Note 346 — HISTORY OF GHARIB AND HIS BROTHER AJIB.[312]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This may be Ctesiphon, the ancient capital of the Chosroës, on the Tigris below Baghdad; and spoken of elsewhere in The Nights; especially as, in Night dclxvii., it is called Isbanir Al-Madáin; Madáin Kisrá (the cities of Chosroes) being the Arabic name of the old dual city.