An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern EgyptiansFew works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane's An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for generations of scholars, writers, and travelers, who have praised its comprehensiveness, detail, and perception. Yet the editions in print during most of the twentieth century would not have met Lane's approval. Lacking parts of Lane's text and many of his original illustrations (while adding many that were not his), they were based on what should have been ephemeral editions, published long after the author's death. Meanwhile, the definitive fifth edition of 1860, the result of a quarter century of Lane's corrections, reconsiderations, and additions, long ago disappeared from bookstore shelves. Now the 1860 edition of Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians is available again, with a useful general introduction by Jason Thompson. Lane's greatest work enters the twenty-first century in precisely the form that he wanted. |
Contents
PAGE | 6 |
CHAPTER II | 53 |
CHAPTER III | 64 |
Periodical Public Festivals c Those of the first three months of | 90 |
CHAPTER IV | 110 |
CHAPTER V | 132 |
Pipes | 135 |
Coffeeservice | 137 |
Seegà | 349 |
Kemengeh | 357 |
A Performer on the Kemengeh | 358 |
Kánoon | 359 |
A Performer on the Kánoon | 360 |
Ood | 361 |
A Performer on the Ood | 362 |
Náy ib 83 A Performer on the Náy | 363 |
Ázkee and Mankals | 139 |
An Ass equipped in the usual manner for riding | 140 |
Tisht and Ibreek | 142 |
Washing before or after a Meal | 143 |
Kursee and Seeneeyeh ib 46 A Party at Dinner or Supper | 144 |
Waterbottles Dóraks with covers of different kinds | 147 |
Waterbottles Kullehs | 148 |
Brass Drinkingcups | 149 |
Sherbetcups | 150 |
Lantern and Lamp | 151 |
Lantern c suspended on the occasion of a Wedding | 162 |
Bridal Procession Part I | 164 |
Bridal Procession Part II | 165 |
Meshals | 169 |
The Menseg | 188 |
Ladies Riding | 190 |
Kumkum and Mibkharah | 203 |
Books and Apparatus for Writing | 210 |
Superstitions Genii Saints and Darweeshes | 222 |
Magic Invocation and Charm | 269 |
Magic Square and Mirror of Ink | 270 |
Shops in a Street of Cairo | 314 |
Shop of a Turkish Merchant in the Sook called Khán ElKhaleelee | 316 |
Sakkas | 320 |
Sakkà Sharbeh | 321 |
Hemalees | 322 |
Erksoosee | 323 |
Musellikátee | 324 |
The Shádoof | 327 |
Section of the Harárah | 338 |
Plan of a Bath | 339 |
Footrasps | 341 |
Mankalah | 344 |
Rabáb eshSháer | 364 |
Ságát | 366 |
Tár ib 87 Darábukkeh ib 88 and 89 Earthen Darábukkeh | 367 |
Arghool ib 94 DancingGirls Ghawázee or Gházeeyehs | 378 |
A Sháer with his accompanying Violist and part of his Audience | 393 |
Whirling Darweesh | 433 |
The Maḥmal | 437 |
The Dóseh | 451 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 488 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 511 |
FuneralProcession | 515 |
Bier used for the conveyance of the Corpse of a Female or Boy | 518 |
Sketch of a Tomb with the Entrance uncovered | 524 |
SUPPLEMENT | 529 |
Turban of the Coptic Patriarch and Bishops | 533 |
Turban of a Coptic Priest | 534 |
The Jews of Egypt | 553 |
APPENDIX | 560 |
Gold Kurş ib 106 Kuşşah | 562 |
Enebehs ib 108 and 109 Kamarahs | 563 |
and 113 Mishts ib 114 Akeek ib 115 Belloor ib 116 Earrings | 564 |
Necklaces | 565 |
Bracelets | 566 |
119 120 121 and 122 Bark | 567 |
Másoorah ib 124 Habbeh ib 125 Shiftisheh ib 126 Anklets ib 127 Ḥegábs | 568 |
Noserings | 569 |
APPENDIX | 571 |
Editors Notes | 577 |
Part of the Interior of a Tumulus at Kertch | 587 |
Ornament from the Interior of a Tomb at Cairo | 588 |
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