Note 173 — TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABDULLAH BIN NAFI’.[131]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
I need hardly note the inscriptions upon the metal trays sold to Europeans. They are usually imitation words so that infidel eyes may not look upon the formulæ of prayer; and the same is the case with table-cloths, etc., showing a fancy Tohgra or Sultanic sign-manual.