H, A, Newton on November Star-Showers. 383 
1. From Suyiti’s Husn (cod. 525 Acad. Se., fol. 342): 
cle pst hn cep Sle! (ob Rhona canals pn i Ri | oy 
Ady Yeti tac Caer tsi ve bets at a . ati 
cyatales cyarayle ae Riw de set a BW IS bre 
And in the year 599, on the night of Saturday, on the last wa of Muharram, 
stars shot hither and thither in the heavens, eastward and westward, and flew 
st one another, like a scattering swarm of locusts, to the 3 right and left; this - 
enomenon lasted until day-break ; people were thrown into cons ternation, and 
cried to God the hepa High with confused clamor; the like = it never happened 
except in the year of the mission of the Prophet, and in the yea 
2. From Dhababt ’s Duwal 2 aps (cod. Bt O. 524 See ie 
ali a Suess¥l eres Brey Sul . ws is S23) ant wyillas, 
ex 
d in the year 599, at the beginning of the year, stars shot hither and thither 
An 
at Baghdad, and flew one against another, like a swarm of locusts; this phenome- 
— until day-break ; and people cried out in supplication to God the Most 
3. From vit 1. — ad-Dimashk?’s Akhbdr ad-Duwal (cod. 
529 Acad. Sc., 
Opals, osu aL eral alle 3 Kelemacdy cypzandy emi Ri By 
Ft ply lled allt 3) GS} esis at Sus ce 3 pias 
ot 4 the year 599, the] d of Muharra ith yan nd 
day-brea ea Sietnte were thrown i felis constern patie and made importunate sup pli- 
cations to God the Most High ; there was never the like seen ire on the coming 
Out of the Messe enger of God—on whom be benediction and pea 
4. From Haji Khalfah’s Tukwtm at-Tawdrikh : 
aw Self wee ro seout 50 
a In the year 599 there was a shooting hither oe nthe of stars in the heavens, 
uring the whole night of the last day of Mu 
‘The last day of Muharram, A. H. "599 1 was Saturday, Oct. 19th, 
. 1202. As the days are counted from sunset to sunset, the 
night before Saturday is here spoken of. 
VII. A.D. 1866. 
cc. “ Vindo 0 anno de 1366, sendo andados xxii dias do mes de Octubro, tres ssioass 
i antes do fllecimento del Rei te Pedro (de Nesteent), se oa on ceo hum movim 
Gann: qual os homées virdo nem ouvir, ; es fol » desda ~~ no ite | por 
te © correrao bodaina outs ee gtd e para o P: e, o de serem jun 
Come¢ardo a correr humas para huma parte e re weg para ieagiorceng E despois de: 
oO 
* 
= 9s 01) Kin 
oa 8 que isto vido, ede rao tam grande medo da pap iage aga andi como at- 
€ culdava rtos, € que era vie a fim do mundo. 
Nine do Lido ; ‘ Crcistcae dante de Port sn reformadas, Parte 1, Lisb. 1600, fol., 
quoted by Humboldt, Kosmos, Stuttgart and Pabinges, 1850, iii, 
