[FN#210] i.e. we are thine allies in peace and war, for offence and defence. Those whom thou lovest we love, and those whom thou hatest we hate.
[FN#211] About seventy-two grains.
[FN#212] Or public appearance.
[FN#213] Solomon was the dynastic name of the kings of the prae-Adamite Jinn and is here used in a generic sense, as Chosroes for the ancient Kings of Persia, Caesar for the Emperors of Constantinople, Tubba for the Himyerite Kings of Yemen, etc., etc.
[FN#214] i.e. Maharajah.
[FN#215] Or "government."
[FN#216] Every Muslim is bound by law to give alms to the extent of two and half per cent. of his property.
[FN#217] In North-east Persia.
[FN#218] Alleged to have been found by the Arab conquerors of Spain on the occasion of the sack of Toledo and presented by them to the Ommiade Khalif El Welid ben Abdulmelik (A.D. 705-716). See my "Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night," Vol. III. p. 331.
[FN#219] i.e. such as are fit to be sent from king to king.