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In Praise of Ali (1) ; MM.LXXXV

Line 16: Nasibi; an enemy of Ali; NK uses him for the type of an anti-Shi ite.

Line 29: Hunayn; one of the famous battles of the Prophet of Islam against the unbelievers.

Line 45: the unbelievers of Mecca; i.e., those Arabs who did not accept the Prophet and forced him to emigrate to Medina.

Line 48: the best woman in the world; Fatimah.

Line56: Badr, Uhud and Khaybar; three battles waged by the Prophet against the ubelievers.

In Praise of Ali (2) ; MM.LXXXII

Line 7: the religion of Allah; i.e. of God; i.e. Islam.

Line 23: allusion is made in the book; several verses in the Qur an are interpreted by Shi ites to refer to Ali pre-eminence among the companions.

Line 28: slept in the Prophet s bed; when the Prophet s life was threatened, Ali slept in his bed to deceive the assassin while the Prophet made his migration from Mecca to Median.

Line 29: the Migration (from Mecca to Medina); see note to In Praise of Ali (1) , Line 45. The Islamic calendar begins with the year of the Migration (hijrah).

In Praise of the Prophet ; MM.LVIII

(Note: Further information can be found in works cited in the Bibliography.)