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² They all affect the S. Arabian costume especially the ‘Qalansuwah’ (a stiff cap of variegated silk or cotton. See Dozy’s “Dictionnaire des noms des vêtements chez les Arabes”, pp. 365-371) if they can afford it. The Muḥammadan Arabs appear to have settled first in Malabar about the beginning of the ninth century; there were heathen Arabs there long before that in consequence of the immense trade conducted by the Sabeans with India (according to Agatharchides. i., p. 64 of Hudson’s ed. *Cfr.* also the Periplus of the Red Sea).