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Ah med (Prince)

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Noted for the tent given him by the fairy Pari-banʹou, which would cover a whole army, but might be carried in one’s pocket; and for the apple of Samarcandʹ, which would cure all diseases. — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed, etc.

This tent coincides in a marvellous manner with the Norse ship called Skidbladnir (q.v.). (See Solomon’s Carpet.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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