[Footnote 46: For the Curds, see De Guignes, tom. ii. p.
416, 417, the Index Geographicus of Schultens and Tavernier,
Voyages, p. i. p. 308, 309. The Ayoubites descended from
the tribe of the Rawadiaei, one of the noblest; but as they
were infected with the heresy of the Metempsychosis, the
orthodox sultans insinuated that their descent was only on
the mother's side, and that their ancestor was a stranger
who settled among the Curds.]