Note 302 — THE LOVES OF AL-HAYFA AND YUSUF.[177] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This tale is headless as the last is tailless. We must suppose that soon after Mohammed ibn Ibrahim had quitted the Caliph, taking away the ten charmers, Al-Maamun felt his “breast straitened” and called for a story upon one of his Ráwis named Ibn Ahyam. This name is repeated in the text and cannot be a clerical error for Ibn Ibrahim.