Brewer's: Oath

The sacred oath of the Persians is By the Holy Grave—i.e. the Tomb of Shah Besade, who is buried in Casbin. (Strut.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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