123

Cf. pp. 282 f., above.

124

Qur'an 6.11 (11); 27.69 (71); 29.20 (19); 30.42 (41).

125

Qur'an 9.33 (33); 61.9 (9). Ibn Khaldun's source is at-Tabari, Annales, 1, 2160, anno 13. Cf. also 'Umar's speech in al-Mas'udi, Muruj adh­dhahah, IV, 197.

126

"Are reported" is added in C supra lineam and in the text of D. In adding it, Ibn Khaldun remembered the doubts he had expressed with regard to the historicity of the events, pp. 21 ff., above. Cf. also p. 360, below.

127

Cf. Qur'an 73.20 (20).