Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Nasser

The Arabian merchant whose fables are the delight of the Arabs. D'Herbelot tells us that when Mahomet read to them the history of the Old Testament, they cried out with one voice that Nasser's tales were the best; upon which Mahomet gave his malediction on Nasser, and all who read him.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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