Note 158 — NIGHT ADVENTURE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE YOUTH MANJAB.[106]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
So even in our day Mustafà bin Ism’aíl who succeeded “General Khayru ’l-Dín” as Prime Minister to “His Highness Mohammed al-Sádik, Bey of Tunis,” began life as apprentice to a barber, became the varlet of an officer, rose to high dignity and received decorations from most of the European powers.