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[FN#53] The formula used in refusing alms to an "asker" or in

rejecting an insufficient offer: "Allah will open to thee!" (some

door of gain-not mine)! Another favourite ejaculation is "Allah

Karim" (which Turks pronounce "Kyereem") = Allah is

All-beneficent! meaning Ask Him, not me.

[FN#54] The public bath. London knows the word through "The

Hummums."

[FN#55] Arab. "Dirham" (Plur. dirahim, also used in the sense of

money, "siller"),the Gr. δραχμή and the drachuma of Plautus

(Trin. 2, 4, 23). The word occurs in the Panchatantra also

showing the derivation; and in the Syriac Kalilah wa Dimnah it is

"Zuz." This silver piece was = 6 obols (9 3/4d.) and as a weight

= 66 1/2 grains. The Dirham of The Nights was worth six "Danik,"

each of these being a fraction over a penny. The modern Greek

Drachma is=one franc.

[FN#56] In Arabic the speaker always puts himself first, even if

he address the King, without intending incivility.

[FN#57] A she-Ifrit, not necessarily an evil spirit.