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NHG-P.770.017
1 Jun 1770:11 (711)
London, March 20. Copies of a circular order from the Grand
Signior for the observation of a day of humiliation,
thro'out all the provinces of his empire, in consequence of
the uncommon success of his enemies; have lately been
published, in which the strictest abstinence is enjoined to
all true Musselmen. The mufti, and those belonging to the
church, were to appear dressed as penitents, and in all
public places to implore the assistance of the almighty. 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; a solemn and
general procession, of 25 miles round, was to conclude the
whole in the following order. I. six hundred persons
cloathed in habits stained with blood, their heads
uncovered, their feet naked, bearing urns fill'd with the
bones of the dead, armed with broken spears, bows, arrows,
&c. . . [40 lines]
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