Note 112 — KING JALI’AD OF HIND AND HIS WAZIR SHIMAS; FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY OF KING WIRD KHAN, SON OF KING JALI’AD, WITH HIS WOMEN AND WAZIRS.[55]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Sunan” for which see vol. v. 36, 167. Here it is = Rasm or usage, equivalent to our precedents, and held valid, especially when dating from olden time, in all matters which are not expressly provided for by Koranic command. For instance a Hindí Moslem (who doubtless borrowed the customs from Hindús) will refuse to eat with the Kafir and when the latter objects that there is no such prohibition in the Koran will reply, “No: but it is our Rasm.” As a rule the Anglo-Indian is very ignorant on this essential point.