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CHAP. IX.] 141
CHAPTER IX.
public recitations of romances—continued.
Next in point of number to the Sho'ara, among
the public reciters of romances, are those who are
particularly and solely distinguished by the appellation of " Mohadditeen," or Story-tellers (in the
singular, " Mohaddit"). There are said to be
about thirty of them in Cairo. The exclusive
subject of their narrations is a work called " the
Life of Ez-Zahir" (" Seeret Ez-Zahir," or " Es-
Seereh ez-Zahireeyeh." *) They recite without
book.
The Seeret Ez-Zahir is a romance founded on
the history of the famous Sultan Ez-Zahir Beybars,
and many of his contemporaries. This prince acceded to the throne of Egypt in the last month of
the year of the Flight 658, and died in the first
month of the year 676 ; and consequently reigned
a little more than seventeen years, according to the
lunar reckoning, commencing a.d. 1260, and ending
in 1277. Complete copies of the Seeret Ez-Zahir
have become so scarce that I have only heard of one
existing in Egypt, which I have purchased: it consists of six quarto volumes ; but is nominally divided
* Hence the Mohadditeen are sometimes called " Zahireeyeh."
| 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 | 00000153 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. IX.] 141 CHAPTER IX. public recitations of romances—continued. Next in point of number to the Sho'ara, among the public reciters of romances, are those who are particularly and solely distinguished by the appellation of " Mohadditeen," or Story-tellers (in the singular, " Mohaddit"). There are said to be about thirty of them in Cairo. The exclusive subject of their narrations is a work called " the Life of Ez-Zahir" (" Seeret Ez-Zahir," or " Es- Seereh ez-Zahireeyeh." *) They recite without book. The Seeret Ez-Zahir is a romance founded on the history of the famous Sultan Ez-Zahir Beybars, and many of his contemporaries. This prince acceded to the throne of Egypt in the last month of the year of the Flight 658, and died in the first month of the year 676 ; and consequently reigned a little more than seventeen years, according to the lunar reckoning, commencing a.d. 1260, and ending in 1277. Complete copies of the Seeret Ez-Zahir have become so scarce that I have only heard of one existing in Egypt, which I have purchased: it consists of six quarto volumes ; but is nominally divided * Hence the Mohadditeen are sometimes called " Zahireeyeh." |
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