[368] By the Island of the Franks, it is most probable that the author means Britain. The description of the capital is more adapted to London sixty years ago than to any other European city. This, Mir Amman might have learned from some of the resident Europeans, while he filled up the rest from his own luxuriant imagination.
[369] The "eunuch" is of course out of place in a Christian city; at least he does not hold the same rank as in the East.
[370] In the original it is water; the meaning is obvious enough.
[371] Most probably the name of some famous armourer.
[372] A Persian proverb.
[373] That is poison of the strongest kind.—Vide note on this word in page 213.
[374] Meaning in this world and the next.
[375] Barbers in Asia not only shave but wash persons in the private and public baths.
[376] A prince of Khurasan, who quitted a throne in order to lead a life of piety.
[377] A celebrated city of Khurasan, famous in former times for its riches.