| Some scholars interpret it to mean the killing of the last fighter of either party | the original word used is hawdh, a water basin, which I rendered a well |
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| The tufts referred to can be of wool, hair or cotton | The Arabic word used for stones is athafi: three stones used to support a cooking utensil |
The Raqmatain are two regions near Basra.
26| The solemn oath referred to is to bury the hatchet and abandon enmity | The howdahs are merely hinted to in this line, not expressly mentioned |
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| The thimble-filled of blood referred to is blood surgically let out, using the method of hijamma, or cupping, an ancient traditional method used for removing the unclean blood from the body | The berries mentioned are close in description to huckleberries |
Hawmanat Al-Darraj and Mutathallam were the habitual abodes of his beloved: Um Awfa.
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