Chapter XV: Book I: Notes

[b1.01] #Do good, and cast it upon the waters# This is a common proverb in the Persian language.

[b1.02] #Mahrū Shah# _Moon-faced_, an epithet expressive of great beauty of countenance.

[b1.03] #presented him with water to wash his hands# A well-known Mahomedan custom previous to eating.

[b1.04] #a painter... from behind a curtain# In Mahommedan countries, painters draw ladies’ portraits from behind a curtain or thin veil, as it would be considered a breach of delicacy in a female to show her face to a stranger.

[b1.05] #stand on the roof# Roofs in the East are flat.

[b1.06] #delineated every line and mole# Moles are considered as a rare beauty, and where the face has them not naturally, they are often supplied by art.

[b1.07] #Munīr Shamī# Shamī, the Syrian. The name Sham is applied to the country around Damascus.

[b1.08] #a thing laid by, will be found useful...# “Keep a thing by you seven years and you will find use for it.”--_English or Scotch proverb_.

[b1.09] #Părīrū# Angel-faced, or fairy-faced.