Note 223 — TALE OF THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF A THIEF.
Richard Francis Burton translation
Abú Sa’íd Abd al-Malik bin Kurayb, surnamed Al-Asma’i from his grandfather, flor. A.H. 122-306 (= 739-830) and wrote amongst a host of compositions the well-known Romance of Antar. See in D’Herbelot the right royal directions given to him by Harun al-Rashid.