An Account of the manners and customs of the modern EgyptiansJohn Murray, 1860 - 619 páginas |
Términos y frases comunes
Alee Arabic language Arabs Báshà believe beyt bless bride Cairo called camel ceremonies chafing-dish chant chapter Christian classes colour commence common commonly Copts custom darweeshes deewán described dirhems divorce door dress Eesà Egypt Egyptians El-Islám El-Melik Emeer Beybars father feet female festival former friends give gold hand hareem hath head husband Imám Jews Kaabeh Kádee Khaleefeh kind Kur-án Kutb latter Lord Lower Egypt lower orders manner marriage married Mekkeh mentioned metropolis Moḥammad Moharram Moolid mosque Muslims night Nile Nilometer occasion ornaments Osmán performed persons piasters piece pilgrims pounds sterling prayer pre-adamite present Prophet recite religion religious remarkable respect round saint seldom servant seyyid sherbet shew sheykh slave sometimes streets Sultán thee thou tion tomb turban Turkish Turks Ulamà Upper Egypt usually wear welee Wezeer wife woman women words worn zikr
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Página 55 - I testify that there is no deity but God, and I testify that Suleyman is the Prophet of God.
Página 266 - Frank dress, with his hand placed on his head, wearing spectacles, and with one foot on the ground and the other raised behind him, as if he were stepping down from a seat. The description was exactly true in every respect; the peculiar position of the hand was occasioned by an almost constant headache, and that of the foot or leg by a stiff knee, caused by a fall from a horse in hunting.
Página 90 - Ye are forbidden to eat that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that on which the name of any besides God hath been invocated; and that which hath been strangled, or killed by a blow, or by a fall, or by the horns of another beast, and that which hath been eaten by a wild beast, except what ye shall kill yourselves; and that which hath been sacrificed unto idols.
Página 167 - And speak unto the believing women, that they restrain their eyes, and preserve their modesty, and discover not their ornaments, except what necessarily appeareth thereof; and let them throw their veils over their bosoms, and not show their ornaments, unless to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands' fathers, or their sons, or their husbands' sons, or their brothers, or their brothers...
Página 324 - Hours" of the end of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century...
Página 184 - Lane describes their food as consisting chiefly of " bread (made of millet or of maize), milk, new cheese, eggs, small salted fish, cucumbers and melons, and gourds of a* great variety of kinds, onions and leeks, beans, chick-peas, lupins, the fruit of the black egg-plant, lentils, etc., dates (both fresh and dried), and pickles...
Página 375 - As the serpent seeks the darkest place in which to hide himself, the charmer has, in most cases, to exercise his skill in an obscure chamber, where he might easily take...
Página 266 - On one of these occasions an Englishman present, ridiculed the performance, and said that nothing would satisfy him but a correct description of the appearance of his own father, of whom he was sure no one of the company had any knowledge. The boy accordingly having called by name for the person alluded to, described a man in a Frank dress...
Página 504 - While the women of the family raise the cries of lamentation, called " weTwefeh," or " wilwa'l," uttering the most piercing shrieks, and calling upon the name of the deceased. The most common cries that are heard on the death of the master of a family, from the lips of his wife, or wives, and children, are, " O my master I"
Página 11 - In the court is a well of slightly brackish water, which filters through the soil from the Nile; and on its most shaded side are commonly two water-jars, which are daily replenished with water of the Nile, brought from the river in skins.