SACRED HAIR OF THE PROPHET. 197 



wliicli their clrcss is well calculated to further. 

 The sacred hair of the prophet Mahomed, Mooe- 

 mooharuk, as it is called, is preserved in a golden 

 tube, or case, set with precious stones ; the hair 

 itself, wliich is only exhibited to the faithful, 

 ^' on Fridays, for a consideration," is of a 

 flaming red colour. The Moojawur, who has 

 charge of the sacred hair, declares that it was 

 brought from Mecca, by an ancestor of his own, 

 323 years ago. The said person, being on a pil- 

 grimage, married a lady of influential connec- 

 tions, and her family presented him with the 

 sacred relic, as the most precious gift in their 

 power to offer, and the office of Moojawur has 

 descended from generation to generation to the 

 present incumbent, who exhibits the Mooe-mooha- 

 ruk on the appointed days, to the great advan- 

 tage of his own pecuniary interests, as the re- 

 cipient of all offerings of the faithful at the 

 shrine of the relic. 



Roree, being situated at the junction of the 

 high roads from Hyderabad to Mooltan, and 

 from Jessulmeer to Shikarpoor, is likely to in- 

 crease in importance, as the traffic increases 

 between those points ; and whilst I was in 

 Sindh the number of camels that passed along 



