Note 469 — KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[295] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “’An Abí” = (a propitiatory offering) for my father. So in Marocco the “Powder-players” dedicate a shot to a special purpose or person, crying, “To my sweetheart!” “To my dead!” “To my horse!” etc.