[Footnote 57: The name of Werdan is unknown to Theophanes;
and, though it might belong to an Armenian chief, has very
little of a Greek aspect or sound. If the Byzantine
historians have mangled he Oriental names, the Arabs, in
this instance, likewise have taken ample revenge on their
enemies. In transposing the Greek character from right to
left, might they not produce, from the familiar appellation
of Andrew, something like the anagram
W'erdan?]