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Haji Abdu has been known to me for more years than I care to record.…
Quote byRichard Francis Burton · 1821–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Note I: Hâjî Abdû, The Man.
English (original)
Hâjî Abdû has been known to me for more years than I care to record. A native, it is believed, of Dârabghird in the Yezd Province, he always preferred to style himself El-Hichmakani, a facetious "lackab" or surname, meaning "Of No-hall, Nowhere." He had travelled far and wide with his eyes open; as appears by his "couplets."
— Richard Francis Burton
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