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CHAP, xl] yo'm a'shoora. 193
greater. This motion they maintained for about
the same length of time that the whirling of the
single darweesh before had occupied; after which,
the whole party sat down to rest.—They rose again
after the lapse of about a quarter of an hour; and
performed the same exercise a second time.—I saw
nothing more in the great portico that was worthy
of remark, excepting two fakeers (who, a bystander
told me, were "megazeeb," or idiots), dancing, and
repeating the name of God, and each beating a
tambourine.
I was desirous of visiting the shrine of El-
Hoseyn on this anniversary of his death, and of
seeing if any particular ceremonies were performed
there on this occasion. With difficulty I pushed
through the crowd in the great portico to the door
of the saloon of the tomb; but there I found comparatively few persons collected. On my entering,
one of the servants of the mosque conducted me
to an unoccupied corner of the bronze screen which
surrounds the monument over the place where the
martyr's head is said to be buried, that I might there
recite the Fat'hah: this duty performed, he dictated to me the following prayer ; pausing after every
two or three words, for me to repeat them, which I
affected to do ; and another person, who stood on
my left, saying " A'meen" (or Amen), at the close
of each pause. " O God, accept my visit, and perform my want, and cause me to attain my wish ; for
I come with desire and intent, and urge thee by
the seyyideh Zeyneb, and the Imam Esh-Shafe'ee,
vol. il o
| 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 | 00000205 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP, xl] yo'm a'shoora. 193 greater. This motion they maintained for about the same length of time that the whirling of the single darweesh before had occupied; after which, the whole party sat down to rest.—They rose again after the lapse of about a quarter of an hour; and performed the same exercise a second time.—I saw nothing more in the great portico that was worthy of remark, excepting two fakeers (who, a bystander told me, were "megazeeb," or idiots), dancing, and repeating the name of God, and each beating a tambourine. I was desirous of visiting the shrine of El- Hoseyn on this anniversary of his death, and of seeing if any particular ceremonies were performed there on this occasion. With difficulty I pushed through the crowd in the great portico to the door of the saloon of the tomb; but there I found comparatively few persons collected. On my entering, one of the servants of the mosque conducted me to an unoccupied corner of the bronze screen which surrounds the monument over the place where the martyr's head is said to be buried, that I might there recite the Fat'hah: this duty performed, he dictated to me the following prayer ; pausing after every two or three words, for me to repeat them, which I affected to do ; and another person, who stood on my left, saying " A'meen" (or Amen), at the close of each pause. " O God, accept my visit, and perform my want, and cause me to attain my wish ; for I come with desire and intent, and urge thee by the seyyideh Zeyneb, and the Imam Esh-Shafe'ee, vol. il o |
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