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Updated: June 16, 2025
Some would-be knowing critics inform us that "Dastar-khwan" literally signifies the "turband of the table"!!! How they manage to make such a meaning out of it is beyond ordinary research; and when done, it makes nonsense. They forget that the Orientals never made use of tables in the good old times. The dastar-khwan is, in reality, both table and table-cloth in one.
One day, having fixed on a lucky moment for departure, they set out thence on their journey. At every stage they came to, all the merchants waited on the khwaja and on his dastar-khwan they ate of his food and drank of his wine. The khwaja offered up his grateful thanks to the Almighty for the happiness of having the young merchant with him, and proceeded on, stage by stage.
They are generally built of a square or quadrangular form with a large open court in the centre, and contain numerous rooms for goods, men, and beasts. Literally, made excuses from the surface of his heart," i.e., not serious excuses. That is, "completely armed." Vide note 2, page 87. On the exact meaning of dastar-khwan, see note, page 104. The Musalman confession of faith, see note 3, page 156.
First they put some meat in a dish, and having covered it with a cover of gold, they carried it to the dog, and having spread an embroidered dastar-khwan, they laid the dish before him. The dog descended from his stool, ate as much as he liked, and drank some water out of a golden bowl, then returned and sat on his stool.
"When the dastar-khwan was removed, they spread a carpet of kashani velvet, and brought to me ewers and basins of gold, with scented soap and warm water, wherewithal I might wash my hands; then betel was introduced, in a box set with precious stones, and spices of various kinds; whenever I called for water to drink, the servants brought it cooled in ice.
The dog's stool was placed there also, and the khwaja and young merchant took their seats; he presented to him some wine without ceremony; they both began to drink. When they got merry, the khwaja called for dinner; the dastar-khwan was spread, and the good things of the world were laid out.
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