An Imam in Paris (1826-1831) [ Practices ]
… such as silk, calico or light cotton. When it is cold they wear a fur scarf [etole], which they put around their neck, with both ends dangling, like a mi'zar,' almost to their feet. It is also their custom to wear a thin belt on their dresses with a view to making their waists look slim and their haunches full. Witness the words al-Häjari wrote in his Diwan, though they depart from propriety: The one who wean a zunndr, if only I …
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