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The Khalili Collections
London
Title
The Mahmal Passing Through Cairo
Date
1791
Medium
coloured etching
Accession number
10348
Work type
Inscription description
The caption reads, 'The shape and form of the Pavilion with the ornaments which adorn what is called the holy Camel when it passes along the Town of Cairo in the very extraordinary Annual Procession preparatory to the setting forward of the great Caravan in the Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Under the Tent are packed the embroidered Coverings to adorn their Sanctuaries in those Cities; and all Mahometans endeavour to perform this most tedious & dangerous Journey, once in their lives, although great numbers perish in the dreadful deserts of Arabia; this religious Shew is prohibited to be seen by Christians, much more to make Sketches without a similar precaution made use of by our Company being shut up in a room from the morning early and under the protection of two Janizaries, and could only through narrow latticed windows make Observations and hasty Sketches. The ground of the Tent, embroidered in gold with Arabic Sentences from the Koran, the Vases on the Top & Corners are Gold or double gilt. The Spahies or Turkish horse are here represented.'
