Note 221 — ABU KIR THE DYER AND ABU SIR THE BARBER.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Bresl. Edit. “The King of Isbániya.” For the “Ishbán” (Spaniards) an ancient people descended from Japhet son of Noah and who now are no more, see Al-Mas’udi (Fr. Transl. i. 361). The “Herodotus of the Arabs” recognises only the “Jalálikah” or Gallicians, thus bearing witness to the antiquity and importance of the Gallego race.