FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER TEN

¹ "Amulets of Ancient Egypt," p. 6.

² Has this any relation to Abraka and dabra, i.e. "Most blessed word"? or "I will bless the Word"?

³ A vast literature on the use of God's names and the magic of numbers has grown up called Kutub al Ruhaniyat on Geomancy, Orithomancy and dreams.

⁴ Hughes' Dictionary, p.304.

⁵ The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. I, art. Amulet.

⁶ "Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians," Lane, p.255.

⁷ Wackidi 429, Aghani 14:163; Buchari 4:33.

⁸ "Fetishism in West Africa."

⁹ Mishkat, 21:1.

¹⁰ See Hughes' Dictionary of Islam, art. "Da'wa."

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¹² "Qanoon-e-Islam," by Herkiots, London.

¹³ I.e., an amulet with the name of Ali.

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