تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.51.1

13.51.1

The amīr of ʿAlābūr was Badr al-Ḥabashī, one of the Sultan's slaves, and one of those heroes who are proverbial. He was constantly raiding the infidels all by himself, killing and taking captives, until his fame spread, his renown became widely known and the infidels came to dread him. He was tall and massive, and would eat a whole sheep at a single meal! I was told that he used to drink about a raṭl and a half of ghee after his meal, after the custom of the Abyssinians