Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA AND ADDENDA
- CHAPTER I Industry
- CHAPTER II Use of Tobacco, Coffee, Hemp, Opium, &c
- CHAPTER III The Bath
- CHAPTER IV Games
- CHAPTER V Music
- CHAPTER VI Public Dancers
- CHAPTER VII Serpent-Charmers, and Performers of Legerdemain tricks, &c
- CHAPTER VIII Public Recitations of Romances. (Ab'oo Zeyd)
- CHAPTER IX Public Recitations of Romances—continued. (Ez-Za'hir)
- CHAPTER X Public Recitations of Romances—continued. (ʾAn'tar, and Del'hem'eh)
- CHAPTER XI Periodical Public Festivals, &c (Those of the first three months of the Mohhammadan Year)
- CHAPTER XII Periodical Public Festivals, &c.—continued (Those of the fourth and following months of the Mohhammadan Year)
- CHAPTER XIII Periodical Public Festivals, &c.—continued (Those of the Solar Year)
- CHAPTER XIV Private Festivities, &c
- CHAPTER XV Death, and Funeral Rites
- SUPPLEMENT
- Appendix A Female Ornaments
- Appendix B Egyptian Measures, Weights, and Moneys
- Appendix C Household Expenditure in Cairo
- Appendix D Prayer of Moos'lim School-boys
- Index
Appendix C - Household Expenditure in Cairo
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA AND ADDENDA
- CHAPTER I Industry
- CHAPTER II Use of Tobacco, Coffee, Hemp, Opium, &c
- CHAPTER III The Bath
- CHAPTER IV Games
- CHAPTER V Music
- CHAPTER VI Public Dancers
- CHAPTER VII Serpent-Charmers, and Performers of Legerdemain tricks, &c
- CHAPTER VIII Public Recitations of Romances. (Ab'oo Zeyd)
- CHAPTER IX Public Recitations of Romances—continued. (Ez-Za'hir)
- CHAPTER X Public Recitations of Romances—continued. (ʾAn'tar, and Del'hem'eh)
- CHAPTER XI Periodical Public Festivals, &c (Those of the first three months of the Mohhammadan Year)
- CHAPTER XII Periodical Public Festivals, &c.—continued (Those of the fourth and following months of the Mohhammadan Year)
- CHAPTER XIII Periodical Public Festivals, &c.—continued (Those of the Solar Year)
- CHAPTER XIV Private Festivities, &c
- CHAPTER XV Death, and Funeral Rites
- SUPPLEMENT
- Appendix A Female Ornaments
- Appendix B Egyptian Measures, Weights, and Moneys
- Appendix C Household Expenditure in Cairo
- Appendix D Prayer of Moos'lim School-boys
- Index
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- An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern EgyptiansWritten in Egypt during the Years 1833, –34, and –35, Partly from Notes Made during a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, –26, –27 and –28, pp. 375 - 376Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1836