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much in the same order as on the preceding 

 night. These are generally slight frames of 

 wood covered with tinsel and coloured paper, 

 and in the larger ones are represented the 

 tombs of Husseyn and Hussun. At the Presi- 

 dencies, and in the great Mahomedan cities of 

 Delhi, Lucknow, and Hyderabad, the tazies 

 are constructed of ebony, ivory, sandal wood, 

 cedar, and some of silver filigree ; in fact, con- 

 structed of every material, according to the 

 means of the party, from pure silver down to 

 bamboo and coloured paper ; but Khyrpoor is 

 a very poor place, and the tazies there were of 

 the kind last described. These on the tenth or 

 last day of the festival are carried about nearly 

 from morning till night, after which some of 

 the frames are deposited in mosques or private 

 dwellings in readiness for use in the ensuing 

 year. Thus ends this scene of excessive hum- 

 bug and considerable debauchery I 



In the large cities of India the Mohurrum 

 festival is often marked by bloodshed, as no- 

 thing can exceed the bitterness of the two sects 

 towards each other. The Shiali Mahomed ans 

 believe Ali and his descendants to be their law- 

 ful leaders after ]\Iahomed, whilst the Soonees 



