Note 25 — HASAN OF BASSORAH.[5]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab “Kurbán,” Heb. קרבן Corban = offering, oblation to be brought to the priest’s house or to the altar of the tribal God Yahveh, Jehovah (Levit. ii. 2–3 etc.) Amongst the Maronites Kurban is the host (-wafer) and amongst the Turks ’Id al-Kurban (sacrifice-feast) is the Greater Bayram, the time of Pilgrimage.