ismayleys

Updated: May 27, 2025

A sect of "Light- -extinguishers" is said to exist in India, as well as in Mesopotamia, and to them the Ismayleys of Syria and those of Mekka may, perhaps, belong. About the middle of the Soueyga, where the street is only four paces in breadth, are stone benches on each side.

John Lewis Burckhardt - Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred