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Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an
underscore, like C_n.
(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.
(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
inserted.
(5) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
Article CALIPH: "Mohallab was soon after deprived of the government
of Khorasan, Hajjaj accusing him of partiality towards the rebels
of Yemenite extraction." 'Hajjaj' amended from 'Majjaj'.
Article CALIPH: "Moreover, Hajjaj, in order to maintain the regular
revenue from taxation, had been obliged to introduce stringent
regulations ..." 'maintain' amended from 'maintian'.
Article CALIPH: "Yazid b. Mohallab, the enemy of Hajjaj, was made
governor of Irak." 'Hajjaj' amended from 'Majjaj'.
Article CALIPH: "Still, they could not believe that it was
according to the will of the caliph that they were thus treated,
until a certain number of their chiefs went as a deputation to
Hisham ..." 'were' amended from 'here'.
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