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Over and over again in the Nights we are told of some seductive lady that she was straight and tall with a shape like the letter Alif or a willow wand. There are chapters on sterility, long lists of the kind to be found in Rabelais, and solemn warnings against excess, chiefly on account of its resulting in weakness of sight, with other "observations useful for men and women." Paul and St.
I was troubled, for whatso is seen while the volume Alif is in use hath a portent; but the discovery of what this might be baffled me.
I was troubled, for whatso is seen while the volume Alif is in use hath a portent; but the discovery of what this might be baffled me.
In consequence of disturbances that ensued upon the death of a sultan Alif in the year 1680, without direct heirs, the government became divided amongst three chiefs, presumed to have been of the royal family and at the same time great officers of state, who resided at places named Suruwasa, Pagar-ruyong, and Sungei-trap; and in that state it continues to the present time.
Now, one summer eve as Ravaloke rested under the shade of his garden palm, and I studied beside him great volumes of magic, it happened that after I had read certain pages I closed one of the books marked on the cover 'Alif, and shut the clasp louder than I intended, so that he who was dozing started up, and his head was in the sloped sun in an instant, and I observed the shadow of his head lengthen out along the grass-plot towards the mossed wall, and it shot up the wall, darkening it then drawing back and lessening, then darting forth like a beast of darkness irritable for prey.
A specimen of a warrant of recent date, addressed to Tuanku Sungei-Pagu, a high-priest residing near Bencoolen, is as follows: Three circular Seals with inscriptions in Arabic characters. Key Dummul Alum. Maharaja Alif. Nour Alum. Maharaja Dempang or Dipang. Aour Alum. Maharaja Dirja or Durja.
Now, one summer eve as Ravaloke rested under the shade of his garden palm, and I studied beside him great volumes of magic, it happened that after I had read certain pages I closed one of the books marked on the cover 'Alif, and shut the clasp louder than I intended, so that he who was dozing started up, and his head was in the sloped sun in an instant, and I observed the shadow of his head lengthen out along the grass-plot towards the mossed wall, and it shot up the wall, darkening it then drawing back and lessening, then darting forth like a beast of darkness irritable for prey.
It is also found in the Hindu Rakshasa. The animal is very handy with them, as I learnt by experience when trying to "Rareyfy" one at Bayrut. Mr. W. F. Kirby has made him the subject of a pretty poem. "Kamat Alfiyyah," like an Alif, the first of the Arabic alphabet, the Heb. Aleph. In numerals "Alif" denotes one or one thousand.
Here for example comes a band of Marathas and Kamathis with bells upon their ankles, who form a ring in front of the "tazia", while their leader chants in a loud voice: "Alif se Allah; Be se Bismillah; Jum se meri Jan. Tajun Imam Husein Ki nyaz dharun." "Alif for Allah; B for Bismillah; J for my life. An offering is this to Husein."
If these appear to us fantastic, it must be remembered they are borrowed from objects and scenes to which we are almost utter strangers. Who is not familiar with the Alif lita wa lilin, or the thousand and one tales, commonly known as the Arabian Nights' Entertainment?
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