Note 148 — IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE BARBER-SURGEON.
Richard Francis Burton translation
Ibrahim Abu Ishák bin al-Mahdi, a pretender to the Caliphate of well-known wit and a famed musician surnamed from his corpulence “Al-Tannín” = the Dragon or, according to others (Lane ii. 336), Al-Tin = the fig. His adventurous history will be found in Ibn Khallikan, D’Herbelot and Al-Siyuti.