Chapter 15

----- Footnote 1: Ailaho A'alam, a deprecatory formula, used because the writer is going to indulge in a series of what may possibly be untruths. Footnote 2: The "Sons of Sásán" are the famous Sassanides whose dynasty ended with the Arabian Conquest (A.D. 641). "Island" (Jazírah) in Arabic also means "Peninsula," and causes much confusion in geographical matters. Footnote 3: Shahryár not Shahriyar (Persian)="City-friend." The Bulak edition corrupts it to Shahrbáz (City-hawk), and the Breslau to Shahr…