"أسفار في بلوشستان والسند؛ مع تقرير جغرافي وتاريخي لهذين البلدين، وخريطة." [‎١‎٥‎٧] (٤٧٦/١٩٩)

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this adventure to Futtuh Mohummud, he was highly indignant at the
idea of being taken for a V ahoodee or Jew; swore that Meer Khoda-
dad was a fool, and unacquainted with the religion he pretended to
teach others, and that he would prove this before the whole party
next day ; accordingly, he offered him a piece of bread and bade him
eat just what was Hulal or lawful of it, and no more * : the Sirdar
did not see the subtlety of the request; and having been well rebuked
for interfering with others before he was perfect in his own duty, it
was explained to him.
* Among the other ridiculous and trifling points that are prescribed by the Koran, a ? «I
man is forbidden to swallow any thing that sticks between his teeth when eating. This • y * -
was clearly meant to induce the followers of the Prophet to keep their mouths clean, but ^
it is so perverted, or rather so closely adhered to, by some rigid Moosulmans, that they
pick their teeth and wash their mouths between every mouthful of meat that they take.