The only man who appears to have seriously opposed the general introduction of Othman's text is Ibn Mas`ud.
But the sultan Mas`ud beat the army of the allies, took Bagdad and had Rashid deposed (August 1136).
They are not conceived of in any anthropomorphic form, their sex even may often be indeterminate ("sive mas, sive femina" is the constantly recurring formula of prayer), but the sphere of action of each is clearly marked and an appeal to a spirit outside his own special sphere would never even be thought of.
This page gives an overview of all articles in the 1911 Brittanica which are alphabetized under Mas to Mau.
This name and that of Dinazad both occur in what Mas`udi tells of her.
