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92-10: =escrito=: _written_ (in the book of Destiny). Fatalism and
predestination are essential tenets of Mohammedanism.

93-1: =no es de hombres honestos=: _it is not (the characteristic) of
honorable men_, i.e. _it does not befit good men_.

93-2: =maldito seas=: cf. same note, p. 9, 4.

93-3: =ni tan siquiera=: cf. same note, p. 78, 9.

93-4: =egira=: (or _egira_ or _hegira_) the year of Mohammed's flight
from Mecca (622 A.D.), from which the Mohammedans reckon
chronologically.

93-5: =de resultas de=: _as a result of_.

93-6: =Coran=: _Coran_ or _Koran_ (the Mohammedan Bible).