Note 096
We learn this anecdote from a spirited old
woman, who reviled to their faces, the caliph and his
friend. She was encouraged by the silence of Amrou and the
liberality of Moawiyah, (Abulfeda, Annal Moslem. p. 111.)]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 51