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'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II' [‎125] (152/568)

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XXVI.—From Al-Suwayrhiyah to Meccah. 125
schismatics mentioned in the foregoing pages. They
claim the allegiance of the Badawi tribes around, princi
pally Mutayr, and I was informed that their fealty to the
Prince of Meccah is merely nominal.
The morning after our arrival at Al-Suwayrkiyah
witnessed a commotion in our little party: hitherto they
had kept together in fear of the road. Among the
number was one AH bin Ya Sin, a perfect "old man of
the sea." By profession he was a " Zemzemi," or dis
penser of water from the Holy Well, 1 and he had a hand
some "palazzo" at the foot of Abu Kubays in Meccah,
which he periodically converted into a boarding-house.
Though past sixty, very decrepit, bent by age, white-
bearded, and toothless, he still acted cicerone to pilgrims,
and for that purpose travelled once every year to Al-
Madinah. These trips had given him the cunning of a
veteran voyageur. He lived well and cheaply; his
home-made Shugduf, the model of comfort, was garnished
with soft cushions and pillows, whilst from the pockets
protruded select bottles of pickled limes and similar
luxuries ; he had his travelling Shishah (water-pipe), 4 and
at the halting-place, disdaining the crowded, reeking tent,
he had a contrivance for converting his vehicle into a
habitation. He was a type of the Arab old man. He
mumbled all day and three-quarters of the night, for he
had des insomnies. His nerves were so fine, that if any
1 There are certain officers called Zemzemi, who distribute the
holy water. In the case of a respectable pilgrim they have a large
jar of the shape described in Chap, iv., marked with his names and
titles, and sent every morning to his lodgings. If he be generous,
one or more will be placed in the Harim, that men may drink in his
honour. The Zemzemi expects a present varying from five to
eleven dollars.
2 The shishah, smoked on the camel, is a tin canister divided
into two compartments, the lower half for the water, the upper one
for the tobacco. The cover is pierced with holes to feed the fire, and
a short hookah-snake projects from one side.

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Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II by Captain Sir Richard F Burton, edited by his wife, Isabel Burton, with an introduction bu Stanley Lane-Poole.

Publication Details: London, George Bell and Sons.

Edition: The third edition with preface.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii).

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1 volume (414 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is also a list of illustrations and an alphabetical index at the back of the volume, beginning on page 415.

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Dimensions: 185mm x 110mm

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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