zu-l-fakar

Updated: May 11, 2025

A kind of litter for the conveyance of women and the sick. A kind of litter for travelling in Persia and Arabia; two of them are slung across a camel or a mule; those for camels carry four persons. Viz., his state of castration. Zu-l-fakar, the name of a famous sword that 'Ali used to wear. The veiled horseman, 'Ali Mushkil-Kusha. In the original there is a play on the words haml and hamal.

Mīr Amman Dihlavī - Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes