Note 286 — AL-MAAMUN AND ZUBAYDAH.[282]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This is not noticed by Al-Siyuti (p. 318) who says that his mother was a slave-concubine named Marájil who died in giving him birth. The tale in the text appears to be a bit of Court scandal, probably suggested by the darkness of the Caliph’s complexion.