[Footnote138:MyconquestofAfricaisdrawnfromtwoFrenchinterpretersofArabicliterature，CardonneHist。del\'Afriqueetdel\'EspagnesouslaDominationdesArabes，tom。i。p。8—55
andOtter，Hist。del\'AcademiedesInscriptions，tom。xxi。p。
111—125，and136。TheyderivetheirprincipalinformationfromNovairi，whocomposed，A。D。1331anEncyclopaediainmorethantwentyvolumes。Thefivegeneralpartssuccessivelytreatof，1。
Physics；2。Man；3。Animals；4。Plants；and，5。History；andtheAfricanaffairsarediscussedinthevithchapterofthevthsectionofthislastpart，Reiske，ProdidagmataadHagjiChalifaeTabulas，p。232—234。AmongtheolderhistorianswhoarequotedbyNavairiwemaydistinguishtheoriginalnarrativeofasoldierwholedthevanoftheMoslems。]
[Footnote139:SeethehistoryofAbdallah，inAbulfedaVit。