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22 Mas'udi, Muruj, vol. 3, p. 30; Prairies d'or (see ch. 2 n. 20 above),
vol. 3, p. 725.
23 Al-Tannukhi, 'Al-faraj ba'd al-shidda', quoted by Metz, Al-hadara al-
Islamiyya (Cairo: Maktaba al-Khanji, 1968), vol. 2, p. 98.
24 Metz, Al-hadara al-Islamiyya, vol. 2, p. 97.
25 Mas'udi, Muruj, vol. 2, p. 299; Prairies d'or, vol. 3, p. 584.
26 Mas'udi, Mwrw/, vol. 2, p. 309.
27 On the question of the hijab, one must distinguish between two
different veils:
(a) On the veil that the sovereign installs between himself and his
subjects in public life, see al-Jahiz, 'Kitab al-hijab', in Rasa'il al-Jahiz
(Cairo: Maktaba al-Khanji, 1968), vol. 2, p. 25 (the author died in
255 of the Hejira).
(b) On the veil that the sovereign installs between himself and his
courtiers in private life, see ch. 3 of the French translation of Kitab
al-taj fi akhlaq al-muluk, attributed to al-Jahiz, translated by Charles
Pellat (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1954), p. 49.
28 Al-Jahiz, 'Kitab al-hijab', pp. 25ff.
29 'Asqalani, Path al-bari, vol. 3, p. 34.
30 Imam Nasa'i, Sunan, vol. 2, p. 32.
31 Ibid.
32 Ibid.
33 Ibid., p. 33.
34 Ibn al-Jawzi, Kitab ahkam al-nisa' (Beirut: Al-Maktaba al-'Asriyya,
1980), p. 201.
35 Ibid., p. 202.
36 Ibid., p. 205.
37 Ibid., p. 209.
38 Ibn Battuta, Travels of Ibn Battuta (see ch. 1 n. 10 above), vol. 2, p.
300.
39 Muhammad Siddiq Hasan Khan al-Qannuji, Husn al-uswa bima tabata
minha allahi fi al-niswa (Beirut: Mu'assasa al-Risala, 1981), p. 345.
40 This caliph was known as Al-Walid (II), and should not be confused
with Al-Walid Ibn Al-Malik (I), the sixth Umayyad caliph.
41 Ibn Hazm, 'Niqat al-'arus' (see ch. 1 n. 40 above), pp. 72, 75 and 134.
I recommend this essay for all those pressed for time who wish to
have information on the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. Ibn Hazm
is a master of concision and pertinence, as is shown in the telegraphic
style in which he presents the details needed to understand the psychology
of a prince, details such as physical defects, character faults,
etc. On the 'monstrosities' of al-Walid, see also Mas'udi, Muruj, vol.
3, p. 223; and Tabari, Tarikh, vol. 14, pp. 288ff, and vol. 5, pp. 5ff.
42 Ibn 'Asakir, Tarikh madinat Dimashq (Damascus: n.p., 1982), pp.
41 Iff. The author died in year 571 of the Hejira (twelfth century).
43 Abi al-Hasan al-Maliqi, Al-hada'iq al-ghanna' fi akhbar al-nisa': tara-