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An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians

Edward William Lane

Psychology & SocietyEnglish
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In two long stays between 1825 and 1835, the English scholar Edward William Lane lived in Cairo, dressing as an Egyptian, speaking Arabic and living among…

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Author
Edward William Lane
Category
Psychology & Society
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

In two long stays between 1825 and 1835, the English scholar Edward William Lane lived in Cairo, dressing as an Egyptian, speaking Arabic and living among the people under the name Mansur Effendi. This book is his detailed record of their daily life: houses and dress, childhood and education, religion and law, the government of Muhammad Ali Pasha, manners and etiquette, festivals and the month of Ramadan, superstitions, music, the storytellers of the coffee houses, weddings and funerals, illustrated with his own drawings.

Context and significance

Lane (1801–1876) first published the book in 1836, and it remains one of the most valuable descriptions of Egyptian life before modern times, although it reflects the views of a European observer. He later translated the Thousand and One Nights and compiled a great Arabic–English Lexicon. This is a Ward, Lock edition of 1890. Read his Arabian Society in the Middle Ages.

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