Note 126 — THE CITY OF BRASS.[104]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The Bresl. Edit. (vi. 371) reads “Samm-hu” = his poison, prob. a clerical error for “Sahmhu” = his shaft. It was a duel with the “Shiháb” or falling stars, the meteors which are popularly supposed, I have said, to be the arrows shot by the angels against devils and evil spirits when they approach too near Heaven in order to overhear divine secrets.