Note 71 — SINDBAD THE SEAMAN[1] AND SINDBAD THE LANDSMAN. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Birkat” = tank, pool, reach, bight. Hence Birkat Far’aun in the Suez Gulf (Pilgrimage i. 297).
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Birkat” = tank, pool, reach, bight. Hence Birkat Far’aun in the Suez Gulf (Pilgrimage i. 297).