9. Moon, 163,18 219, 4. Stations of the moon of the Arabs, 226, 23 335, 28. Stations of the moon, calcubtions of their risings and settinga, 342,1; 354, 6. Stations of the moon of the Choras. miaus, 226, 4. Stations of the moon, distances between them, 353,1. Stations of the moon of the Sogdians and ChorMmmns, ?, 38. 22 Stations of the moon tables, 351 352 355 356. Moonatone, 163, 24. Mordekhai, 274,14. Mosque of Salomo, 127, 31. Mosque of Damase, 187, 27. Al-MnMh&b, 332, 4. Muhammad, 22, 17 46, 31; 293, 15 294,18,21. Muhammad b. 'Abd-al'azz Alhshimt, 915,26. Muhammad b. 'Abd-ahnalik Alzay. yt, 265, 12. Ab-'AU Muhammad b. 'Ahmad Albalkh, 107, 43. Ab-'Abdallh Muhammad b. 'Ahmad, Khwrizm-Sh&h, 42, 17. Muhammad b. 'AH b. Shalmaghn, '198,1. Abu-aiwaf Muhammad AH<)i!!ajan!,29,32. Ab-Bakr Muhammad b. Duraid or Ibn Duraid, 74, 15. AM-Ja.'far Muhammad b. ~aMb Albaghdd, 324, 4.

MMfw.aM)aM,:tn, 36, 9. Marzubn b. Rastam. Ispahbadh. 191,44. Abu-Ma.'shM, 29, 4 31,4 91,31 94, 39, 44; 95, 5 187, 34; 342,15,27. Maamaghan, 214.6. Al.masrMfa, 53, 25. Mazdak,192,6 194,32. Mednet-alman~&r, 262, 32. Mel)!:tea,282,5,21,22. Melkites of Chorasmia, 283, 4. Mnoehc'ihr, 205,19, 40. Mesh& and Mshn, 107,36 116, 23. Messiah, 18,16, 43 19, 4,11,17. Meton.234,32; 239, 28. Metrodoms, parapegmatist, 233, 17. Midia~98,10. Mihrjn, 201, 3 207, 35 208, 29, 33,36,39,40, 45 209,11,26, 35,41. BEIM, Mld, t44.10. MilMites, Jewish sect, 68,35. MiJ~an. 245, 1. Min&,324,31. Mrn, summer-solstice with the PeraiaM, 258, 24. M61d, its calcula,tion, 147. M61M.Jimits, 150, 22. Months of the Ambs, 71,18 75, 35 82, cols. 3, 4. Montha of the Choraamians, 57,13; 82, col. 1. Months of the E~yptitms, 58, 33 S9.1 83, col. 3. Months of the Ch-eeka, 83, col. 5 241, 31. Months of the Hindus, 83, col. 2. Months of the Jews, 62,16; 82, col. 5; 143, 19. Months of AImu't~id, 81, 14. Months of the Persians, 52, 12; 82, col. 4. Months of the Romans, 59, 26; 8i{, col. 3. Months of the Saci, 52, 25; 82, col. 3. Montha of the Sogdiams, 56, 22; 82, col. 2.

M!mg&n, 35. 308,

tKDEX.

