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[FN#46] Arab. "Al-Kahanah"=the craft of a "Kahin" (Heb. Cohen) a

diviner, soothsayer, etc.

[FN#47] Arab. "Id al-kabir = The Great Festival; the Turkish

Bayram and Indian Bakar-eed (Kine-fete), the pilgrimage-time,

also termed "Festival of the Kurban" (sacrifice) because victims

are slain, Al-Zuha (of Undurn or forenoon), Al-Azha (of serene

night) and Al-Nahr (of throat-cutting). For full details I must

refer readers to my "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to

El-Medinah and Meccah" (3 vols. 8vo, London, Longmans, 1855). I

shall have often to refer to it.

[FN#48] Arab. "Kalam al-mubah," i.e., that allowed or permitted

to her by the King, her husband.