Three months had elapsed since the disappearance of the Caliph, when one morning at the Grand Vizier's usual state reception of the Ulema and Emirs of the Empire, Ibrahim, addressing Giafer, said, "Grand Vizier, three months have now passed since we have had among us the glorious and august presence of the Commander of the Faithful; tell us, therefore, where he is, and why he no longer appears to give audience and render justice to his people?"
"Tales of the Caliph"
H. N. Crellin
Dress of the Ulema.
"Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I"
M. Inostranzev
Now, the gentry of Islam, the sheikhs and Ulema, would hear this lack-beard dervish, as he was called.
"The Book of Khalid"
Ameen Rihani