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N&'a&,39,18.. Muhammad b. Alhanafiyya, 195, NMKnn&t, astrologico dietotie-al 38 ruies, 200, 20 201, 45 208, b. Is~&~ b. Hst&dh MuhMmna~ 338,35. '36 2H.10; 20,32. 'BuudMh AI~t. AI-na.jm, 344, 1. Ab-Muhammad AIja.baU, 335,17. Na.jran.332,4. Muha.mma~l b. Jbir Albattn, Al.tmkba, 340, 5. '177,2; 358,33. Names of the planets, 171, 43. Muhitmma.d b. Aija~nn Albarmak, N-isa, 192, 7. '108,4. Na.si',14,30; 73,25; 330,17. Muhammad b. Jarr Alta.bar!. 50, Nasir-a.Ma.uh, 93,23. 20. Na.!a, 324, 32. Muh:Hnm&d b. Mityttr, 250, 15 Al-nath.343,22. 258,26. Na.th:m the prophet, 269,12. Muha.mma.d b. Mua b. Shkir, 61, AI-nathra, 345, 15. '38,43; 285,23. NM',339,6. Ab-Ja'fM Muhammad b. SidajNaubakht,262,37. m&n, 80, 5. Naujushanas b. Adha,rba.kht,44, 8. Ab-B.ikr Muhamnmd b. Zakariyy Na.m-z the great, 201,36. Alr&z!,243,31. Naurz of the Khalif, 2o8, M. Muharram, calcula.tion of the Ist N.uu-z, myths reitting to, 199,1. of MihiH-r&m, 183, 11; 321, Neb~ka.dneza.r, 272, 26 276, 19, 11. 30,34 314,13. Mn'izz-fdda.ul' 93,15. Nestormns, 282, 8, 21. Mukharrim, 93,13. Al-mukht&r b. AM-'UbMft AJtha.- Nestorius, 282, 8; 291, 31; 306, 4. ~:tfi, 195,37. New-year's feast of the ~abiams, Al-mulhtMyani, 93,25. 316,24. Mulak-alta.w&'if, 17, 32. New-moon, its calculation, 68, 1. Almundhir b. M-iJsMnn, 49,22. New-moon, ohsjrvpd by the Mus. MsA b. 'M ADdsra.w!, 122,14,25 lilas, 76,12,35. 128. 127,1 New-moon Cidcula.tiou, introduced Abu-Mus Al'nsh'&r!, 34,26. a,uiongst the Jews, 68, 3. MusMiim~, 192,26. New-moon, according to the B&bAl-musha~kM-, 324,12. banites and 'An&nit~a, 67,16 AM-MusUm, 193,16,194,10; 330, 69,20,33. 27. Nights.Na.mea of several Dights Al'nuta.did, his months, 81, 14. with the Ara.Ls, 74, 37 240, 12,29; 229, 5 230,5 Almut~d, 24; 252, 27; 258, 18; 259, 232, 8. 14. 285,19. Alma'ta9:m,5u,27; NMe,23J, 25. Almuta.w~kHI, 37,9. Niuu-td,100,20.25. Aina.''im, 337, 15 348,17. Nim-sarda, 221, 35,38. 1 Ninive-fasts, 311, 22. Notes from ))a.tura,t history, proN. portion of numbers tn the forma.tion of Mossoms, stones, etc., 294, 2, 36. AM-Nu':ts,261,39. Na.batMa.ns, 70,5. Nh b..Ma.ns&r, prince of KhurNbulus, 25,15. san, 330,38. Ndb and Abh, 274, 37. AI-n&'ibAlmuli, Ab-Muh~mmad Nuwa.d-roz, 212,12. 15,17; 53,34; 346,12.

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INDEX.

0.
ObserM.ttMM of the Hindua. 29. 26. Observations of the Persians, 29, 25. Oetober, Bmt month of the year with the Syrians, 69,42. Ordo imtercfda.tionis, 64, 32; 65, 1,6. Oxus, 252,10, 21; 259, 6; 263, 5. P. Pahlav, 108, 15. PaHtdete, 190,9, 304,25,27. Paradise, 238,41. P&ran,22,10. Parapegma., 233,13. PMsover of the Jowa, 66, 29 141, 28; 159,6. PMaover, 274, 44; 277,13. Patriarch of Antiochis, 284,2. Patriarche, 284, 20. Patriarchs of the Bible, 85,9. St.PtMl,314,29. PentecontMtUB, 285, 12. Feraiama, their tera of cre&ttom,17, 19. PersiMikiNgs, 13, 8. PersiM] chronology, 107, 1. Perbiam chMaeters, 186, 16. Persian names of the zodiacal ~g~rea, 173,10, col. 3. Persian numes of the piamets. 172. Pshddh,116,17. PahdMiaM, 13, 8 110,18 111 113 114. Petrus, 311,34. Fhatac, 275, 8 327, 18 328,12, 7. PMtion, 308,4. PhHippus, paM~gma.tMt, 233, 14. Pugnma.ge. BM'eweU-piJgnmage, 74,7. Projection, ~&7,1. Prophets, 347, 22. Psalter, 331, 13. PtolenMBUs.patapMgNm.tMt, 34, 26. 2

PtoIemtBus, 11,10 33,34 35.19 98.25,27; 233,23, 322,16. Ptoiemeeus Philadelphus, 24, 15. Ptotema.M, 108. Publie offices in Byzantium, 288 33. Pnrm, 278, 24 277,12. Pythagoras, 187, 44.

