Note 244 — KHALIFAH THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Nákhúzah Zulayt.” The former, from the Persian Nákhodá or ship-captain which is also used in a playful sense “a godless wight,” one owning no (ná) God (Khudá). Zulayt = a low fellow, blackguard.