Note 285 — KHALIF THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Uff ’alayka” = fie upon thee! Uff = lit. Sordes Aurium and Tuff (a similar term of disgust) = Sordes unguinum. To the English reader the blows administered to Khalif appear rather hard measure. But a Fellah’s back is thoroughly broken to the treatment and he would take ten times as much punishment for a few piastres.