Note 211 — TALE of ALI BIN BAKKAR and of SHAMS AL-NAHAR.
Richard Francis Burton translation
Arab. and Pers. "Bulúr" (vulg. billaur) retaining the venerable tradition of the Belus-river. In Al-Hariri (Ass. of Halwán) it means crystal and there is no need of proposing to translate it by onyx or to identify it with the Greek βήρυλλος, the beryl.