1871 Wood Engraving Procession Doseh Treading Sheykh Saadeeyeh Preacher XGQB7 XGHB4 Louis 1904 Worlds Fair

Louis 1904 Worlds Fair

Bob Giddens

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This piece was illustrated by Cozens

1871 Wood Engraving Procession Doseh Treading Sheykh Saadeeyeh Preacher XGQB7 XGHB4 Louis 1904 Worlds FairThis is an original 1871 black and white in text wood engraving of a procession called the "Dseh" or "Treading" a remarkable spectacle preceding the "Night of the Moolid", in which the Sheykh of the Saadeeyeh, the preacher of the mosque of the Hasaneyn recites prayers and secret invocations. Before the house of the Sheykh El Bekree, there are a considerable number of the "darweeshes" (followers) who laid themselves down upon the ground, having their