[159] Nuzhet el-Mutaämmil, &c., section the seventh.
[160] A pious Muslim generally sits at his meals with the right knee raised, after the example of the Prophet, who adopted this custom in order to avoid too comfortable a posture in eating, as tempting to unnecessary gratification.—Ed.
[161] Pp. 180—182, ed. Oxon. 1800.
[162] See Esther vi. 8 and 9.
[163] El-Maḳreezee's "Khiṭaṭ," and El-Is-ḥáḳee.
[164] El-Is-ḥáḳee; reign of the Khaleefeh El-Musta'een, the son of El-Moạtaṣim.
[165] Sketches of Persia, vol. i. ch. v. [Mr. Lane has written some of the Oriental words in this extract according to his own mode.—Ed.]
[166] Notes on the Bedouins and Wahábys, vol. i. pp. 220 et seq. 8vo. ed.
[167] A more full account of this custom is given in my work on the Modern Egyptians, vol. i. ch. l.
[168] Notes on the Bedouins and Wahábys, vol. i. p. 232, 8vo. ed.