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An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians

An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians

by Edward William Lane

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Author
Lane, Edward William, 1801-1876
Title
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Ward, Lock and Co. limited, 1890.
Credits
Peter Becker, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject
Egypt -- Social life and customs
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70796
Release Date
May 19, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.AN ACCOUNT OF THE Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians
  2. 2.BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
  7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
  8. 8.INTRODUCTION.
  9. 9.CHAPTER I. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DRESS OF THE MUSLIM EGYPTIANS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER II. INFANCY AND EARLY EDUCATION.
  11. 11.CHAPTER III. RELIGION AND LAWS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IV. GOVERNMENT.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI. DOMESTIC LIFE— continued .
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC LIFE— continued .
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. COMMON USAGES OF SOCIETY.
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER X. SUPERSTITIONS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI. SUPERSTITIONS — continued .
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII. MAGIC, ASTROLOGY, AND ALCHEMY.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTER.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. INDUSTRY.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV. USE OF TOBACCO, COFFEE, HEMP, OPIUM, ETC.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. THE BATH.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. GAMES.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. MUSIC. — SONGS. — No. 1. — No. 2. — No. 3. — No. 4. — THE CALL TO PRAYER. — THE CHANTING OF THE KUR-ÁN.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. PUBLIC DANCERS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX. SERPENT CHARMERS, AND PERFORMERS OF LEGERDEMAIN TRICKS, ETC.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES— continued .
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES— Continued .
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.— continued .
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.— continued .
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII. PRIVATE FESTIVITIES, ETC.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII. DEATH, AND FUNERAL RITES.
  36. 36.SUPPLEMENT. — I.—THE COPTS. — II.—THE JEWS OF EGYPT. — III.—OF LATE INNOVATIONS IN EGYPT.
  37. 37.APPENDIX A. — FEMALE ORNAMENTS.
  38. 38.APPENDIX B. EGYPTIAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEYS. — Measures of Length and Land. — Corn Measures. — Weights. — Moneys .
  39. 39.APPENDIX C. PRAYER OF MUSLIM SCHOOL-BOYS.
  40. 40.INDEX.

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