[Footnote 137: The banishment of the Jews is attested by
Elmacin (Hist. Saracen, p. 9) and the great Al Zabari,
(Gagnier, tom. ii. p. 285.) Yet Niebuhr (Description de
l'Arabie, (p. 324) believes that the Jewish religion, and
Karaite sect, are still professed by the tribe of Chaibar;
and that, in the plunder of the caravans, the disciples of
Moses are the confederates of those of Mahomet.]