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ʾILÂM-EN-NÂS.
THE APOSTACY OF JÁBALAH SON OF
EL-AIHAM.
AND now comes a somewhat similar story in so far as it regards obtaining safety by a trick. It was told by ʾAbd-el-Málik, son of Badrûn, the commentator upon the Kasîdah of ʾAbd-el-Majîd, son of ʾAbdûn, and relates to what befell Jábalah,[1] son of el-Aiham, when he struck the Fazâry in the face for treading upon his Ridaʾ.[2] ʾOmar having said to him, "Let the
- ↑ Jábalah was the last chief of the Christian tribe of the Benu-Ghassân, which must have had its dwellings to the east and north of the Lake Tiberias. Their ancestor was Jáfnah bin-ʾAmr, bin-Thalabah, bin-ʾAmir, bin-Muzaikiyah (of the tribe of Azd) bin-Ghauth, bin-Nabt, bin-Mâlik, bin-Udad, bin-Zeid, bin-Kahlân, bin-Sába (also called ʾAbd-esh-Shems), bin-Yash-jub, bin-Yaárab, bin-Kahtân (supposed to be the same as the Joktan of our Scripture). The Ghassân section of the tribe of Azd left el-Yémen on occasion of the Sail-el-Arim, or flood of Arim, at Mâreb, and migrated to the Syrian desert, wherein they settled near a stream called Ghassân, whence their subsequent name. Abuʾl-Fedâ's Mukhtásar fi Akhbâr-el-Báshar.—Abridgment of the History of Mankind.
- ↑ The Ridaʾ was a piece of stuff, usually cotton, resembling it
