Mirum dictû ex innumeris populis pars aequa in commerciis aut in latrociniis degit (Plin. Hist. Nat. vi. 32.).
See Sale's Koran, Sura. cvi. p. 503. Pocock, Specimen, p. 2. D'Herbelot, Bibliot. Orient. p. 361. Prideaux's Life of Mahomet, p. 5. Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, tom. i. p. 72, 120, 126, etc.