699

Cf. 1:284 f., above.

700

That is, they become unreliable and rebellious.

701

Sic Bulaq, C, and D. B has a meaningless w-y-t-l-w-n.

702

Cf., however, 1:264 f., above.

703

Cff pp. 114 ff., above.

704

This happened in 97 [716]. Cf. Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, V, 10.

705

Lit., "lowered the reins," a phrase which is explained to mean gentling a horse. Cf. Lisan al-'Arab, IX, 62, 1. 1; Lane, Arabic-English Dictionary, p. 2264a. Here Ibn Khaldun was apparently thinking of his theory that a dynasty tends to repress the members of its own family.

706

Qur'an 13.98 (38).

707

Cf. Qur'an 73.20 (20).

708

Cf., for instance, 1:344, and p. 89, above.

709

Bulaq adds: "Luxury then grows more and more."

710

Cf. 1:58, 300, above, and p. 306, below.

711

For nakbah and its synonym musadarah, cf. 1:368 (n. 156), above. 712 Cf. 1:346, above.