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The kafni is a kind of short shirt without sleeves, of the colour of brick dust, which Fakirs wear. Literally, "paintings on a wall." The fanus is a large glass shade open at the top, placed over a lamp or candle as a protection from wind, or bats, &c., when the windows are all open, as is generally the case in hot weather.
He had two children born to him; one was this pilgrim, who, clad in the kafni and saili, is now in your presence, and addressing you, holy guides; the other was a sister, whom my father, during his life time, had married to a merchant's son of another city; she lived in the family of her father-in-law.
O, Darweshes! on hearing his story, I, having thrown the kafni over my shoulders, and having put on the habit of a pilgrim, set out with extreme desire to see the country of the Franks. After long wandering over mountains and through woods, I began to resemble Majnun Farhad. I was greatly vexed that I should not obtain the object for which I had undergone such misery and toil, and come so far.
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