202 Ibid., 224 - 225

203 Darjini, Tabaqat., 88

204 Shammakhi, op, cit., 546

205 Ibid., 546 - 547

206 The form of this name as shown in some old Mss. is Naflat; the modern Ibadhi scholar Sulaiman al-Baruni used the same form in his work al-Azhar al-riyadiyah. (pp. 195-210). According to some old sources, his name is Faraj and he was given the title Naffath by Imam Aflah because he inspires people with evil ideas. The form therefore should be Naffath from the word نَفَثَ (nafatha)

207 Sufi, Firaq., 5b

208 Abu Zakariya, Siyar., 29b.

209 Loc. Cit.; Darjini, Tabaqat., 79

210 Loc. Cit.

211 Abu Zakariya; op. Cit., 30a; Darjini, op. Cit., 80

212 Baruni, Azhar., 204 - 205. The correspondence of Aflah concerning Naffath is quoted on pp. 199 - 205. The term Asaqifah, (sing. Usquff), expressing a certain rank among Christian monks, was used probably because it was still in use among the Berbers of Nufusah who professed Christianity before Islam

213 Sufi, Firaq, 57

214 The rule in this case, as agreed upon among the Ibadhi scholars, is that brothers and sisters on the father's side inherit where there are no full brothers or sisters to prevent them. Sons and daughters of the full brothers do not inherit with the brothers and sisters on the father's side. Cf. Al-Sufi, Mukhtasar al-faraid., 8; Jitali, Fara'id., Ms. 4b

215 For these views of Naffath, cf. Sufi, Firaq., 56-57; Abu Zakariya, op. Cit., 30a-b. Baghturi, Siyar., Ms. 97; Baruni, Azhar., 195-196

216 Cf. My "description of new Ibadhi Mss.," J.S.S., XV, 1, 65

217 Shammakhi, Siyar., 235

218 Baruni, Azhar., 210

219 Baghturi, op. Cit., 97

220 Ibn Sallam, Bad ul-Islam., Ms.60

221 Loc. Cit

222 Shammakhi, op.cit., 262

223 Loc. Cit.

224 Ibid., 366

225 Jitali, Qawaid, Ms.

226 Shammakhi, op. Cit., 262