 | 536 pagine
...strange and some what ridiculous discord. The funeral of a man of wealth is sometimes preceded by three or more camels bearing bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb. On the other hand a buffalo to be sacrificed at the tomb where its flesh is also to be distributed... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 528 pagine
...their head-coverings and bosoms, besmeared with mud. " The funeral procession of a man of wealth, or of the middle classes, is sometimes preceded by three...a more numerous and varied assemblage of persons." In this, besides the persons already mentioned, "the led horses of the bearers, if men of rank, often... | |
 | sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 532 pagine
...their head- coverings and bosoms, besmeared with mud. " The funeral procession of a man of wealth, or of the middle classes, is sometimes preceded by three...a more numerous and varied assemblage of persons." In this, besides the persons already mentioned, "the led horses of the bearers, if men of rank, often... | |
 | 1841 - 664 pagine
...forbidden by the Prophet. — The funeral procession of a man of wealth is sometimes preceded by several camels, bearing bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb ; and closed by the led horses of some of the attendants, and by a buffalo or other animal to be sacrificed... | |
 | 1841 - 660 pagine
...forbidden by the Prophet. — The funeral procession of a man of wealth is sometimes preceded by several camels, bearing bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb ; and closed by the led horses of some of the attendants, and by a buffalo or other animal to be sacrificed... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pagine
...their head coverings and bosoms besmeared with mud. "'The funeral procession of a man of wealth or of the middle classes is sometimes preceded by three...a more numerous and varied assemblage of persons.' In this, besides the persons already mentioned, ' the led horses of the bearers, if men of rank, often... | |
 | Sophia Lane Poole - 1844 - 742 pagine
...forbidden by the Prophet. — The funeral procession of a man of wealth is sometimes preceded by several camels, bearing bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb ; and closed by the led horses of some of the attendants, and by a buffalo or other animal to be sacrificed... | |
 | George Fisk - 1845 - 562 pagine
...The funeral procession of a man of wealth, or of the middle classes, is sometimes preceded by three, four or more camels, bearing bread and water to give...a more numerous and varied assemblage of persons. In such a procession — besides the persons already mentioned, the led horses of the bearers, if men... | |
 | George Fisk - 1850 - 482 pagine
...The funeral procession of a man of wealth, or of the middle classes, is sometimes preceded by three, four or more camels, bearing bread and water to give...a more numerous and varied assemblage of persons. In such a procession — besides the persons already mentioned, the led horses of the bearers, if men... | |
 | Edward Stanley Poole - 1859 - 594 pagine
...forbidden by the Prophet. — The funeral-procession of a man of wealth is sometimes preceded by several camels, bearing bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb; and closed by the led horse* of some of the attendants, and by a buffalo or other animal to be sacrificed... | |
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The funeral procession of a man of wealth, or of the middle classes, is sometimes preceded by three or four or more camels, bearing bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb, and is composed of a more numerous and varied assemblage of persons. 
