[Footnote 13: See the article of Omar Ben Abdalaziz, in the
Bibliotheque Orientale, (p. 689, 690,) praeferens, says
Elmacin, (p. 91,) religionem suam rebus suis mundanis. He
was so desirous of being with God, that he would not have
anointed his ear (his own saying) to obtain a perfect cure
of his last malady. The caliph had only one shirt, and in
an age of luxury, his annual expense was no more than two
drachms, (Abulpharagius, p. 131.) Haud diu gavisus eo
principe fuit urbis Muslemus, (Abulfeda, p. 127.)]