Tarabolus or Tantrabolus.
We shall live till we die, like Tarabolus [or Tantrabolus]. Tarabolus, Ali Pacha, was grand vizier in 1693, and was strangled in 1695 by order of Mustapha II.
We shall live till we die, like Tarabolus [or Tantrabolus]. Tarabolus, Ali Pacha, was grand vizier in 1693, and was strangled in 1695 by order of Mustapha II.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.