[202] Soft boots, worn inside the slippers or shoes. [203] Halbet el-Kumeyt, chap. xiv. [204] I am not sure of the orthography of this name, particularly with respect to the first and last vowels; having never found it written with the vowel points. It is sometimes written with ḥ for kh, and f for ḳ. [205] Ḥalbet el-Kumeyt, 1.1. [206] He was born in A.H. 125, and died in 213, or 188. [207] He was born A.H. 150, and died in 235. [208] Mir-át ez-Zemán, events of the year 231. He died in this year. [209] Ḥalbet el-Kumeyt, chap. vii. [210] Nuzhet el-Mutaämmil. [211] Nuzhet el-Mutaämmil, section vii. [212] See Sir John Malcolm's "Sketches in Persia," i. ch. v. [213] Notes on the Bedouins and Wahábys, i. 220, ff. CHAPTER VIII. CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION. In few cases are the Mohammadans so much fettered by the directions of their Prophet and other religious instructors as in the rearing and education of their children. In matters of the most trivial nature, religious precedents direct their management of the young. One of the first duties is to wrap the new-born child in clean white linen, or in linen of some other colour, but not yellow. After this some person (not a female) should pronounce the adán[214] in the ear of the infant, because the Prophet did so in the ear of El-Ḥasan when Fáṭimeh gave birth to him; or he should pronounce the adán in the right ear, and the iḳámeh (which is nearly the same) in the left.[215] It was formerly a custom of many of the Arabs, and perhaps is still among some, for the father to give a feast to his friends on seven successive days after the birth of a son; but that of a daughter was observed with less rejoicing. The general modern custom is to give an entertainment only on the seventh day, which is called Yóm es-Subooạ.