hamdoollah

Updated: June 27, 2025

If he has a guest, it is the height of politeness to select small pieces off the dish and put them within the guest's reach, or, still better, into his mouth. Moors, unless they are wealthy men, eat "by the eye" that is, not according to what they require, but according to that they see set before them: frequent hiccups express gratification at hospitality received, accompanied by "Hamdoollah."

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock