The king of Persia had a Bedouin brought before him to amuse him with his rustic ignorance. “What animal’s cry carries the farthest?” “The camel.” “What carries the heaviest burden?” “The camel.” “What has the tenderest meat?” “The camel.” “What!” exclaimed the king…
-Book of Animals, Jahiz (776-868), Baghdad
The rustic Bedouin goes on to confound the king with logical explanations for his three answers. KhairAllah would have had three equally logical answers. A hungry baby bawling in a tukul, a Nissan truck he might nickname Abu Fīl, Father of the Elephant, and a lamb fed on Jizu grass, which grows in the northern desert after good winter rains.