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Besides the purdahs, the openings between the pillars have blinds neatly made of bamboo strips, wove together with coloured cords: these are called jhillmuns or cheeks. Page 309 - by her seat of honour in the hall of a zeenahnah ; a musnud not being allowed to any other person but the lady of the mansion. The musnud carpet is spread on the floor if possible near to a pillar about the centre of the hall, and is made of many varieties of Page 9 - (a part of the female dress), which, after six days' close application, at the utmost could not realize three shillings each ; yet I never saw them other than contented, happy, and cheerful,—a family of love, and patterns of sincere piety. The titles and distinctions conferred by sovereigns, or the Hon. East India Company in India, as Khaun, Page 305 - (house or palace occupied by females); the floor is either of beaten earth, bricks, or stones; boarded floors are not yet introduced As they have neither doors nor windows to the halls, warmth or privacy is secured by means of thick wadded curtains, made to fit each opening between the pillars. Some zeenahnahs have two rows of pillars in the halls Page 106 - chintz,—English manufacture having the preference, — silk or cotton ginghams,— in short, all such materials are used for this article of female dress as are of sufficiently firm texture, down to the white calico of the country, suited to the means of the wearer. By the most fashionable females they arc worn very full below the knee, and Page 283 - Eade of no mean importance in the estimation of Mussulmaun society. The exact period of commencing the Mussulmaun new year, is the very moment of the sun's entering the sign Aries. This is calculated by those practical astronomers, who are in the service of most great men in Native cities;— I should tell you they have not the benefit of published almanacks as in Page 130 - and preparing the dead body for interment. They then take the corpse out of the coffin and thoroughly bathe it; when dry, they rub pounded camphor on the hands, feet, knees, and forehead, these parts having, in the method of prostrating at prayer, daily touched the ground; the body is then wrapped neatly in a winding sheet of Page 9 - morality, and strict observance of their religious duties; they are handsome, well-formed women, polite and sensible, and to all this they add an accomplishment which is not by any means general amongst the females of Hindoostaun, they have been taught by their excellent father to read the Khoraun in Arabic,—it is not allowed to be translated,— and the Commentary in Persian. The Page 47 - and his family, suffered from thirst at Kraabaallah, why should such a creature as she is be indulged with water?" This shows the temper of the people generally;— my ayah is a very ignorant old woman, yet she respects Page 297 - to her intended husband, accompanied by a goat or kid, which must be tied to the leg of his bedstead during the continuance of an eclipse: these offerings are afterwards distributed in charity. Women expecting to become mothers are carefully kept awake during an eclipse, as they declare the infant's security depends on the mother being kept from sleep ; they are not allowed to use a References from web pagesObservations on the Mussulmauns of India - Bibliography of Works ... Observations on the Mussulmauns of India by Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali ... JSTOR: Observations on the Mussulmauns of India, Descriptive of ... Observations on the Mussulmauns of India by Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali ... Observations on the Mussulmauns of India by Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali ... 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