Note 039
This interesting death is told by D'Herbelot,
(p. 103, 104,) and M. De Guignes, (tom. iii. p. 212, 213.)
from their Oriental writers; but neither of them have
transfused the spirit of Elmacin, (Hist. Saracen p. 344,
345.)]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 57