Note 109 — THE HISTORY OF AL-BUNDUKANI. OR, THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAUGHTER OF KING KISRA.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Heron dubs him “Hazeb (Hájib) Yamaleddin.” In text “’Alái al-Dín;” and in not a few places it is familiarly abbreviated to “’Ali” (p. 228, etc.). For the various forms of writing the name see Suppl. vol. iii. 51. The author might have told us the young Chamberlain’s name Arabicè earlier in the tale; but it is the Ráwi’s practice to begin with the vague and to end in specification. I have not, however, followed his example here or elsewhere.