Note 53 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Faddah,” lit. = silver, because made of copper alloyed with nobler metal; the smallest Egyptian coin = Nuss (i.e. Nusf, or half a dirham) and the Turk. paráh. It is the fortieth of the piastre and may be assumed at the value of a quarter-farthing.