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 family died for the faith. Yadib won his chief object by carrying off Sharibanun, Usén's wife, with whom he was madly in love.

The murderer of Usén was Sama Laʾin. The hands were severed from the body by a certain Hindu called Salitan.

Muhamat Napiah (LXXI).

Muhamat Napiah the son of Ali, ruled in Buniara, a subdivision of the kingdom of Medina. He was indicated by a dream as the avenger of the blood of Asan and Usén, and so assembled his hosts in the plain of Akabala (Kerbela). Yadib and his allies, among whom were the kings of China, Abyssinia, etc., also brought their armies thither.

Napiah gained the victory though he lost his two principal panglimas; Yadib was slain. A small remnant of Yadib's followers took refuge in a cave. Muhamat Napiah followed them in on horseback and slew them all. At this moment the cave closed of its own accord, and the holy man and his horse are still there, awaiting patiently the day appointed for their resurrection. The horse feeds on kōmkōma-(= saffron-) grass.

Tamim Ansa (LXXII).

According to the Arabic tradition, Tamīm ad-Dārī was a Christian, who seven years after the Hijrah became a Moslim; he then resided at Medina, transferring his abode to Jerusalem after the death of the third caliph. It is said that he was the first who "told stories". In the sacred traditions we are told how the Prophet quoted a story which he had heard from Tamīm in confirmation of what he had already taught the faithful with regard to Antichrist etc. Tamīm is represented as having narrated how once, before his conversion, he and a number of his comrades chanced to land upon an island, where they found