Note 252 — THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. "Báb," also meaning a chapter (of magic, of war, etc.), corresponding with the Persian "Dar" as in Sad-dar, the Hundred Doors. Here, however, it is figurative "I tried a new mode." This scene is in the Mabinogion.