Note 050 The apostle of a desert and an army was obliged to allow this ready succedaneum for water (Koran, c. iii. p. 66; c. v. p. 83); but the Arabian and Persian casuists have embarrassed his free permission with many niceties and distinctions (Reland, de Relig. Mohammed. 1. i. p. 82, 83; Chardin, Voyages en Perse, tom. iv.).]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 51