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AN EMAUM-BAARAH. 33
for the males and the females, communicating by
private entrances, as will be explained hereafter.
The Emaum-baarah is a sacred place, erected
for the express purpose of commemorating Ma-
hurrum; the founder not ^infrequently intends
this also as the mausoleum for himself and fa-
mily. But we generally find Mukhburrahs
(mausoleums) built in conspicuous situations, for
the remains of kings, princes, nobles, and sainted
persons. Of the latter, many are visited, at stated
periods, by the multitude, with religious vene-
ration, the illiterate attaching considerable im-
portance to the annual pilgrimage to them ; and
where,—to secure the influence of the particular
saint's spirit, in furthering their views,—mothers
present their children, in numbers beyond all
calculation; and each having something to hope
for who visits the shrine, presents offerings of
money and sweetmeats, which become the pro-
perty of the person in charge of the tomb, thus
yielding him a profitable sinecure, in proportion
as the saint is popular amongst the ignorant.
An Emaum-baarah is a square building, gene-
rally erected with a cupola top, the dimensions
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for the males and the females, communicating by
private entrances, as will be explained hereafter.
The Emaum-baarah is a sacred place, erected
for the express purpose of commemorating Ma-
hurrum; the founder not ^infrequently intends
this also as the mausoleum for himself and fa-
mily. But we generally find Mukhburrahs
(mausoleums) built in conspicuous situations, for
the remains of kings, princes, nobles, and sainted
persons. Of the latter, many are visited, at stated
periods, by the multitude, with religious vene-
ration, the illiterate attaching considerable im-
portance to the annual pilgrimage to them ; and
where,—to secure the influence of the particular
saint's spirit, in furthering their views,—mothers
present their children, in numbers beyond all
calculation; and each having something to hope
for who visits the shrine, presents offerings of
money and sweetmeats, which become the pro-
perty of the person in charge of the tomb, thus
yielding him a profitable sinecure, in proportion
as the saint is popular amongst the ignorant.
An Emaum-baarah is a square building, gene-
rally erected with a cupola top, the dimensions
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