^{page 505 note 1} Transcribed from a Garshūni copy preserved in Bibliothèque Nationale (Fonds Syriaque, 306 and 325), v. infra.

^{page 505 note 2} Ibid., p. 356; his name will presently be revealed.

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^{page 519 note 2} He has been killed three years ago by a Muḥammadan Agha named Safar; his son succeeded him.

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