The Rashīdī History 139.4

139.4

Thus [subsequently] I saw the b&lish [and found them correspond to the description I had seen in books]. One of the most singular things that I heard from those who had worked at the Kázik was this : In every one of the ewers was a letter written in Turki, which read : ["This treasure was prepared for the expenses of the ceremony of circumcision of the son of the Khátun called Khamar."] But no one could discover who this Khamar Khátun was, nor when she had lived, nor how. How strange that in spite of witnessing such examples, man is not restrained in his lusts, desires, and vain fancies!