تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.36.1

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