Note 142 — JA’AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWI.
Richard Francis Burton translation
The answer is as old as the hills, teste the tale of what happened when Amasis (who on horseback) raised his leg, “broke wind and bade the messenger carry it back to Apries.” Herod. ii. 162. But for the full significance of the Badawi’s most insulting reply see the Tale of Abu Hasan in Night ccccxi.