Note 290 — HISTORY OF WHAT BEFEL THE FOWL-LET WITH THE FOWLER.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The rod of Moses (see pp. 98–99) is the great prototype in Al-Islam of the staff or walking-stick, hence it became a common symbol of dignity and it also served to administer ready chastisement, e.g. in the hands of austere Caliph Omar.