Note 144 — THE TALE OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE CARPENTER.[130]
Richard Francis Burton translation
Arab "Tasbíh" = saying, "Subhán' Allah." It also means a rosary (Egypt. Sebhah for Subhah) a string of 99 beads divided by a longer item into sets of three and much fingered by the would-appear pious. The professional devotee carries a string of wooden balls the size of pigeons' eggs.