Note 216 — ABU KIR THE DYER AND ABU SIR THE BARBER.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
In the first room of the Hammam, called the Maslakh or stripping-place, the keeper sits by a large chest in which he deposits the purses and valuables of his customers and also makes it the caisse for the pay. Something of the kind is now done in the absurdly called “Turkish Baths” of London.