Note 426
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.
The turban out of respect is not put upon the ground (Lane, M. E., chapt. i.).
…hich he had taken from the Jew and which contained the thousand dinars, he laid it under the edge of the bedding. Then he took off his turband and set it upon the settle [FN#426] atop of his other clothes, remaining in his skull-cap and fine shirt of blue silk laced with gold. Whereupon the Lady of Beauty drew him to her and he did likewise. Then he took her to his embrace and set her legs round his waist and point-blanked tha…
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