The Turkish pilgrims in
Khorasan
17th.
In the afternoon, we rode out three miles to the village of Buddusht, where
three hundred pilgrims were assembled. A third of the party were Arabs from the
vicinity of Kerbolah; there were sixty horsemen from Tabreez and Karabaugh; and
the rest, with the exception of a dozen men from Tehraun and Isphahaun, were
Cazazees, who were headed by a Moojeteheid, or high priest, a thin old
gentleman, with a black cloak and pointed beard, the lower half of whom was lost
in a pair of huge Russian leather boots. The Toorks were well armed and
mounted; some of the Cazazees were in like trim, but the Arabs were the worst
equipped and most ragged set of beings imaginable. One old man at their head,
who was dignified with the name of hajee, had a matchlock, and was well
mounted; of the rest, some rode indifferent mares, others donkeys, and half a
dozen couples of old women, packed in kajavahs, were slung on the sides of
mules; some of the men had an ass between them, ride and tie, and a dozen or so
of the poorest, armed like their more fortunate brethren, with knives, axes, or
sticks, went on foot, trusting to charity for an occasional lift.
Arthur Conolly — Journey to the North of India.
Overland from England, Through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistan. Volume [01]
(1834)
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