[FN#386] Lane (ii. 168) reads:--"The niggardly female is protected by her niggardness;" a change of "Nahilah" (bee-hive)
into "Bakhilah" (she skin flint).
[FN#387] Koran iv. 38. The advantages are bodily strength, understanding and the high privilege of Holy War. Thus far, and thus far only, woman amongst Moslems is "lesser [FN#388] Arab. "Amir Yakhur," a corruption of "Akhor"=stable (Persian).
[FN#389] A servile name in Persian, meaning "the brave," and a title of honour at the Court of Delhi when following the name.
Many English officers have made themselves ridiculous (myself amongst the number) by having it engraved on their seal-rings, e.g. Brown Sahib Bahadur. To write the word "Behadir" or "Bahadir" is to adopt the wretched Turkish corruption.
[FN#390] "Jerry Sneak" would be the English reader"s comment; but in the East all charges are laid upon women.
[FN#391] Here the formula means "I am sorry for it, but I
couldn"t help it."
[FN#392] A _disibledevent=more (or most) fortunate.
[FN#400] This is the vulgar belief, although Mohammed expressly disclaimed the power in the Koran (chaps. xiii. 8), "Thou art commissioned to be a preacher only and not a worker of miracles."