حدّثني القاضي أبو بكر أحمد بن سيّار إنّ رجلا أجنّه الليل في بعض أسفاره، فبات في خان خراب، بقرب أجمة، وماء مستنقع
I was told by the qadi Abu Bakr Ahmad b. Sayyar how a certain traveller was benighted and had to pass the night in a deserted khan near a thicket where there was stagnant water