R. Babb&nitea, 67, 16; 68, 21; 278, 41. B&M', 321,17. AImbiya, 324, 22. Bai,338,8. AIr't, JewMhpseudo-prophet, 18, 19. Baj~, 321,12. Ibm-ah~A', 338, 88. Bama~j~n, 77,10 321, 28. Bmuah, 221,15. B' :]u<ih.AgMm, 221,15. R~&'il(BMt&'i!f), 196,1. Bestomtion of the Zoroastrian creed, 196, 43. Resurrection Church in Jeruealem, 287,20. R!Ms,107,36, 108.27. Roman emperors, 104 105. Bosh-Galutba, 19, 6. Bsh-hMhshD, 152,16; 268,13: 277,10,27,39; 278,4. Bsh-Hdesh, 155,18 157. AM-B~ (see Antonius Martyr), 287,39. Buacam b. Shirwn, Ispahbad, 47, 82. B&y&n,205, 38. Aha'b b. AIhammaI AIMmyar!. 49. 34.

S. Sabirs, 13. 23 186,23; 188, 26, 42; 314.11,23; 823,27. Sabzajd, 255, 11. Sa.'d-aldMbib. 349, 1. Sa'd-buta', 249, 6.

INDEX.

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ShMun.208,28. Sa.'d-alau'M, 34.9,15. Shhiya,41,6. Sft'd-al'aHibiytt, 349, 21. SMh .&ma, 108,1, 121,2. Sa.'d.Naahir.t, 353, 32. ) 8b:ATa.zMT,44,13. Al~MUt (vide J&'ar). 79, 21. ShMban, 245,1. ~a&r, 321,15. Sha.ma.nia.na,189,2. AM-H&mid Aiaa.gh&n!,357, 34. Sha.mma,273,20. Sa.'M b. Alfa~l, 199,28; 208,27. Sa.d b. Muhammad AldhuhH, 116, i Abu-Kajib Shammar Yur'ish.49, 35. 8. Shinus-alma.'aB, 1, 25; 2, 42; 12, Ab-Sa.'1d Shdhn, 9t, 40. 12; 47, 17; 131, 30; 365, Sa-M'Mim, 255, 9. 14. Alsal&m!, 330, 4. Al-sha.msiyya, 314,7. SalMniyy&, 263, 21. Sallm b. 'Abdallah b. Sall&m, 27, SMpuT, Dhu-al'a.mf, 39,19. 18. Shpr b. Ardashr, 190, 2. Salm&n the Persian, 27, 19; 208, Shpr, 309, 2. Al-shM&~B, 343,1. 21. AI-shargh, 222,5. Sa.hMmMsM, 275, 41. AI-shMia, 348,13. Salomo-Legend, 199, 7. Sha.wwM,321, 30. Samanides, 48, 5. Shef&t, 69, 31. SamMitams, 25, 2 67, 27 270,34; Shi'a,177,7; 326,2,19. 314, 20. Ai-shihr, 324,18. SMHM-ka.nd, 91, 30. 1 SMrM; 217, 28. 8&mMr&,99,10. SMrwan-SMhs,48,16. S&nurus,49,17. SiMneae twins, 93,23. Sa.mm&'&n with th MMtiditea.na, S~b&wuhi, 347,1. 190,26. Siddkn with the MMuche&ns, Sa.mucl, 275,16. 190,18,29. Saa', 324, 21. lbn.S:'nHl& (Syncellua), 186, 27. SiustAn,52,2&; 235,37. Alsimk, 317, 20 346,30. Sarandib, 94,42; 345, 33. Simeon b. Sabba'e, catholicua, 292, AI-~Mfa., 346, 19. 6. 316,5 318,6,9. Saj&], Simon Magus, 291, 43. Saaamia.M, 123; 124; 125; 126 Sinn b. Thbit, 232, 6, 21,27,30 128. 233, 1, 5; 262, 14; 267, 9; Swa, 206,28. 322, 34. Sa.w&d.a.l'm~, 314, 22. Sindhind, 11, 12; 29, 27; 31, 5; Sawr, 51,1. 61,3]; 266,25. SeMons, table of, 823. Sirius, 261, 24 337,36 338,40. Seasons of the Arabs, 322, 4, 15 Siymak and Frwk, 108, 40. 323, cola. 8,9. 1 Siyawush,40,42. Se~sons ~f the Byzantines aji~ 4. Syrians, 322, 29; 323, colfi. ShYoniams, 110, Snake, signification of the appear2,8. ance of a, 218. SeMons of the GTepka, 322, 17 Solar cycle, 66,7 164,9. 323, cols. 4, 5. Solar year, 141, 29. Sects, Mbammadan, 76,16. Sedet-'ol&m, 87,13 88, col. 4 9(), Solar year of the Jews, 64,1; 143, 31 163, 42. 29. Solar year of M.u~a.mmad b. Ms Septuaginta, 24,4. and Ahmad b. M&s, 61, 39. Seven Sleepers, 285, 18. Solar year of the Persiama, 61, 35 Sex&geNmaJ system, 132,16. 220, 16. Al-fha.'M. 34. 26.

