Note 477 — ABDULLAH BIN FAZIL AND HIS BROTHERS[476]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
i.e. Ibrahim of Mosul, the musician poet often mentioned in The Nights. I must again warn the reader that the name is pronounced Is-hák (like Isaac with a central aspirate) not Ishák. This is not unnecessary when we hear Tait-shill for Tait’s hill and “Frederick-shall” for Friedrich, shall.