Note 291 — TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABU HASAN, THE MERCHANT OF OMAN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Ta’wíz” = the Arab Tilasm, our Talisman, a charm, an amulet; and in India mostly a magic square. The subject is complicated and occupies in Herklots some sixty pages, 222–284.