. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . A DERVISH DANCING 2/8 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. Persia, regard these as illegitimate, and commencewith the caliphate of Ali, Mohammeds nephew. Thissect represents the climax of Mohammedan fanaticism. While in Constantinople in 1889, during the monthof Ramazan, I was permitted one night to witness thehorrible relioious celebration of this sect—an awfulnight, never to be forgotten ! With the purpose ofobtaining merit and forgiveness, for admittance toParadise without exa
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . A DERVISH DANCING 2/8 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. Persia, regard these as illegitimate, and commencewith the caliphate of Ali, Mohammeds nephew. Thissect represents the climax of Mohammedan fanaticism. While in Constantinople in 1889, during the monthof Ramazan, I was permitted one night to witness thehorrible relioious celebration of this sect—an awfulnight, never to be forgotten ! With the purpose ofobtaining merit and forgiveness, for admittance toParadise without examination, the Persian devoteesappeared in a procession at night, clothed in robes ofwhite and armed with swords, iron chains, and otherweapons of torture. Long before the spectacle wassighted in the distance, the streets were surging withthousands of clamorous men and women of everynationality and type, in eager anticipation of the death-foreboding pageant soon to come. Then, from a hugebuilding, with unearthly tumult, and amid a profusionof lights, the devotees burst out into the streets in themidst of the man
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