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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians

Note 610 — Chapter XXVIII · DEATH, AND FUNERAL RITES.

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Some Muslims turn the head of the corpse in the direction of Mekkeh; others, the right side, inclining the face in that direction: the latter, I believe, is the general custom.

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