141 |
Cf. 1:284 ff., 347 ff., and
343 ff., above. |
142 |
Malik wa-suqah. The abstracts would be better, but suqah
"subjects" is not used as an abstract, so far
as I know. The MSS would actually seem to support the reading mulk wa-suqihi
"royal authority and its market." |
143 |
Lit., "sensually
perceivable." |
144 |
The text
from here to p. 293, 1. 19, appears in C on an inserted sheet. |
145 |
Cf. pp. 276
ff., above. |
146 |
Cf. pp. 91 f., above. |
147 |
Cf. Issawi, p. 74. |
148 |
Namely, the trickery and insincerity needed
to earn enough to satisfy the desire for luxury customs, as
described in the following sentences. |
149 |
Wa-s-sihab,
as in A and B. C has this word added supra lineam,
then in the margin, corrected to wa-ashabihi. In some texts it
was then added in the wrong place. |
150 |
Qur'an 17.16 (17). |
151 |
'Ahl al-khawss, lit.,
"people who know about the special qualities (properties) of things."
This may refer to alchemists, or, as in this case, to people who know
the material contained in such works as the
Nabataean Agriculture. Cf. 3:151 f., below.
See also 1:183, above. |
152 |
"Ominous" is added in the margin of C and in the text of D. |
153 |
Corrected in C and D, for the earlier
"special quality." |
154 |
This is what Ibn Khaldun says, but since the various
citrus plants can be used for some kind of nourishment, he is apparently
thinking of their seeming lack of basic nutritive qualities. |
155 |
The
reference to drink is an addition to C and D. |
156 |
Cf. 1:79,
above. |
157 |
The Malikites stipulated lapidation as the
punishment for those involved. |
158 |
Bulaq adds: "and to have
a character suited for efforts to this effect. The sedentary person ..." |
159 |
Cf. 3:305
ff., below. |
160 |
Bulaq: "by the power of luxury customs."
|
161 |
Bulaq: "to control...." |
162 |
Qur'an
12.39 (39); 38.65 (65); 39.4 (6). Cf. also Qur'an 13.16 (17). |