Note 211 — THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This penalty is mentioned in the Koran (chapt. v.) as fit for those who fight against Allah and his Apostle; but commentators are not agreed if the sinners are first to be put to death or to hang on the cross till they die. Pharaoh (chapt xx.) threatens to crucify his magicians on palm-trees, and is held to be the first crucifier.