Ashab
Americanplural noun
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Sahib
singular
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Several of those were claimed by a new group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
An Islamist group with possible links to Iran - Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya - claimed responsibility for the attack.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The social media video appeared to have been posted by Iran-linked Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Iran-aligned group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya - The Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand - made an unsubstantiated claim of responsibility for the attack on its Telegram channel.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Ashab, or “comrades,” are those who are bound by oath to an alliance offensive and defensive: they intermarry, and are therefore closely connected.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
A series of alleged desecrations of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 sparked widespread protests across Punjab.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
It has also objected to provisions on the handling, registration and custody of the Guru Granth Sahib, saying it was not consulted before the law was passed.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Clutching a box of sweets and a shiny blue-and-white toy airplane, Mr. Singh and his teenage daughter, Navpreet Kaur, bowed outside the place of worship, Talhan Sahib in the North Indian state of Punjab.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
Their temples have the appearance and feel of a Sikh gurdwara, with the sacred text, the Guru Granth Sahib, installed as the focal point in the main prayer hall.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
Habib had called Professor Sahib that morning and found out that the men they’d hired hadn’t found a speck of information on Mariam or the family she’d disappeared with.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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