[4] From Karbala, the place of pilgrimage. [5] _Mardanah_. [6] _Maqbarah_, 'place of graves'. [7] _Shatranj[-i]_, a chequered cloth, from _shatrang_, the game of chess. [8] _Majlis_. [9] _Mulaqat_. [10] _Mimbar_, sometimes a wooden structure, sometimes of masonry. [11] Green is the Sayyid colour (E.W. Lane, _Modern Egyptians_, i. 38). But it is an innovation in Islam, and Sayyids in Al-Hijaz, as a general rule, do not wear a green turban (Burton, _Pilgrimage_, ii. 4). [12] The spread hand designates the Sheah sect. There are times when holding up the spread hand declares the Sheah, whilst the Soonie is distinguished by his holding up three fingers only. In villages, the spread hand is marked on the walls where Sheahs reside during Mahurrum. [_Author_.] [The five spread fingers are regarded as emblematical of the Prophet, Fâtimah, 'Ali, Hasan, and Husain. The Sunnis prefer three fingers, signifying the first three Caliphs. In its ultimate origin, the spread hand is a charm against demons and evil spirits.] [13] _Maulavi_, a Muhammadan doctor of law, a judge. [14] From Dhie, ten; Mudgelluss, assembling together for sacred purposes. [_Author_.] or [_Dah_, or _Dahha majlis_ denotes the ten days of Muharram; see Sir L. Pelly, _The Miracle Play of Hasan and Husain_, i. 74.] [15] Corrupted by Anglo-Indians into _Hobson-Jobson_, the title of Sir H. Yule's _Anglo-Indian Glossary_. [16] _Matam_, 'mourning'. [17] _Pan_, 'betel leaf'. [18] Cardamom. [19] _Dhaniya_ (_Coriandrum sativitm_). [20] _Huqqah_, 'a water tobacco pipe'. [21] _Marsiyah_, 'a funeral elegy'. [22] _Palang_, a more pretentious piece of furniture than the _charpai_, or common 'cot'. [23] _Masnad_, 'a thing leaned on', a pile of cushions; the throne of a sovereign. [24] _Khichar_. [25] _Khichri_, the 'Kedgeree' of Anglo-Indians. [26] _Gota_. [27] Catechu, Hindi _Kath_. [28] _Batua_. [29] _Jamdani_, properly a portmanteau for holding clothes (_Jama_): a kind of flowered cloth. [30] _Nath_. [31] _Joshan_, an ornament worn on the upper arm. [32] _Pa[~e]jama_, 'leg clothing', drawers. [33] _Dopatta_, a sheet made of two breadths of cloth. [34] Amongst the Muhammadans the proportion of widows has declined steadily since 1881, and is now only 143 per mille compared with 170 in that year. It would seem that the prejudices against widow-marriages are gradually becoming weaker.--_Report Census of India_, 1911, i. 273. [35] [~A]y[~a], from Portuguese _aia_, 'a nurse'. [36] After much, entreaty, this humble zealot was induced to take a sweet lime, occasionally, to cool her poor parched mouth. She survived the trial, and lived many years to repeat her practised abstinence at the return of Mahurrum. [_Author_.] [37] _Butkhanah_.