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relations with Dihyah led to a yet more intimate union. 
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she is said to have been divorced (p. 157). On her death he 
married Sharaf, daughter of Khalifah and sister of Dihyah (Ibn 
S., VIIT, 115) ; in the V'a’rtkh-i Guzida her name is given as ‘Isaf 
(cf Tab., 1, 1776, n. a), and it is recorded that she died in Mu- 
hammad’s lifetime (pp. 160-161). Another sister is noticed by 
Ibn 8. (7b.) ; the foster-mother of the afore-mentioned Khaulah 
was her maternal] aunt, Khirniq, daughter of Khalifah. 
descendants in the male line two are mentioned at 
some length. Of these one is Abi’l-Khattab ‘Umar b. al- 
dasan b. Dihyah al-Kalbi, who was born at Valencia, in Spain, 
about 544 A.H., and ‘was surnamed Dhii’n-Nasabain (With 
two Genealogies), because he was descended on his father’s 
side, from Dihya al-Kalbi, ...... and, on his mother’s, from 
(1198 A.D). He sojourned some time in Egypt before starting 
on pilgrimage to Mecca, and, on his return from the Holy 
‘ity, made a long detour, lasting over several years, by 
Syria, Chaldea, and Persia. On his return, Al-Malik al-‘ Aziz 
chose him to be tutor to his son Al-Malik al-Kamil, and when 
that prince succeeded to power he built his old master the 
Madrasah Kamiliyya, where he taught the traditions. He 
eventually fell into disgrace, was dismissed, and died on 30th 
October, 1235.” (Huart, Ar. Lit., 173). The names of five of 
his works are given in Brock., I, 311. In 126 A.H. the 
Khalifah Yazid b. al-Walid desiced to appoint a descendant of 
this family, ‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz b. Haran b. ‘Abdi’l-lah b. Di (or a) 
hyah b. Khalifah al-Kalbi to the governorship of ‘Iraq, but 
whereupon Yazid let him go in favour of another (Tab., ik 
1836), for such a stipulation was not likely to commend itself 
to a ruler styled Al-Naqis (the Retrencher) because of his 
policy of retrenching the allowances of the troops (Suyiti, 
Ta'rikhw’l Khulafa’, section on Yazid b. al-Walid). 
According to a tradition ascribed to Ibn Shihab az Zuhri 
Gabriel came to the Prophet one day at noon in the year 
A.H., wearing a turban of embroidered silk, and riding on a she- 
mule with a saddle over which was velvet brocade. Gabriel ex 
postulated with him on having laid aside his arms, and declared 
