Note 396
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.
Arab. "Farajíyah," a long-sleeved robe worn by the learned (Lane, M.E., chapt. i.).
… entered the cemetery and, threading his way through the graves, at last he reached the sepulchre where he sat down and let fall from his head the skirt of his long robe [FN#396] which was made of brocade with a gold-embroidered hem whereon were worked these couplets:—
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