Note 023
From Chapter 57 of the Decline & Fall

For this curious ceremony, I am indebted to M. De Guignes (tom. iii. p. 197, 198), and that learned author is obliged to Bondari, who composed in Arabic the history of the Seljukides (tom. v. p. 365). I am ignorant of his age, country, and character.

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