el-had

Updated: May 23, 2025

My Arab friend, the old doctor, brought me a small prickly shrub, which he calls El-Had, ‮الحد‬, and says it has powerful purgative qualities, purging even the camels. It abounds in The Sahara. We, The Desert Quack and English Quack, bandy compliments together. Desert Quack. English Quack. "How? No, you are always The Sublime Doctor. I am at your disposal. I am your slave." Desert Quack.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846