Chapter 73

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[FN#346] Arab. "Dajlah," in which we find the Heb. Hid-dekel. [FN#347] Such an execution would be contrary to Moslem law: but people would look leniently upon the peccadillo of beheading or sacking a faithless wife. Moreover the youth was of the blood royal and A quoi bon ê tre prince? as was said by a boy of viceroyal family in Egypt to his tutor who reproached him for unnecessarily shooting down a poor old man. [FN#348] Arab. "Shirk," partnership, evening or associating gods with God; polytheism: especially levelled at the Hindu triadism, Guebre dualism and Christian Trinitarianism. [FN#349] Arab. "Shatm"--abuse, generally couched in foulest language with especial reference to the privy parts of female relatives. [FN#350] When a woman is bastinadoed in the East they leave her some po

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