Note 121 — AL-HAJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN.[117]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Kadr” which a change of vowel makes “Kidr” = a cooking-pot. The description is that of an itinerant seller of boiled beans (Fúl mudammas) still common in Cairo. The “light of his fire” suggests à double-entendre some powerful Chief like masterful King Kulayb. See vol. ii. 77.