[Footnote 48: Abulfeda, p. 237. D'Herbelot, p. 590. This
embassy was received at Bagdad, A. H. 305, A.D. 917. In the
passage of Abulfeda, I have used, with some variations, the
English translation of the learned and amiable Mr. Harris of
Salisbury, (Philological Enquiries p. 363, 364.)]