Note 255 — TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABDULLAH BIN NAFI’.[131] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Lit. “The long-necked (bird)” before noticed with the Rukh (Roc) in vol. v. 122. Here it becomes a Princess, daughter of Bahrám-i-Gúr (Bahram of the Onager, his favourite game), the famous Persian king in the fifth century, a contemporary of Theodosius the younger and Honorius. The “Anká” is evidently the Iranian Símurgh.