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Among them: one of them will remain for months without eating or drinking. For many of them pits are dug under the ground and built over, leaving only an opening through which air enters, and he stays there for months; I heard that some of them stay thus for a year! In the city of Manjarūr I saw a Muslim, one of those who learn from them, for whom a platform had been raised; he stayed on top of it without eating or drinking for a period of twenty-five days, and I left him like that, so I do not know how long he stayed after me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > One of them will spend months without eating or drinking, and many of them have holes dug for them in the earth which are then built in on top of them, leaving only a space for air to enter. They stay in these for months, and I heard tell of one of them who remained thus for a year. The people say that they make up pills, one of which they take for a given number of days or months, and during that time they require no food or drink. They can tell what is happening at a distance. The sultan holds them in esteem and admits them to his company. Some eat nothing but vegetables, and others, the majority, eat no meat; it is obvious that they have so disciplined themselves in ascetic practices that they have no need of any of the goods or vanities of this world. There are amongst them some who merely look at a man and he falls dead on the spot. The common people say that if the breast of a man killed in this way is cut open, it is found to contain no heart, and they assert that his heart has been eaten. This is commonest in the case of women, and a woman who acts thus is called a kaftar. During the famine in Delhi they brought one of these women to me, saying that she had eaten the heart of a boy. I ordered them to take her to the sultan’s lieutenant, who commanded that she should be put to the test. They filled four jars with water, tied them to her hands and feet and threw her into the river Jumna. As she did not sink she was known to be a kaftar; > — H. A. R. Gibb 1929, Travels in Asia and Africa 1325–1354 ### [13.52.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.52.2) والناس يذكرون أنهم يركبون حبوبا يأكلون الحبة منها لأيام معلومة أو أشهر فلا يحتاج في تلك المدة إلى طعام ولا شراب ويخبرون بأمور مغيبة والسلطان يعظمهم ويجالسهم، ومنهم من يقتصر في أكله على البقل ومنهم من لا يأكل اللحم وهم الاكثرون، والظاهر من حالهم أنهم عودوا أنفسهم الرياضة ولا حاجة لهم في الدنيا وزينتها، ومنهم من ينظر إلى الإنسان فيقع ميتا من نظرته، وتقول العامة: إنه إذا قتل بالنظر وشق عن صدر الميت وجد دون قلب! ويقولون: أكل قلبه، وأكثر ما يكون هذا في النساء، والمرأة التي تفعل ذلك تسمى كفتار! > People say that they compound pills, of which they eat one for a set number of days or months, so that during that period one needs neither food nor drink. They tell of hidden things, and the Sultan honours them and sits with them. Some of them restrict their food to vegetables, and some do not eat meat, and these are the majority. Their state evidently is that they have accustomed themselves to ascetic discipline and have no need of this world and its adornments. Some of them look at a person and he falls dead from their gaze. The common people say that when someone is killed by the gaze and the dead man's chest is cut open, he is found without a heart! They say, “His heart has been eaten.” This happens mostly among women, and a woman who does this is called a kaftār! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Travels in Asia and Africa 1325–1354](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-gibb.7.3.2) — H. A. R. Gibb 1929, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.52.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.52) · Pramāṇa