Night gown, slip, petticoat, vest, stockings, handkerchief, dress, blouse, skirt- Nil. Shirt-1. Pyjamas, collar, suit, jacket, short- Nil. Socks-1.
-Laundry List, Metro Hotel, Room 29, Khartoum, February 6, 1988
So it was with one clean shirt and one clean pair of socks that I set out on the Darb al-’Arba’īn. No petticoat, no vest, no starched collar for my suit. I guess that a light cotton Sirwāl, Riding Breeches, might have counted as Pyjama bottoms and an ‘Arāgi, knee length Riding Tunic, as a Night Gown, but I had only blue jeans and a rugby shirt for those forty days.