78

For tashil, a "weakening" of the alif in the case of two successive alifs, cf. as-Suyuti, Itqan, 1, l00 f. (Ch. xxxiii).

79

Mujahid, ruler of Denia and the Baleares, d. 436 [1044/45]. Cf. E. Levi­Provencal in El, s.v. "Mudjihid."

80

Uthman b. Sa'id, 372-444 [982/83-1053]. Cf. GAL, I, 407; Suppl., I, 719 f.

81

Bulaq corrects the text to "any other work."

82

Al-Qasim b. Firruh, 538-590 [1143/44-1194]. Cf. GAL, I, 409 f.; Suppl., I, 725 ff. Cf. 3:396, below.

83

Qur'an 51.47 (47). Cf. p. 383, above.

84

Qur'an 27.21 (21). Cf. p. 389, above.

85

Qur'an.9.47 (47).

86

Qur'an 5.29 (32); 59.17 (17).

87

Cf. pp. 382 ff., above.

88

413-496 11022/28-11031. Cf. Ibn al-'Imad, Shadharat, III, 408 f.

89

Muhammad b. Muhammad, ca. 703 [1303]. Cf. GAL, II, 248; Suppl., II, 439 f.

90

Cf. T. Noldeke, F. Schwally, G. Bergstrasser, and O. Pretzl, Geschichte des Qorans (Leipzig, 1909-38), III, 26; G. Bergstrasser in Der Islam, XX (1932), 5.

91

Qur'an 16.44 (46). The passage is not found in Bulaq.

92

For mujmal as a technical term of Qur'anic scholarship, cf. as-Suyuti, Itqan, II, 19 f. (Ch. XLVI).

93

Qur'an 110.1 (1). According to a tradition ascribed to Ibn `Abbas, the coming of victory indicates the imminent death of the Prophet. Cf. al-Bukhari, Sahih, III, 387.

94

Ahmad b. Muhammad, d. 427 [1035], more commonly known as ath­Tha'labi, Cf. GAL, I, 350 f.; suppl., I, 592.

95

Cf., for instance, 3:342 f., below.

96

Cf. p. 207, above.

97

Cf. 1:26, above.

98

Cf. p. 205, above.

99

Cf. J. Horovitz in EI, s.v. "'Abd Allah b. Salim."

100

Abd-al-Haqq b. Ghalib, 481 [1088/891 to ca. 642 [1147]. Cf. GAL, I, 412; Suppl., I, 732.

101

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Farh, d. 671 [1273]. Cf. GAL, I, 415 f.; Suppl., I, 737.

102

Bulaq adds: "and the vowel endings (i'rab) , .."

103

For the term "method" (uslab) as used in literary criticism, cf. 3:375 to 381, below.

104

Mahmud b. 'Umar, 467-538 [1075-1144]. Cf. GAL, I, 289 ff.; Suppl., I, 507 ff. To connect Khuwarizm with the 'Iraq, even the "non-Arab 'Iraq," is a mistake by Ibn Khaldun.

105

Cf. 3:338 f., below.

106

Al-Husayn b. 'Abdallah, d. 743 [1343]. Cf. GAL, II, 64; suppl., II, 67. Ibn Zamrak, the wazir of Granada, asked Ibn Khaldun, among other things, to procure for him in Egypt a copy of at-Tibi's commentary. Cf. Autobiography, p. 273.

107

Qur'an 12.76 (76).