Vikings raids on the Spanish Peninsula.

The muslims described «heathens» as Majus. The name MajusMagians was originally used of the Zoroastrians. It was then extended to other unbelievers, together with the associations of the term —e. g. incest and fire-worship [Communicated by Bernard Lewis: The word Majus, derived like English Magus through Greek Magos, from Oid Persian magush, is discussed in various implications by y. E Buchner and E. LeviProvencal in El (III 97ff). Again, the...