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Minaret, and fometimes two, four, or fix, according to the ftatelinefs of their 
Fabricks ; and thefe Minarets have a Balcony all round on the top : The ufe ^'"^^^ts. 
they make of thefe Minarets is, that at the hour of Prayer, a MHez.im goes 
up to the top of the Minaret, and calls to Prayers. The infide of the Mofques 
is very plain, nothing to be feen but the four bare Walls, on which the Name 
of God is written, and in one of the Walls their is, as it were, a Niche, which 
they call iCe^'/e ; that is to fay, the place to which they turn when they Pray. 
This Nick in all the Mofques of Turkic, is on the South Wall, becaufe when 
they pray, they ought to turn towards Mecha, which is to the South in re- of the KehU: 
fpedof Turkic; heretofore their Keble was towards the Temple of Salomon 
in Jerufalem, to which they were to turn when they Prayed, but Mahomet chan- 
ged it in the fécond year of the Hegyra, and put it on the fide of Mecha-, which 
they have ever fince obferved. They have alfo in their Mofque a piece of 
Stuff that has fervedat Mecha, and a Pulpit where an Imam fometimes Preaches. 
The floor of the Mofque is covered with Mats, that the People may not be The hours of 
incommoded at Prayers. They have Prayers five times a day, the firft is at ^""^^^ 
break of day, which they call Sabahnamaz. ; the fécond at Noon, which they 
ca.\\ Oitehnamaz.; the third betwixt three and four of the Clock in the After- 
noon, which they call Quindinamaz, ; the fourtl^ at Sun fetting, which they 
call Ak^chamnamaz. ; the fifth an hour after Night is in, which they call Tat hi- 
namaz,. On Friday which is their Sunday, they have Prayers alfo at Nine a 
Clock in the Morning, which they call CoHfchloucnaniaz.i, to which all goe ; 
and after that they may Work and open their Shops, but moft part Reft and 
make Merry that day, which they call Dgiuma en him, that is to fay, the day of 
Congregation , When the hour of any of thefe Prayers is come ( for they 
whofe bufinefs it is to mind that, have for that end Hour-glafl^es, and befides 
are regulated by the Sun when it Ihines ) a Maez^im, who is he that calls to 
Prayers, goes up to a Mmarct at every Mofque, and flopping his Ears with his 
Fingers, he fings and cry s thefe words with all his forces ^lUh ekber^ ^^^^^ '^h^hûe^ ^ 
ekber, allah ek^er, ejchaâou in la illah ilUllah efchadou in Mahomet refoul allah, hi, ^^'f^/^j^fjng 
allé fallatt, hi allé fellat , allah ekber, allah ehber, allah ekber, allah ekber, la on the top of 
illah illaUah ; which is to fay, God is great, God is great, God is great, God the minmts. 
is great, fliew that there is but one God, fliew that Mahomet h his Prophet, 
come andprefent your felves to the mercy of God, and ask forgivenefs of your 
Sins, God is great, God is great, God is great, God is great, there is no other 
God but God ; he crys the fame words towards the four Corners of the World, 
beginning at the South, and ending at the Weft. Whilft he is crying, every 
one does the Jbdeft, and then all go to the Mofque. They who cannot go to 
the Moique, fay their Prayers at Home. Being come to the Mofque, all gntring'into 
leave their Pabemches, or Shoes, at the door, and fuch as are afraid that they th" '^mfcjlœs 
may be changed, take them off their Feet, and carry them with them in their they leave ' 
Hand. When they are entred, they make a bow to the Keble, then take their their shoes, 
place, and wait till the Imam, which fignifies Prelate, begins their Prayer by 
thefe words, Allah ekber, that is to fay, God is great ; then they that are pre- 
fent fay foftly, or aloud, if they pleafe, 1 will imitate that Imam in what he 
doeth; and they do all that he does. And firft, they put their hands upon The manner 
their Shoulders, and ïzy Allah ekber, then laying their Hands one over ano- of the Turks 
ther upon the Navil, they fay fome Prayers foftly to themfelves, and at the P'^^y'"^- 
end of every one, proftrate themfelves upon the Ground, and fay Allah ekber. 
They are no longer proftrate than they can fay a fliort Prayer, then they rife, 
and fo proftrate themfelves again feveral times. If they pray in private, 
they fay to themfelves, I am going to fay the Prayers appointed for the time, 
which they name, and pray as if they were in the Mofque. They fay the 
fame Prayers every day, only they repeat them more or lefs according to the 
Days. \A^hen they lay their Hands upon their Shoulders, the meaning of it 
is. That they have quitted all Worldly Things, and that they are in the pre- 
fence of God. When they proftrate themfelves, that fignifies that they adore 
God. At the Sabahnamaz., when they pray, they proftrate themfelves eight How many 
times, at Noon twenty times, at the Qnindy fixteen times, at the Ak^fchamna- Proftrations 
maz, ten times, and at the Tatfwamaz^ twenty four times : When they pray t'le Turks 
they may be all Naked, except their privy parts, and fo may their Slaves, both 
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