Note 67 — PRINCE AHMAD AND THE FAIRY PERI-BANU.[63]
Richard Francis Burton translation
The local name of the Patna gauzes. The term was originally applied to the produce of the Coan looms, which, however, was anticipated in ancient Egypt. See p. 287 of “L’Archéologie Égyptienne” (Paris, A. Quantin) of the learned Professor G. Maspero, a most able popular work by a savant who has left many regrets on the banks of Nilus.