Note 419 — ABU HASSAN AL-ZIYADI AND THE KHORASAN MAN.
Richard Francis Burton translation
Arab. Kinyah vulg. “Kunyat” = patronymic or matronymic; a name beginning with “Abu” (father) or with “Umm” (mother). There are so few proper names in Al-Islam that such surnames, which, as will be seen, are of infinite variety, become necessary to distinguish individuals. Of these sobriquets I shall give specimens further on.