'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎325] (348/448)

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During this Ramdam, all day long they abftain from all forts of viands or refeftion
he is counted the veneft Heretick m the World that dare eat any thing in the dlv ve?
the Sun is no fopner fet, but that then their Carnival begins, then thev let We thl i •
of their appetite, Epicurifing in all kinds of licentioufneft and pleafures SaSnab^
Pro/persfaymg, That to faft from fin is the belt Fail, is here no good Doftrine So foori
as the nine and twentieth day is pall (for thougW-the Alcoran commands fortv vet bv
thofe of Chelate reformation it is limited to one Moon) they begin the Byram (as we do
Eafter) and contmue their merriment till the third day be ended: the two daves after
the Byram are commonly called The lafthourof SftFeftT'
val they ufualiy refolve upon a Pilgrimage to vific their Prophets Sepulchre; not magne
tically attrafted, nor intombed in an Iron Coffin as lome report, but laid under a fair
Marble, polilhed and engraven with Arabic fentences ont of the Elefalem: and in the
way (as we have obferved) they wallow in all kind of turpitude; yet no where perfecu
ted, being palliated with a Pilgrims coat and hypocritic fandity
bvTh h e e Amh^fw ur m A r - 0r (by the Turks called Silc.de,
■c ,i i ^ f r , obferved in commemoration of the Ram which was fa-
cnficed by Ahr^hamsi. fuch time as Kmad (they fay) Ihould havebeen offered
Other Feftivals they celebrate: ^ Oud-mpn, the Noverm., Imamy,
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KbomHocem or Hujfan Son of who was flain with eleven of his
the Chalyph of Darmtfcm Nephew to A Feftival begun (they fay
revived) hySyet Gmet, foliowed by^^r, .and commanded by Sha-^mael, as a tri-
umph agamfl the Bbn-H/mtans, who left no means un-attempted to have extirped ^//y's
Family root and branch-, which neverthelels was providentially preferved m one of
that Item named ^ (they call him Saint ^J y ')Xat his Lirth was
fecretly conveyed into fome good hands that preferved him from the Ben HumianTn!
quifition; from which Aum/ly (who lived near an hundre,d years after flight
of S tfZt d- Z f o{ ArdaveU (Son of that venerable Saint or Syet
of fo great elteem for fandtity in TamherlMe s time, as gave him the invitation to vifit
him in his march through Pe . r fif a gainfl; the Turkifli Tyrant j is lineally defcended: Which
11 u u 0nl ^ n I eiShe fr d a S ain ^ the Turkiih Tenet concerning three Succeflbrs
Amboehar and the rail, but anathematize fuch as honour them , yea, he fpared not
S 0 ? f 0Ur ?^ er S r 'j at Hodgees or Dodors who were contemporary with
thofe four (if not deceived) whom Mahomet in fear for his prelumption in Paradife
Wiped rromthe fweat of his brow, and by miracle were metamorphofed into four learn-
ed men, by name Achmet Sembelim, Ahn-hamet^ Melec^eddah, and Sher-Faffaim A
new-broached Opinion, fo offenfive to the Turks, that of late the Muphti condemning an
innocent fwore a great Oath he thought it a better ad and a more meritorious to
kill one j Perfian than feventy Chnftians.
HHjfan> moft agree, was flain treacheroufly by Chufe, a Slave to Mnavi. Mnavi was ac-
ceilbry ? the Mans therefore punifti him yearly, though rotten a thoufand years fince.
For, firft, they frame a deformed Image, whofeface is black, his nofe pierced thorow
W^h a Dart, and clad in Straw: which done, they hurry it through the ftreets in a hurly-
burly of thoufands of credulous people-, who when they have dragged it lufficiently
through the City, draw it to fome riling Hill where to all mens view they elevate this Cai-
A,, '' u f j awls 0ut a Poetic Oration to this purpofe. That after ftria fearch,
My had directed them whereto apprehend the Tray tor, unworthy the leaft fhew of
mercy *, this being that fame Villain who fleW Hitjfan {Ally's Son) and his eleven Sons
Shmfm only efcaping: fo that every good man is bound to curie him, yea, to help to
torment him in the vileft manner poffible. A
In token of joy, they unanimoufly fing their Efmicid, and cry aloud Youah Ally, yea,
itnve to rend the Clouds with clamours. At a fet time they ceafe, when Fire is given
toa tram of Gunpowder which fetting divers fquibs on fire,blow up the detefted Syrian^
and by a hideous noife make the Air echo at his Funeral. Hnjfan^ Ghoit they think
now fleeps quietly ftichPerfim commends one anothers zeal, and fpends that night in
merriment. b
The Jedt-Ouf mt was obferved when we were in Spaharvn. They have a Tradition that
vKf- ( M y sSon ). was loft in a Wildernefs, where thirft or rather Mavl the Kalyph
Killed him. Nine dayes they wander up and down, all that while (having neither head nor
beard nor feeming joyful, but inceflantly beating their breafts, fome tear their garments,
and crying out Hnffav, Huffan^ in a melancholy note, fo long, fo fiercely, that many can
neither