[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 غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt) › 13.36 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.36 English (machine translation) 13.36 - **Language:** English ### [13.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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. ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.36.1) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.36) · Pramāṇa