zanu

Updated: May 27, 2025

They vow chastity and a holy life, but consider themselves exempt from all ceremonial observances of the Muhammadan religion. Literally, "is an immense mountain." The phrase do zanu ho baithna denotes a mode of sitting peculiar, more especially, to the Persians.

Mīr Amman Dihlavī - Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes