Note 342 — TALE OF KAMAR AL-ZAMAN, (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation
Arab. "Kiblah" = the fronting-place of prayer, Meccah for Moslems, Jerusalem for Jews and early Christians. See Pilgrimage (ii. 321) for the Moslem change from Jerusalem to Meccah and ibid. ii. 213 for the way in which the direction was shown.