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Zobèide, the wife of Harun-al-Raschid. See note to page 58, line 1.

80. 20. tous deux enfants d'Abraham. Abraham, as is well known (see Genesis XXI), had two sons, Ismaël, the cldcr, from Agar, and [saac, the younger, from Sarah. The Arabs consider Ismaël as their anceslor, the Jews Isaac. (See text, note lo page 87.)