An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in Egypt During the Years 1833, -34, and -35, Partly from Notes Made During a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, -26, -27, and -28, Volume 2

Edward William Lane

C. Knight and Company, 1836 - Egypt

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• Shop of a Turkish Merchant: 2
• Sackckas: 18
• Sackcka Shurbeh: 21
• Hhemalees: 22
• Ercksoosee: 24
• Moosellikatee: 25
• The Shadoof: 31
• CHAPTER II: 35
• CHAPTER III: 41
• Plan of a Bath: 43
• Section of the Hhararah: 46
• Footrasps: 47
• CHAPTER IV: 51
• Seega: 55
• CHAPTER V: 63
• Kemengeh: 66
• A Performer on the Kemengeh: 67
• Ckanoon: 69
• A Performer on the Ckanoon 18 Ood: 74
• Nay: 75
• Page: 77
• CHAPTER VI: 98
• CHAPTER VII: 106
• CHAPTER VIII: 117
• CHAPTER IX: 130
• Public Recitations of Romancescontinued Antar: 150
• Whirling Durweesh: 174
• 15: 231
• The Mahhmil: 249
• Periodical Public Festivals c continued Those: 255
• 19: 261
• The Doseh: 290
• Bier used for the conveyance of the corpse of a Female: 296
• The Copts: 311
• Sketch of a Tomb 33 Turban of the Coptic Patriarch and Bishops: 317
• Turban of a Coptic Priest: 318
• The Jews of Egypt: 345
• Appendix A Female Ornaments: 354
• Diamond Ckoors: 356
• Ckoossah and Enebeh: 358
• Gold Ckoors: 359
• Ckumarahs Sackiyeh c 361: 361
• Earrings: 363
• Necklaces: 366
• Bracelets: 368
• Burck c: 369
• Hhegabs ibid: 371
• 21: 373
• Noserings: 374
• Appendix B Egyptian Measures Weights and Moneys: 376
• 26: 377
• Prayer of Mooslim Schoolboys: 383
• VOL 1: 385
• VOL II: 390
• 47: 399
• 52: 402
• 59: 404
• 73: 409
• 75: 413
• Earthen Darabookkeh Zoommarah Mouthpiece of 25 DancingGirls Ghawazee or Ghazeeyehs 26 A Shalër with his accompanying Violist and part of ...: 416
• 80: 418
• 82: 429

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in Egypt During the Years 1833, -34, and -35, Partly from Notes Made During a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, -26, -27, and -28, Volume 2; Volume 2 of An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Edward William Lane; An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in Egypt During the Years 1833, -34, and -35, Partly from Notes Made During a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, -26, -27, and -28, Edward William Lane; Volumes 22-23 of The library of entertaining knowledge
• Author: Edward William Lane
• Publisher: C. Knight and Company, 1836
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: May 10, 2019