An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . lk and cotton, without sleeves. Over the shirt and sudeyree, orthe former alone, is worn a long vest of striped silk and cotton ®(called kaftan, or more commonly kuftan ), descending to The Muslims hold it to be inconsistent with the honour that is due toeverything that has appertained to the human body to leave upon the groundthe sliavings or clippini^s of hair, the parings of nails, etc., which, therefore,they generally bury in the earth. * Persons of literary and religious profession
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . lk and cotton, without sleeves. Over the shirt and sudeyree, orthe former alone, is worn a long vest of striped silk and cotton ®(called kaftan, or more commonly kuftan ), descending to The Muslims hold it to be inconsistent with the honour that is due toeverything that has appertained to the human body to leave upon the groundthe sliavings or clippini^s of hair, the parings of nails, etc., which, therefore,they generally bury in the earth. * Persons of literary and religious professions generally disapprove of theshoosheh. ^They are mentioned in the Mishcat-ul-Masabih, vol. ii., p. 359. and areobserved by both sexes. The fashion of their dress remains almost the same during the lapse of cen-turies. * In Arabic, libas. * Called dikkeh, or til^keh. ^ The Prophet forbade men to wear silk clothing, but allowed women to doso. The prohibition is, however, attended to by very few modern Muslims,excepting the Wahhabees. ^ The stripes are seldom plain; they arc generally figured or MEN OF THE MIDDLE AND HIGHER CLASSES,/.(lilts- Modem Eiivpliaiis] [Page 23 DRESS. 25 the ankles, with long sleeves extending a few inches beyond thefingers ends, but divided from a point a little above the wrist, orabout the middle of the fore-arm ; so that the hand is generallyexposed, though it may be concealed by the sleeve when neces-sary, for it is customary to cover the hands in the presence of aperson of high rank. Round this vest is wound the girdle, whichis a coloured shawl, or a long piece of white figured muslin. Theordinary outer robe is a long cloth coat, of any colour (called bythe Turks jubbeh, but by the Egyptians gibbeh), the sleevesof which reach not quite to the wrist.^ Some persons also weara beneesh, or benish, which is a robe of cloth, with longsleeves, like those of the kuftan, but more ample; ^ it is properlya robe of ceremony, and should be worn over th
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