NOTE 2.–On the mystic importance attached to the number 9 on all such
occasions among the Mongols, see _Hammer”s Golden Horde_, p. 208;
_Hayton_, ch. iii. in Ramusio II.; _Not. et Ext._ XIV. Pt. I. 32; and
_Strahlenberg_ (II. 210 of Amsterd. ed. 1757). Vmbry, speaking of the
_Kln_ or marriage price among the Uzbegs, says: ‘The question is always
how many times _nine_ sheep, cows, camels, or horses, or how many times
nine ducats (as is the custom in a town), the father is to receive for
giving up his daughter.’ (_Sketches of Cent. Asia_, p. 103.) Sheikh
Ibrahim of Darband, making offerings to Timur, presented _nines_ of
everything else, but of slaves _eight_ only. ‘Where is the ninth?’
enquired the court official. ‘Who but I myself?’ said the Sheikh, and so
won the heart of Timur. (_A. Arabsiadis … Timuri Hist._ p. 357.)
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