Note 365 — KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[295]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This leaving a long lock upon the shaven poll is a very ancient practice: we find it amongst the old Egyptians. For the Shúshah or topknot of hair, see vol. i. 308. It is differently worn in the several regions of the Moslem world: the Maroccans of the Ríf country grow it not on the pole but on one side of the head. As a rule, however, it is confined to boys, and is shaved off at puberty.