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of the Hashw has become Maf�’�lun, with the second form of the Rajaz It should be Hazaj. Professor Palmer was misled, it seems, by an evident misprint in one of his authorities, the Muh�t al-D�irah by Dr.

Van Dayk, p. 52.

 

[FN#458] Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac 134b “The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot.”

 

[FN#459] This will be found translated in my “Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night,” vol. vii. p. 307, as an Appendix to the Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac version of the story, from which it differs in detail.

 

[FN#460] Called “Bekhit” in Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac Editions.

 

[FN#461] Yehya ben Khalid (Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac), [FN#462] “Shar” (Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac).

 

[FN#463] “Jelyaad” (Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac.) [FN#464] Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac, No. 63. See my “Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night,” vol. iv., p. 211.

 

[FN#465] Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac, “Jaafar the Barmecide.”

 

[FN#466] Calcutta (1839-42) and Boulac, “The Thief turned Merchant and the other Thief,” No. 88.

 

[FN#467] This story will be found translated in my “Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night,” vol. v., p. 345.

 

[FN#468] After this I introduce the Tale of the Husband and the Parrot.

 

[FN#469] The Bulak Edition omits this story altogether.

 

[FN#470] After this I introduce How Abu Hasan brake wind.

 

[FN#471] Probably Wakksh al-Fal�k=Feral of the Wild.

 

[FN#472] This is the date of the Paris edition. There was an earlier edition published at La Haye in 1743.

 

[FN#473] There are two other Oriental romances by Voltaire; viz., Babouc, and the Princess of Babylon.

 

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