2. Jahiz, al-Bayan wa al-tabyin., editor Sandubi, III, 227

3. Ibn Midad, Sifah., 28

4. Salimi, Hashiyat al-Jami'i' al-sahih., I, 6

5. Loc. cit.

6. Baghturi, Siyar., 3

7. Lewicki, article 'al-Ibadiyyah', E.I., 2nd edition

8. Shammakhi, Siyar., 91

9. Cf. Supra, 68

10. Mubarrad, Kamil., III, 910

11. Ibn al-Nadim, Fihrist., 132: Ibn Sa'd Tabaqat., VII, 61: Ibn Qutaibah, Ma'arif.,

12. Shammakhi, Siyar., 81

13. Ibn Midad, Sifah., 30

14. From a statement made by his student 'Abdullah b. 'Abd al-'Aziz. Fragments from al-Baruniyah collection, Jerba.

15. Abu 'Ubaidah, Masa'il., Ms. 37: Jitali, Sharh al-Nuniyah., I, 47

16. Loc. cit.,

17. Jitali, Qanatir al-khairat., My edition, Introduction, 17-18

18. Loc. cit.

19. Abu al-Mu'thir, Sirah., Ms. 20

20. Shammakhi, Siyar., 120-121

21. Ibid., 113

22. Abu Ghanim al-Khurasani, Mudawwanah., Ms. 11, 8

23. Cf. Infra, 368 ff.

24. Darjini, Tabaqat., 12; Baghturi, Siyar., 4-5; Shammakhi, Siyar., 124

25. Darjini, op. cit., 11; Shammakhi, op. cit., 98

26. Darjini, op. cit., 11-12; Shammakhi, op. cit., 123-124; Mus'abi, Hashiyah 'ala al-Musarrih., 150a.

27. Ibid., 150b

28. Salimi, Hashiyat al-Jami'i' al-sahih., I, 4; Shammakhi, Siyar., 119.

29. Cf. Infra, 407 ff.

30. Mubarrad, Kamil., III, 909; Darjini, Tabaqat., 214; Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-