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).