Note 117
This curious anecdote will be vainly sought
in the annals of Eutychius, and the Saracenic history of
Elmacin. The silence of Abulfeda, Murtadi, and a crowd of
Moslems, is less conclusive from their ignorance of
Christian literature.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 51