Storia do Mogor 265.15.4

265.15.4

When a Mahomedan dies, there are special persons who come to wash the corpse. These people make their living by this office; they are abhorred, and no one eats with them. They put the body in its shroud and place it in a coffin covered with rich pieces of stuff; the turban bound with gold is laid upon the outside, as a token that inside is a dead body. It is carried to the grave accompanied by all the deceased's insignia of rank, flags, elephants, cavalry, with a large following, and many perfumes. On the way they commend the departed in loud voices to Muhammad. Until the burying is completed, passers-by who meet the body halt and pray for his soul.