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[FN#3] Shahryar not Shahriyar (Persian) = "City-friend." The

Bulak edition corrupts it to Shahrbaz (City-hawk), and the

Breslau to Shahrban or "Defender of the City," like

Marz-ban=Warden of the Marshes. Shah Zaman (Persian)="King of the

Age:" Galland prefers Shah Zenan, or "King of women," and the

Bul. edit. changes it to Shah Rumman, "Pomegranate King." Al-Ajam

denotes all regions not Arab (Gentiles opposed to Jews,

Mlechchhas to Hindus, Tajiks to Turks, etc., etc.), and

especially Persia; Ajami (a man of Ajam) being an equivalent of

the Gr. Βάρβαρος. See Vol. ii., p. 1.