[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Travel and sea narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla) › [تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › 13.53.2 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.53.2 تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار 13.53.2 - **Language:** Arabic ### [13.53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.53.2) خمسمائة نفس فعمرت لهم سقائف في دارين وأسكنتهم بها، وكنت أعطيتهم نفقة خمسة أيام في خمسة أيام، فلما كان في بعض الأيام أتوني بمرأة منهم، وقالوا: إنها كفتار وقد أكلت قلب صبي كان إلى جانبها، وأتوا بالصبي ميتا، فأمرتهم أن يذهبوا بها إلى نائب السلطان فأمر باختبارها وذلك بأن ملأوا أربع جرات بالماء وربطوها بيدها ورجليها وطرحوها في نهر الجون فلم تغرق، فعلم أنها كفتار! ولو لم تطف على الماء لم تكن بكفتار، فأمر بإحراقها بالنار وأتى أهل البلد رجالا ونساء فأخذوا رمادها وزعموا أنه من تبخر به أمن في تلك السنة من سحر كفتار! > had she not floated she would not have been one. He ordered her then to be burned in the fire. Her ashes were collected by the men and women of the town, for they believe that anyone who fumigates himself with them is safe against a kaftar's enchantments during that year. The sultan sent for me once when I was at Delhi, and on entering I found him in a private apartment with some of his intimates and two of these jugis. One of them squatted on the ground, then rose into the air above our heads, still sitting. I was so astonished and frightened that I fell to the floor in a faint. A potion was administered to me, and I revived and sat up. Meantime this man remained in his sitting posture. His companion then took a sandal from a bag he had with him, and beat it on the ground like one infuriated. The sandal rose in the air until it came above the neck of the sitting man and then began hitting him on the neck while he descended little by little until he sat down alongside us. Then the sultan said “If I did not fear for your reason I would have ordered them to do still stranger things than this you have seen.” I took my leave, but was affected with palpitation and fell ill, until he ordered me to be given a draught which removed it all. > — H. A. R. Gibb 1929, Travels in Asia and Africa 1325–1354 - [Previous: 13.53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.53.1) - [Next: 13.54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.54.1) - [Up: 13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.53) ## Translations (2) - [Travels in Asia and Africa 1325–1354](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-gibb.7.3.3) — H. A. R. Gibb 1929, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.53.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.53.2) · Pramāṇa