Note 460 — MOHAMMED THE SHALABI AND HIS MISTRESS AND HIS WIFE.[456]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
In text “Naakhaz bi-lissati-him;” “Luss” is after a fashion λῃστής; but the Greek word included piracy which was honourable, whenas the Arab. term is mostly applied to larcenists and similar blackguards. [I would read the word in the text “Balsata-hum,” until I have received their “ransom.”—St.]