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CHAP. XII.] MOOLID ES-SA'LEH. 241
higher and middle orders, it would have excited
suspicion if I had objected. It was therefore performed, in the afternoon and evening next following;
each fikee reciting a portion of the book; and then
another relieving him : it occupied about nine hours.
After it was finished, I was mentioned, by my assumed Oriental name, as the author of this pious
work. The performers received a wax candle, some
bread, and a piaster each.
On Monday the mats were removed, excepting a
few, upon which groups of fikees, employed to recite
the Kur-an, seated themselves. Vast numbers of
persons resorted to the mosque this day, both men
and women; chiefly those who were desirous of
obtaining a blessing by the visit, and disliked the
still greater crowding and confusion of the following day, or day of the Moolid. In the ensuing
evening, the streets in the neighbourhood of the
mosque were densely crowded; and, a little after
sunset, it was very difficult in some parts to pass.
Numerous lamps were hung in these streets; and
many shops were open.
This was also the night of the Moolid of the
famous Sultan " Es-Saleh," of the house of Eiyoob,
who is commonly believed to have been a welee, and
is said to have worn a dilk, and to have earned his
subsistence by making baskets, &c, of palm-leaves
("khoos"), without drawing any money from the
public treasury for his own private use. His tomb,
which adjoins his mosque, is in the Nahhaseen (or
market of the sellers of copper wares), a part of the
main street of the city, not far from the mosque of
VOL. II. R
| 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 | 00000253 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. XII.] MOOLID ES-SA'LEH. 241 higher and middle orders, it would have excited suspicion if I had objected. It was therefore performed, in the afternoon and evening next following; each fikee reciting a portion of the book; and then another relieving him : it occupied about nine hours. After it was finished, I was mentioned, by my assumed Oriental name, as the author of this pious work. The performers received a wax candle, some bread, and a piaster each. On Monday the mats were removed, excepting a few, upon which groups of fikees, employed to recite the Kur-an, seated themselves. Vast numbers of persons resorted to the mosque this day, both men and women; chiefly those who were desirous of obtaining a blessing by the visit, and disliked the still greater crowding and confusion of the following day, or day of the Moolid. In the ensuing evening, the streets in the neighbourhood of the mosque were densely crowded; and, a little after sunset, it was very difficult in some parts to pass. Numerous lamps were hung in these streets; and many shops were open. This was also the night of the Moolid of the famous Sultan " Es-Saleh," of the house of Eiyoob, who is commonly believed to have been a welee, and is said to have worn a dilk, and to have earned his subsistence by making baskets, &c, of palm-leaves ("khoos"), without drawing any money from the public treasury for his own private use. His tomb, which adjoins his mosque, is in the Nahhaseen (or market of the sellers of copper wares), a part of the main street of the city, not far from the mosque of VOL. II. R |
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