[416]Arab.'Rasul'=one sent，an angel，an 'apostle；'not to be translated，as by the vulgar，'prophet.'Moreover Rasul is higher than Nabi （prophet），such as Abraham，Isaac，etc.，depositaries of Al-Islam，but with a succession restricted to their own families.
Nabi-mursil （Prophet-apostle） is the highest of all，one sent with a book： of these are _disibledevent=our 'sharp as a razor.'
[433]i.e.are men so few； a favourite Persian phrase.
[434]She is a woman of rank who would cause him to be assassinated.
[435]This is not Al-Hakimbi'Amri'llah the famous or infamous founder of the Druze （（Duruz）） faith and held by them to be，not an incarnation of the Godhead，but the Godhead itself in propria persona，who reigned A.D.926-1021： our Hakim is the orthodox Abbaside Caliph of Egypt who dated from two centuries after him （A.D.1261）.Had the former been meant，it would have thrown back this part of The Nights to an earlier date than is generally accepted.But in a place still to come I shall again treat of the subject.
[436]For an account of a similar kind which was told to me during the last few years see 'Midian Revisited，'i.15.These hiding-places are innumerable in lands of venerable antiquity like Egypt； and，if there were any contrivance for detecting hidden treasure，it would make the discoverer many times a millionaire.
[437]i.e.it had been given to him or his in writing，like the book left to the old woman before quoted in 'Midian，'etc.
[438]Arab.'Kird'（pron.in Egypt 'Gird'）.It is usually the hideous Abyssinian cynocephalus which is tamed by the ape-leader popularly called Kuraydati （Lane，M.E.，chaps.xx.）.The beast has a natural-penchant for women ； I heard of one which attempted to rape a girl in the public street and was prevented only by a sentinel's bayonet.They are powerful animals and bite like greyhounds.