[Footnote 35: The steed and the saddle which had carried any
of his wives were instantly killed or burnt, lest they
should afterwards be mounted by a male. Twelve hundred mules
or camels were required for his kitchen furniture; and the
daily consumption amounted to three thousand cakes, a
hundred sheep, besides oxen, poultry, &c., (Abul pharagius,
Hist. Dynast. p. 140.)]