An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians
Written in Egypt during the Years 1833, –34, and –35, Partly from Notes Made during a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, –26, –27 and –28

Published in 1836, this two-volume work describes Egypt's climate, politics, religion, street life and customs in the 1830s.

Edward William Lane (Author)

9781108055239, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 February 2013

464 pages, 61 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.59 kg

Edward William Lane (1801–76) published this work in two volumes in 1836. Resident in the country for many years, and fluent in Arabic, he devoted his life's study to Egypt. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Institut de France, Lane translated One Thousand and One Nights and selections from the Koran. His major work was an Arabic–English lexicon; a monumental undertaking, he was working on the sixth volume when he died. Volume 1 of Modern Egyptians offers detailed accounts of climate, housing, education and domestic life. It also looks at the country's systems of religion, law and government, and examines language, literature, sciences and magic. A bestseller in its own day, this well-illustrated work remains a key text for students of nineteenth-century Egypt and the Arab world.

Preface
Introduction
1. Personal characteristics and dress of the Mooslim Egyptians
2. Infancy and early education
3. Religion and laws
4. Government
5. Domestic life
6. Domestic life (cont.)
7. Domestic life (cont.)
8. Common usages of society
9. Language, literature, and science
10. Superstitions
11. Superstitions (cont.)
12. Magic, astrology, and alchymy
13. Character.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC]