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Updated: May 18, 2025
They had not even time to shut their eyes before the fatal stroke descended. Six-and-twenty of them perished there and then. Only three survived the day, Sulali, Mohammed the dervish, and Alir Aalem, the custodian of the sacred banner and justiciary of Stambul. All three were Ulemas, and therefore not even the Sultan was free to slay them.
Made of green wood, very tough, pointed at the ends; they fasten the rattan line to the middle of the stick." Some tough green bark, braided together, was then wound around the stick so that the game could not bite it in two. A big fish for bait was then attached to the alir, and carefully fastened to it so that the reptile could not tear it off.
The steamer just crawled along on the river in order not to disturb the game, though the reptiles were accustomed to the sight of vessels. "Now you see that stick the hunter has in his hand," said Achang, though each of them had one. "'Most a foot long, like a new moon." "Crescent-shaped," added Louis. "Called an alir in Malay.
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