An Account of the Manners And Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in ...
An Account of the Manners And Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in ...
Edward William Lane
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Ihere are also some other cases in which the thief is exempt from the punishments above men- tbned. In Egypt, of late years, these punishments hlive not been inflicted. Beating and hard labour have been substituted for the first, second, or tiiird oftnce, and frequently death for the fourth. Most * Chap, v., ▼. 42., \ The deena'r is a mitckal (or nearly 72 English grains) of gold. Sale, copying a false translation by Marracci, and xieglecting to examine the Arabic text quoted by the latter, has... stated the sum in question to be Ibur tfeena'n. Digitized by VjOOQ IC pelty ei^Bces are usually punished by be«itJWM^]|^^ tke hoorha!g (a thong or whip of h^>papQtamn8' hi^^r hammered into a round forraX ^^ with a 9tick, gai^ rally on the soles of the feet*. f Drunkenness was punished, by the Prophet»> hjy«. flagging ; and is still in Cairo, though not often ; ihe hhadd^ or number of stripes, for this offence, is eigh^T^ > Aposiac^ from the Mohhammadan faith is cou^, sidered a most beinous sin, and must be puxushe^ .
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