Observations on the Mussulmauns of India by Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali
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[8] pp. 80, 422. [9] Vol. i, pp. 230, 453. [10] i. 391. [11] i. 450. [12] ii. 215. CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY LETTER LETTER I Introductory Remarks.--The characteristic simplicity of manners exhibited in Native families.--Their munificent charity.--The Syaads. Their descent, and the veneration paid to them.--Their pride of birth.--Fast of Mahurrum.--Its origin.--The Sheahs and Soonies.--Memorandum of distances.--Mount Judee (Judea), the attributed burying-place of Adam and Noah.--Mausoleum of Ali.--Tomb of Eve.--Meer Hadjee Shah. |
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