Note 332 — THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD. (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. "Ishá"=the first watch of the night, twilight, supper-time, supper. Moslems have borrowed the four watches of the Romans from 6 (a.m. or p.m.) to 6; and ignore the three original watches of the Jews, even, midnight and cockcrow (Sam. ii. 19, Judges vii. 19, and Exodus xiv. 24).