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CHAP. II.] USE OF OPIUM, ETC. 41
riotous people are often called " hashshasheen,"
which is the plural of that appellation, and the
origin of our word " assassin ;" a name first applied
to Arab warriors in Syria, in the time of the Crusades, who made use of intoxicating and soporific
drugs in order to render their enemies insensible.*
The use of opium and other drugs to induce intoxication is not so common in Egypt as in many
other countries of the East: the number of Egyptians
addicted to this vice is certainly not nearly so great,
in proportion to the whole population, as is the relative number of persons in our own country who
indulge in habitual drunkenness. Opium is called,
in Arabic, " afiyoon;" and the opium-eater, " afi-
yoonee." This latter appellation is a term of less
obloquy than that of " hashshash ;" because there
are many persons of the middle and higher classes
to whom it is applicable. In its crude state, opium
is generally taken, by those who have not long been
addicted to its use, in the dose of three or four
grains, for the purpose above mentioned ; but the
"afiyoonee" increases the dose by degrees. The
Egyptians make several conserves composed of
hellebore, hemp, and opium, and several aromatic
drugs, which are more commonly taken than the
simple opium. A conserve of this nature is
* See, on this subject, the close of Chapter ix. in this Part..—A reviewer seems to have inferred from the above, that I took to myself the
credit of discovering this derivation. A reference to the words " Assassin" and " De Sacy " in the Index would have shown that this was
not the case. I thought the remark of the illustrious De Sacy respecting this word to be too generally known to require my mentioning it in
two places.
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000053 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. II.] USE OF OPIUM, ETC. 41 riotous people are often called " hashshasheen," which is the plural of that appellation, and the origin of our word " assassin ;" a name first applied to Arab warriors in Syria, in the time of the Crusades, who made use of intoxicating and soporific drugs in order to render their enemies insensible.* The use of opium and other drugs to induce intoxication is not so common in Egypt as in many other countries of the East: the number of Egyptians addicted to this vice is certainly not nearly so great, in proportion to the whole population, as is the relative number of persons in our own country who indulge in habitual drunkenness. Opium is called, in Arabic, " afiyoon;" and the opium-eater, " afi- yoonee." This latter appellation is a term of less obloquy than that of " hashshash ;" because there are many persons of the middle and higher classes to whom it is applicable. In its crude state, opium is generally taken, by those who have not long been addicted to its use, in the dose of three or four grains, for the purpose above mentioned ; but the "afiyoonee" increases the dose by degrees. The Egyptians make several conserves composed of hellebore, hemp, and opium, and several aromatic drugs, which are more commonly taken than the simple opium. A conserve of this nature is * See, on this subject, the close of Chapter ix. in this Part..—A reviewer seems to have inferred from the above, that I took to myself the credit of discovering this derivation. A reference to the words " Assassin" and " De Sacy " in the Index would have shown that this was not the case. I thought the remark of the illustrious De Sacy respecting this word to be too generally known to require my mentioning it in two places. |
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