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INDEX. TMes of Miletus, 31,4S. Thfumd, the namea of their months, 74, 27. Theodorus of MopsueatM, 196,4. Theodosius Minor, 291,80. Theodosius, son o Ar'adius, 291, 26. Theon Alexa.ndnnM, 12, 26, 38: 32,30 'Thora' 331,12,24. Thora of the Jews, 22, 40 23, 39. Thora of the Seventy, 24, 4; 25, 36. Thora of the Samaritans, 24, 18, 37; 29,3. AI-thnMyyA, 336, 27, 29, 33; 342, 37,38,41,343,34. TtbenM, 279, 3. The tides, 260,13. Tigris, 3&2,22. Thulis, 240, 23. 'nragan,205,15. TNes of prince8,109,14. Tittea of the Samamidea, 131, 9. Titles of the ViziK, 131,1. Tittee during the Chalifate, 129, 1. 'Ktles.Ta,bleof Titles, 130. TaM,8&i,42. Tarka, their montha, 83, cols. 1,8. Turtle-doves, 219,11, 23. T&s,216,38. Tustar, 273, 25, 28. T&zn,93,10. Abt-al~Mim 'Ubmd-AUh b. 'Abd&Hh b. Khurddbih, 234, 39. U. Ubaid-AU&h b. AlhM&nA~add&h, 48,38. ~A-al~asim UbMd-AU&h Suleib. mn b. Wahb, 38,4. Ubaid~UAh b. Yahy&,36,19. Uk&,324,22. UHKu-a,214, 28. UmM b. AlHM.tt&b, 34, ? 49. 29 196,6; 333, 41. 1Imavyades,326,13. LI'ui-dmm,264,2. 1Inshtem, 19,22,25. tJthmm b. 'Affn, 333,27.

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Sophists, 96, 14. Spnmg of the Chinese, 266, 10. Star cycle, 29, 18. Abu.alhneain Al~&S, M~; 355 358,34. Ibn.aL)af!. 347, 40. AI-suha, 250,13 266, 20. 9uh&r,324,15. bu-T&hir SulaimAn AIjannabi 196,13; 197,38. AI~36,14; 37,9. Sun,168,21,89. Snnday.New Sunday, 304,5. Sun.BMs of the sun, 247, 3. S&nst&n, 70, 6. Stur"HnM of the AshtaniaNS, 117. Surnames of the Peshdddians and Ka-yniams, 111. Sumames of the Sasanians, 123. Snrra.man-M.'a, 93,7 99,11. Synodus,2P1,9. Syiaca, 19,10. Syrian namea of the plmets, 172, col. 4. Synan fathers, 311, 88 313. Syrian Dames of the gures in the zodiac, 173, col. 4.

T.
fabMMt&n, 235, 5, 6. AI.t&hir, 235, 30. T&Mr b. TAhir, 211,15. Tahmurath, 27, 44; 28,11. Taht!f,23,27. 'P' 235,19. 'F&b~n, 195, 2, 33. AbA-TAtib, 332,12. 'MismMt.217.4. TaU-Ebn-n, 318,15. Tammz, 317,37. Al-tarf,345,l&. Ta.'rMt, 34,17. Tsu'&, 326,1.. Al.twawe, 221,32. Te!n)foth,theircatcalation, 162,27: 168,3,13,14,169; 174,1. Terminus pasehalis, 300, 35. ThaMr.338,18. 333,18. Th&bit b. ~un-a, 61,45 252,44. Th&bit b. Sinn, 93, 6 364, 28.

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V.

