[Footnote!!:TheNegusisdifferentlycalledElesbaan，Elesboas，Elisthaeus，probablythesamename，orratherappellation。SeeSt。Martin，vol。viii。p。49。—M。]
[Footnote!!!:AccordingtotheArabianauthorities，Johannsen，Hist。Yemanae，p。94，Bonn，1828，AbrahahwasanAbyssinian，therivalofAriathus，thebrotheroftheAbyssinianking:hesurprisedandslewAriathus，andbyhiscraftappeasedtheresentmentofNadjash，theAbyssinianking。AbrahahwasaChristian；hebuiltamagnificentchurchatSana，anddissuadedhissubjectsfromtheiraccustomedpilgrimagestoMecca。Thechurchwasdefiled，itwassupposed，bytheKoreishites，andAbrahahtookuparmstorevengehimselfonthetempleatMecca。
Hewasrepelledbymiracle:hiselephantwouldnotadvance，butkneltdownbeforethesacredplace；Abrahahfled，discomfitedandmortallywounded，toSana—M。]
[Footnote100:TherevolutionsofYemeninthesixthcenturymustbecollectedfromProcopius，Persic。l。i。c。19，20，
TheophanesByzant。，apudPhot。cod。lxiii。p。80，St。