Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To Al-Madinah & Meccah - Volume 1 of 2 - By Captain Sir Richard F. Burton




























 -  Abu Hanifah, if I am rightly informed,
wrote a treatise advocating the growth of a long lock of hair on - Page 239
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Abu Hanifah, If I Am Rightly Informed, Wrote A Treatise Advocating The Growth Of A Long Lock Of Hair On The Nasiyah, Or Crown Of The Head, Lest The Decapitated Moslem's Mouth Or Beard Be Exposed To Defilement By An Impure Hand.

This would justify the comparing it to the "chivalry-lock," by which the American brave facilitates the removal of his own scalp.

But I am at a loss to discover the origin of our old idea, that the "angel of death will, on the last day, bear all true believers, by this important tuft of hair on the crown, to Paradise." Probably this office has been attributed to the Shushah by the ignorance of the West. [FN#2] "Makhi-chus," equivalent to our "skin-flint." [FN#3] A well-known Arab chieftain, whose name has come to stand for generosity itself. [FN#4] This being an indispensable instrument for measuring distances, I had it divested of gold case, and provided with a facing carefully stained and figured with Arabic numerals. In countries where few can judge of a watch by its works, it is as well to secure its safety by making the exterior look as mean as possible. The watches worn by respectable people in Al-Hijaz are almost a1ways old silver pieces, of the turnip shape, with hunting cases and an outer etui of thick leather. Mostly they are of Swiss or German manufacture, and they find their way into Arabia via Constantinople and Cairo. [FN#5] On my return to Cairo, Omar Effendi, whom I met accidentally in the streets, related the story to me.

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