Note 440 — ABU AL-HUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWADDUD.[281] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation
Aaron’s Rod becomes amongst Moslems (Koran vii. 110) Moses’ Staff; the size being that of a top-mast (Pilgrimage i. 300, 301). In Koran xx. 18, 19, we find a notice of its uses; and during the Middle Ages it reappeared in the Staff of Wamba the Goth (A.D. 672–680): the witch’s broomstick was its latest development.