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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians

Note 523 — Chapter XXIV · PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.

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Aboo-So’ood was a very famous saint; and, being esteemed the most holy person of his day, received the appellation of “Sultán,” which has been conferred upon several other very eminent welees, and, when thus applied, signifies “King of Saints.” The tomb of Aboo-So’ood is among the mounds of rubbish on the south of Cairo.

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