Note 63 — NUR AL-DIN ALI AND THE DAMSEL ANIS AL-JALIS
Richard Francis Burton translation
Arab. "Nusf"=half (a dirham): vulgarly pronounced "nuss," and synonymous with the Egypt. "Faddah" (=silver), the Greek Asper, and the Turkish "paráh." It is the smallest Egyptian coin, made of very base metal and, there being forty to the piastre, it is worth nearly a quarter of a farthing.