[FN#19] Oman, which the natives pronounce "Am á n," is the region best known by its capital Maskat. These are the Omana Moscha and Omanum Emporium of Ptolemy and the Periplus. Ibn Batutah writes Amm á n, but the best dictionaries give "Oman." (N.B.--Mr. Badger, p. 1, wrongly derives Sachalitis from "Saw á h í ly": it is evidently "S á hili.") The people bear by no means the best character: Ibn Batutah (fourteenth century) says, "their wives are most base; yet, without denying this, their husbands express nothing like jealousy on the subject." (Lee, p. 62.)
[FN#20] The name I have said of a quasi-historical personage, son of Joktan, the first Arabist and the founder of the Tobb á ("successor") dynasty in Al-Yaman; while Jurham, his brother, established that of Al-Hijaz. The name is probabl
