Note 157 — NIGHT ADVENTURE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE YOUTH MANJAB.[106]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
“Akhaza min-há ’ala ma’ lakati ’l-Hilál shay misl al-Jinnah.”
[I have no doubt that “Kuláh” is meant for “Kuláh,” a Dervish’s cap. “Búsah” puzzles me. I am inclined to take it for a reed used as a case or sheath, as we shall see p. 263 of the MS. prince Yúsuf use a “Kasabah” or reed to enclose a letter in it. “Mí’lakat (popular corruption for ’Mil’akat’) al-Hilál” may be the spoon or hollow part of an ear-picker, Hilál being given by Bocthor as equivalent for “cure-oreille.” Lastly for “al-Jinnah” I would read “al-Habbah” = grain. The article before the word may indicate that a particular grain is meant perhaps “al-Habbat al-halwah” = anise seed, or that it stands for “al-Hubbah,” according to Lemprière (A Tour to Marocco, London 1791, p. 383) a powder employed by the ladies of Marocco to produce embonpoint.—St.]