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204 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II.
(or covered litter), borne by a camel; and for several successive years her empty hodag was sent with
the caravan merely for the sake of state. Hence,
succeeding princes of Egypt sent, with each year's
caravan of pilgrims, a kind of hodag (which received
the name of " Mahmal," or " Mahmil"), as an
emblem of royalty; and the kings of other countries followed their example.* The Wahhabees
prohibited the Mahmal as an object of vain pomp:
it afforded them one reason for intercepting the
caravan.
The procession of the return of the Mahmal, in
the year above mentioned, entered the city, by the
Bab en-Nasr, about an hour after sunrise. It was
headed by a large body of Nizam (or regular)
infantry. Next came the Mahmal, which was
followed, as usual, by a singular character: this
was a long-haired, brawny, swarthy fellow, called
" Sheykh-el-Gemel" (or Sheykh of the Camel),
almost entirely naked, having only a pair of old
trowsers : he was mounted on a camel, and was incessantly rolling his head. For many successive
years this sheykh has followed the Mahmal, and
accompanied the caravan to and from Mekkeh; and
all assert, that he rolls his head during the whole
of the journey. He is supplied by the government
with two camels and his travelling provisions. A
few years ago there used also to follow the Mahmal,
* Almost all travellers have given erroneous accounts of the Mahmal;
some asserting that its covering is that which is destined to be placed
over the tomb of the Prophet: others, that it contains the covering
which is to be suspended round the Kaabeh. Burckhardt, with his
general accuracy, describes it as a mere emblem of royalty.
| 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 | 00000216 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 204 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. (or covered litter), borne by a camel; and for several successive years her empty hodag was sent with the caravan merely for the sake of state. Hence, succeeding princes of Egypt sent, with each year's caravan of pilgrims, a kind of hodag (which received the name of " Mahmal," or " Mahmil"), as an emblem of royalty; and the kings of other countries followed their example.* The Wahhabees prohibited the Mahmal as an object of vain pomp: it afforded them one reason for intercepting the caravan. The procession of the return of the Mahmal, in the year above mentioned, entered the city, by the Bab en-Nasr, about an hour after sunrise. It was headed by a large body of Nizam (or regular) infantry. Next came the Mahmal, which was followed, as usual, by a singular character: this was a long-haired, brawny, swarthy fellow, called " Sheykh-el-Gemel" (or Sheykh of the Camel), almost entirely naked, having only a pair of old trowsers : he was mounted on a camel, and was incessantly rolling his head. For many successive years this sheykh has followed the Mahmal, and accompanied the caravan to and from Mekkeh; and all assert, that he rolls his head during the whole of the journey. He is supplied by the government with two camels and his travelling provisions. A few years ago there used also to follow the Mahmal, * Almost all travellers have given erroneous accounts of the Mahmal; some asserting that its covering is that which is destined to be placed over the tomb of the Prophet: others, that it contains the covering which is to be suspended round the Kaabeh. Burckhardt, with his general accuracy, describes it as a mere emblem of royalty. |
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