Note 93 — THE HISTORY OF AL-BUNDUKANI. OR, THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAUGHTER OF KING KISRA.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
i.e. habited themselves in the garments of little people: so to “enlarge the turband” is to assume the rank of an ’Álim or learned man. “Jayb,” the breast of a coat is afterwards used in the sense of a pocket.