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BNL.770.043
24 May 1770:21 (3476[sic])
London, March 20. Copies of a circular order from the Grand
Signior for the observation of a day of humiliation,
throughout all the provinces of his empire . . . [2 lines]
in which the strictest abstinence is enjoined to all true
Mussulmen. . . [3 lines] At Mecca, the sepulchral urn of
Mahomet was to be exposed to the people with very singular
ceremonies. The inhabitants and pilgrims were to march six
times round the urn, singing, in a doleful manner, the song
of calamity; . . . [gruesome procession and ceremony
described in 1/3 column]
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