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PRIEST AND MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD AT THE NOONDAY PRAYERS |
CHARMS FROM ROYAL DAVID'S CITY |
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| The social structure of Persian life is based on the Mahomedan law, but the country is the stronghold of the Shiite schism, recognizing Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet, as his successor, in opposition to the Sunnites who form the majority of the Moslem world. Though strictly adhering to the letter, the devout bigotry of the Persian priesthood has but feeble regard for the spirit of the law | This heavy headdress, adorned with a brim of metal disks and with a chinstrap of heavy chain, has something of the Saracen helmet in its design. Her dress is of solid weaving, heavily and brilliantly embroidered |