Meer Hassan Ali, B.: Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: descriptive of their manners, customs, habits, and religious opinions ; made during a twelve years residence in their immediate Society (Band 1) (London, 1832)

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lege, and without delay, handed him over to
the SherufF of Mecca, to answer for his crime.
He declared his innocence to the SherufF,
and told him how he became possessed the
treasure. The SherufF had some difficulty
in believing his confession, yet perceiving he
had not the appearance of a common thief,
he told him, if what he had declared was
true, the goodness of God would again be ex-
tended towards him on the trial he proposed
to institute. The spout was restored to its
original position on the Kaabah, and made
secure. This done, the pilgrim was required
to repeat his faithful address to God, in the
presence of the assembled multitude ; when, to
their astonishment, it again descended at the
instant his prayer was finished. Taking up
the spout without hesitation, he was walking
away with it very quietly, when the people
flocked round him, believing him to be some
sainted person, and earnestly requested him to
bestow on them small portions of his raiment as
relics of his holy person. The SherufF then
clothed him in rich garments, and in lieu of the