Note 463 — KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[295] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Lahd, Luhd,” the niche or cell hollowed out in the side of the oblong trench: here the corpse is deposited and covered with palm-fronds etc. to prevent the earth touching it. See my Pilgrimage ii. 304.