(1) Al-Inbah calls the work al-Fusul, while Yaqut (3/148) describes it as “the book known as Tadmin al-Ay, that is, Mukhtalif al-Fusul.” (2) Al-Inbah: Sayf al-Khutab; Yaqut: Sayf al-Khutbah; Kashf al-Zunun: Sayf al-Khatib. (3) Al-Inbah—and likewise Ibn al-Adim—name it Khutab al-Khayl; the latter adds that the author lets horses speak, each horse delivering a sermon in which it praises and glorifies God. (4) Al-Dhahabi’s Tarikh and al-Inbah call it Wasil al-Ramuz; Yaqut has Rusal al-Ramuz. Al-ramuz means “the sea,” and rasiluhu is “its fresh water.” (5) Yaqut, Muʿjam al-Udabaʾ 3/153: Kitab Zajr al-Nabih deals with Luzum ma la Yalzam. When some ignoramuses misused verses from Luzum ma la Yalzam to sow trouble, Abu al-Alaʾ’s friends compelled him to write this book, which he did reluctantly. The Arab Academy in Damascus published excerpts edited by Dr. Amjad al-Tarabulsi (1965); a reprint appeared in 1982. (6) The manuscript reads Bahr al-Rajz, an error; the correct word is al-Najr (with open n and silent j), “the source,” as Ibn al-Adim notes. This form occurs in al-Dhahabi’s Tarikh and al-Inbah; Muʿjam al-Udabaʾ mis-read it as Bahr. (7) Al-Qifti says: “and a work known as Rahat al-Luzum, in which he explains the rare words in Luzum ma la Yalzam.” (8) A philosophical epistle first published in the Damascus journal al-Muqtabas (1912), later issued separately in an 18-page booklet with notes by Hasan Husni ʿAbd al-Wahhab, and reprinted in Rasaʾil al-Bulagaʾ. See Sarkis Bibliography, p. 329. (9) Al-Inbah writes Mawaʿiz al-Sitt, whereas Yaqut and Ibn al-Adim have al-Mawaʿiz al-Sitt. The title means that the first section addresses one man, the second two, the third …