TIL that ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān could kill flies with his bad breath. I also learned, if you read below, that you did not want to be married to ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān.
I know it's a tendentious literary anecdote, but whoever put it into circulation has to get points for top-shelf creepiness "I'll brush them with you." 🤢
ed. de Jong, p. 25-26
Al-Thaʿālibī’s Fatimid source?
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