Note 151 — THE LOVERS OF BASSORAH.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
136Al-Khalí’a has been explained in vol. i. 311: the translation of Al-Mas’udi (vi. 10) renders it “scélérat.” Abú Alí al-Husayn the Wag was a Bassorite and a worthy companion of Abu Nowas the Debauchee; but he adorned the Court of Al-Amin the son, not of Al-Rashid the father.