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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians

Note 500 — Chapter XXII · PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES—continued.

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’Osmán (vulgarly called ’Otmán and ’Etmán) Ibn-El-Hebla was a rogue whom Beybars took into his service as groom, and compelled to vow repentance at the shrine of the seyyideh Nefeeseh (great-granddaughter of the Imám Hasan), and, soon after, made his mukaddam, or chief of his servants.

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