Note 210 — KHALIFAH THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD.

Arab. “Mamrak” either a simple aperture in ceiling or roof for light and air or a more complicated affair of lattice-work and plaster; it is often octagonal and crowned with a little dome. Lane calls it “Memrak,” after the debased Cairene pronunciation, and shows its base in his sketch of a Ka’áh (M. E. Introduction).