Note 142 — TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABDULLAH BIN NAFI’.[131]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
i.e. “Choice gift of the Fools,” a skit upon the girl’s name “Tohfat al-Kulúb” = Choice gift of the Hearts. Her folly consisted in refusing to be sold at a high price, and this is often seen in real life. It is a Pundonor amongst good Moslems not to buy a girl and not to sleep with her, even when bought, against her will.