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tribes seem to have adhered to the use of Kumiz - Page 878
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On The Other Hand, The Mahomedan Converts From The Nomad Tribes Seem To Have Adhered To The Use Of Kumiz Even When Strict In Abstinence From Wine; And It Was Indulged In By The Early Mamelukes As A Public Solemnity.

Excess on such an occasion killed Bibars Bundukdari, who was passionately fond of this liquor.

The intoxicating power of Kumiz varies according to the brew. The more advanced is the vinous fermentation the less acid is the taste and the more it sparkles. The effect, however, is always slight and transitory, and leaves no unpleasant sensation, whilst it produces a strong tendency to refreshing sleep. If its good qualities amount to half what are ascribed to it by Dr. W. F. Dahl, from whom we derive some of these particulars, it must be the pearl of all beverages. "With the nomads it is the drink of all from the suckling upwards, it is the solace of age and illness, and the greatest of treats to all!"

There was a special kind called Kara Kumiz, which is mentioned both by Rubruquis and in the history of Wassaf. It seems to have been strained and clarified. The modern Tartars distil a spirit from Kumiz of which Pallas gives a detailed account. (Dahl, Ueber den Kumyss in Baer's Beitraege, VII.; Lettres sur le Caucase et la Crimee, Paris, 1859, p. 81; Makrizi, II. 147; J. As. XI. 160; Levchine, 322-323; Rubr. 227-228, 335; Gold. Horde, p. 46; Erman, I. 296; Pallas, Samml.

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