Note 408 — KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER’S WIFE.[375]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The Mac. Edit. everywhere calls her “Sabiyah” = the young lady and does not mention her name Halímah = the Mild, the Gentle till the cmlxxivth Night. I follow Mr. Payne’s example by introducing it earlier into the story, as it avoids vagueness and repetition of the indefinite.