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THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II.
ma kad gara ma, beyn neg - a Hi - lal.'
Some of the reciters of Aboo-Zeyd are distinguished by the appellations of *'Hilaleeyeh" (or
Hilalees), " Zaghabeh," or " Zughbeeyeh" (or
Zughbees), and "Zinateeyeh" (or "Zinatees"), from
their chiefly confining themselves to the narration
of the exploits of heroes of the Hilalee, Zughbee,
or Zinatee tribes, celebrated in this romance.
As a specimen of the tale of Aboo-Zeyd, I shall
here offer an abstract of the principal contents of
the first volume, which I have carefully read for
this purpose.
Aboo-Zeyd, or, as he was first more generally
called, Barakat, was an Arab of the tribe called
Benee-Hilal, or El-Hilaleeyeh. Before his birth,
his father, the Emeer Rizk (who was the son of
Nail, a paternal uncle of Sarhan, the king of the
Benee-Hilal), had married ten wives, from whom,
to his great grief, he had obtained but two children,
both of them daughters, named Sheehah and
'Ateemeh, until one of his wives, the Emeereh
Gellas, increased his distress by bearing him a son
without arms or legs. Shortly before the birth of
* These words commence a piece of poetry of which a translation
will be found in this chapter.
| 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 | 00000142 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 130 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. ma kad gara ma, beyn neg - a Hi - lal.' Some of the reciters of Aboo-Zeyd are distinguished by the appellations of *'Hilaleeyeh" (or Hilalees), " Zaghabeh," or " Zughbeeyeh" (or Zughbees), and "Zinateeyeh" (or "Zinatees"), from their chiefly confining themselves to the narration of the exploits of heroes of the Hilalee, Zughbee, or Zinatee tribes, celebrated in this romance. As a specimen of the tale of Aboo-Zeyd, I shall here offer an abstract of the principal contents of the first volume, which I have carefully read for this purpose. Aboo-Zeyd, or, as he was first more generally called, Barakat, was an Arab of the tribe called Benee-Hilal, or El-Hilaleeyeh. Before his birth, his father, the Emeer Rizk (who was the son of Nail, a paternal uncle of Sarhan, the king of the Benee-Hilal), had married ten wives, from whom, to his great grief, he had obtained but two children, both of them daughters, named Sheehah and 'Ateemeh, until one of his wives, the Emeereh Gellas, increased his distress by bearing him a son without arms or legs. Shortly before the birth of * These words commence a piece of poetry of which a translation will be found in this chapter. |
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