Vacuum, 254,15. W. Waikard, brother cf Hoaham~. 206, 17; 212, 11. Wakhsh, 225,23. Wa,khsh-Angam. 225,23. Wa.k!' Akad:, 106,3. WaH.alda.ula. Ab-Ahmad Khalaf b. Ahma.d, prince of SijistAn, 330,37. WajdansMh, 47,24. Warmth, 246,41. Wa.terspout.253, ~6. W&sit, 188, 34. of the water, 253, Water.-Rising 13. th weaWeather.-Predicting ther, with the Arabs, 336, 26. Week,68,21,P2; <?,19. Week.da.ya, 75,33. Wjan b. Judarz, 206, 32. Winds, Etesian, 259, 43 262, 25, 30; 339, 32. Winds.Swa.Uow.mnds, 248,22. 248. 17, 31, Wmds.Bird-wmds, 34. Y. Ta.hy& b. 'Al! Alktib Al'Mbnn, '238,39. Ta~y grammaticus, 225,14. Y&hy&b Kh&Udh. Ba.rma.k, 37,4. Abu-Yahv& b. Eun~sa, 335, 16; 339,35; 351, col. 12. Ya.hy b. Alnu'mn, 191,1. Ta.'kub b. Ish&k Alkind, 245, 18. Ya'kb b. Musa Ainikrisi, 269, 19 270,14. Ya'kb b. Tank. 15,18. Yamma, 94, 36 192,38. Yama~ 255,1. Ya.zda.gird Alhizr, 56, 7. Ya.zda.gird b. Shahryr, 120,16.

Ya~dagird h. Shapr. 88, 24, 31 56, 5 121, 25. Ya~danba~ht, 191,19. Year, definition, 11, 4 12, 8. Great years, 91, 2. 20, 24. Small years, 91, 7. Solar y car, 12.26. Year. its beginning m the cyde of 28Ycars,17; Year, its bpgiuniua' with th Chorasmians.184,37, 223, 1. Year, its bfgmuingwith th Egyptiens, 230, 24. Yea.r, its beginning with the Jews, 66,10. Year, its beginning with the Persians, 201,4. Year, its beginuing with the Sabians, 315, 14, 18; 316, 24; 318, 22 319, 5 320,2, col. 3. Year, its beginning with the Sogdians, 184, 37 220,20. Year of the heathen Ar~bs, 13,34. Year of Augustus, 103,3,5. Year of the ChorMmia~ns, 5, 20. 13, Year of the C'hrist.ia.us,13, 30. Yetr of Dioeletia.nus, 103, 4. Yea.rs between the Flight of Muhammad aud his Dea.th, 35,28. Yea.rs of the Harrani~ns, 318,32. Yeam of the Hindus, 15, 5. Year of thejewa, 62,25 153. Kinds of Yeajs with the Jews, 66, 17. i Year of the Jews, Sabiana, Ha.rrniaM, 13, 22. Yea.r of the Persians, 12, 40; 13, 19. Year of the Pshddians, 13,8. Year of Pbilippus, 103, 3,4. Ycars of Restitution, 160,3. Yearof the SogdiaM, 13, 5, 20. Year-qua.rters, their length with theje~s, 183,34. Yehoya.kim, 271, 21.

Z.
Zacha.na. the prophet, 19, 29. ZMa.waihi, 53,37 202, 7 207,11, Zaid b. 'AI!'Imam, 328, 32.

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Zoroast~r, 17,12 55, 29 186,21 Zaidites, 79,10. 189, 26; 191; 45; 193, 34; 347, AlMjiaj, 344,37 346,11,26 196,40; 201,40; 205,2; 209, 30; 348,32. 35; 211, 35 220,19; 221,4, nm-AM.ZakMivya, 196, 21. 5; 314,4,6. ZatnzMn, 332, 36. Zoroastrians, 17, 10; 35,23; 314, Zamzama, 194,2; 204, 9,14; 209, 21. 4 318, 28. in Chorasmia, 223, Zoroastrians ZMMMm.194,17. 12. Zanjn, 216, 40. Zoroastrians in Transoxiana, 56, ZM b. TahmaBp. 202, 45 210, 4. 14. Zedekia, 271, 8. Atzubana.347,32. ZooMfpcal notes, 92, 42.~94r-l~, 214,11,29. Aizubra, 346, 9. X"

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