The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
Fairy tales; Tales -- Arab countries
[FN#141] Semen hominis.
[FN#142] i.e. the rolls of dirt that come off under the bathman's
hands.
[FN#143] Paradise.
[FN#144] The cold room of the bath.
[FN#145] The hot room.
[FN#146] The door-keeper of hell.
[FN#147] The door-keeper of Paradise.
[FN#148] i.e. Crown of Kings.
[FN#149] An obscure star in the Great Bear.
[FN#150] Zibl means "dung" or "sweepings." Can (Khan) means
"chief."
[FN#151] i.e., Him who fights for the Faith.
[FN#152] A town on the Euphrates, on the borders of Syria and
Mesopotamia.
[FN#153] i.e. recognized him as king by naming him in the public
prayers.
[FN#154] i.e. the silky whiskers, which it is common, in poetry,
to call green likening them to newly-sprouted herbage.
[FN#155] i.e. the Day of Judgment.
[FN#156] Ironical.
[FN#157] i.e. Kanmakan.
[FN#158] Meaning, apparently, poisoned.
[FN#159] i.e. with a blow worthy of the members of the family of
Thaalebeb to which (see post, p. 368 {see ...Said he, 'I am Ibad
ben Temin ben Thaalebh, and indeed...}) he belonged.
[FN#160] i.e. his sister.
[FN#161] i.e. benefits.
[FN#162] i.e. new moon.
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