Note 292 — TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABU HASAN, THE MERCHANT OF OMAN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The Bul. and Mac. Edits. give the Princess’s malady, in error, as Dáa al-Sudá’ (megrims), instead of Dáa al-Sar’ (epilepsy), as in the Bresl. Edit. The latter would mean that she is possessed by a demon, again the old Scriptural fancy (see vol. v. 28). The subject is highly fitted for romance but not for a “serious” book which ought to know better.