[45] Dastur, dasturi, the percentage appropriated on purchase by servants.
[46] Saiqalgar, corrupted into sikligar, a polisher.
[47] Dahi khatai. There is no mystery about the preparation. Milk is boiled and soured by being poured into an earthen vessel in which curds have previously been kept. Sometimes, but less frequently, an acid or rennet is added to precipitate the solid ingredients of the milk.
[48] Malai.
[49] Makkhan.
[50] Burfwala.
[51] Roshanai, 'brightness', made of lampblack, gum-arabic, and aloe juice. Elaborate prescriptions are given by Jaffur Shurreef (Qanoon-e-Islam 150 f.).
[52] Lithography and printing are now commonly done by natives.
[53] Letters usually begin with, the invocation, Bi'-smi'illahi'r-rahmani'r-rahim, 'In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.' The monogram 'I' is often substituted, as being the initial of Allah, and the first letter of the alphabet.
[54] If the Koran were wrapped in a skin and thrown into fire, it would
not burn, say the Traditions (Hughes, Dictionary of Islam, 521).
Compare the care taken by the Chinese to save paper on which writing
appears (J.H. Gray, China, i. 178).