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    The S ^ ntons , Alfaquis and Shieks exf ) M r ^ t ^ tf drtiie ' Koratt ; but tl ^ ir sermp ^ ^ not g iven at any stated tjiTie , npr very frequently * the i alismaiis perfoi m the same

    of ^ ce , But are chiefly employed in transcribing the holy books ; the Imaums recite the prayers , at stated hours of the day , in the moscks , but not ; aloud , only animating the pe 9 ple by their example : on Fri - < tey » bo > y ever , before prayers at nponj a ' reader or chanter ( Nat * - cton ) ^ i"g > the praises of Mahoiret . T * o each mosck there is also aHaiiju or overseer ; Fernesh , a

    sweeper , and Abkesh , a waterdrawer . One Muezzin , or chanter , will serve for several moscks . The burying-grouncis are under the in . mcftpn ^ a , Turbja-dliar , or sex .

    ton . There is also a person whose business it is to attend to the ini ^ raj ^ il ghfr Wth whjch ( he $ igf ^ r ao ^ c ^ s . kre supplied , and to prpviaeipjj ihe illuminations of the Rjiamfez ^ ni wfien all the

    mi-WW £#$ ^ y . " . rqun ^ tl ? e galle . W . a ^ dj . jto , the tops of the spires , fefte * strings from one turret to ^ i fo ^ g rjso as to form various fiiqre ^ and verses fro m the Koran , ii rel

    T « b | r ^ qo part ° f e igious ^^ ' pf ' ^ i ^ assMl n ^ n wliich requf ^ fch e intervention of a priest ; nor , altfiougb a reader and chanter V& rftlained in some great farrii Kea 54 s ^ e distinction vyhjch

    sepa-Km the Christian laity and clergy , to teWfeo ^ ni zed amongst the jM [ a . Wffl ^ J ^ -. tflfiere i f rjot ^ M in ^ iftjiternal beh ^ yio-iir q % ' ift e Imaiims br others of the seculjftr ^ J % i ^ od , \ vhicb distinguisHes ¦^•^/ rijfvr ; ¦* ) , < vbj < " ¦ T 'j : : f * ! ^'" yMJo iA ; . ji } . - IMU ! JVM .,. ¦ ; i ^^ fi ^ qdth ^ a day from the ^ TSt , ^ tf&dt iuf lk Cour AiT Gfsiiid

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    thern from their fellow . subjects : tiil ^ y ^ sti m ^ a 6 authority , eitB ^ r temporal or ecclesiastical ; and are uiicler the contix > ul of the € TiiL dis , or municipal judges : in short , they are the guardians of * tfcfe moscks raiher than of the Mu ^ sdL mahs . The Hogias , or scriootmasters , ( one of whom is attacked to each of the steat moscks , in Constantinople ^ ) are , in smaller parishes , the only public readers of the Koran . * The extreme simplicity of this religion and of the ordinances by which it is supported , has nbt ^

    however , prevented all pretensions

    to extraordinary holiness , or the encouragement of several sects of fanatical impostors , to whom some allusion has before been made . The Christian recluses were the

    admiration of the Mussulmans before they had adopted the sarne practice ; but since the first institution of religious orders , in the J reign and by the p&troh&geof Nasser-ben-Hamed . the ttiiifd prince of the Samanide dynasty , in the year 331 of the Meginfc , there has been a constant succession of saints , distinguisheii frqm their fellow citizens by the " title and profession of poverty , And supposed to be occupied in tqe perpetual contemplation of the more abstruse points of the Mahometan doctrine . * These saints have been known under the names

    , * J > 'H 'Herbelot , Bibliothequc Orienl »] e , Articles , Nasser-Ben-Hamed , Dervische , Soft , "" Zdkcd , Fdker , &c . S S 4 adi , , * ^ erbelot ^ Bibliothequc Orienl »] e , Articles , Nasser-Ben-Hamed , Dervische , Soft , Zdkcd , Fdker , &c . 4 adi ,

    in the Ghnlidtatt , relates , that the Christian mon ^ s o £ ]? ilount j JUUiami ft in hit lime perfqirnpe ^ Wiwtefo W » d feo ^ feaH , m ^^^ Y ^^^^ A a ^ WW c wood rs pt ttxe Dyssimuii , oaoio v » iprufjc , >^ WtiA ^^ & 7 ^^« 9 ^| faith cfa jQapiJu ^ im ^ ^ ^^ w i ^ alaa im 4 xavic ^ mfix ^^^ m ^ im ^ Hi * - , > v .

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    Present State of the Mahometan Religion in Turkey . 315

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 635, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/11/