Note 368 — KING MOHAMMED BIN SABAIK AND THE MERCHANT HASAN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Takliyah” from kaly, a fry: Lane’s Shaykh explained it as “onions cooked in clarified butter, after which they are put upon other cooked food.” The mention of onions points to Egypt as the origin of this tale and certainly not to Arabia, where the strong-smelling root is hated.