Note 299 — THE LOVES OF AL-HAYFA AND YUSUF.[177] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
For “Nahávand,” the celebrated site in Al-Irak where the Persians sustained their final defeat at the hands of the Arabs A.H. 21. It is also one of the many musical measures, like the Ispaháni, the Rásti, the Rayháni, the Búsalik, the Navá, etc., borrowed from the conquered ’Ajamí.