تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.36
English (machine translation) 13.36
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13.36.1
Their custom in the land of Hind and in the land of al-Sarā is that, when the eating at a banquet is finished, there is placed before each of the sharīfs, jurists, shaykhs and qāḍīs a vessel like a cradle with four legs, its top woven of palm leaves, and on it are put thin breads, a roast sheep's head, and four round cakes kneaded with ghee and filled with ṣābūniyya sweetmeat, covered with four pieces of sweetmeat like bricks, and a small dish made of leather containing sweetmeats and samosas; that vessel is covered with a new cotton cloth. Whoever is
13.36.2
below those we have mentioned has placed before him half a sheep's head, which they call the zalla, and half the amount we have mentioned; and whoever is below these too has placed before him about a quarter of that. Each person's men carry away what was placed before him.
13.36.3
The first time I saw them do this was in the city of al-Sarā, the capital of Sultan Ūzbak, and I refused to let my men carry it away, since I was not accustomed to it. They likewise send food from banquets to the houses of the great.
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- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic