Note 509 — KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[295] (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
i.e. a long time: the idiom has already been noticed. In the original we have “of days and years and twelvemonths” in order that “A’wám” (years) may jingle with “Ayyám” (days).