Alborak
[ahl-baw-rahk, -boo-]
- the white horse that Muhammad rode to heaven.
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Origin of Alborak
< Arabic al-Buraq < Aramaic bārag, barqā mount of the Messiah < Pahlavi bārak a fabulous steed
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He was, as it were, riding on the back of Alborak into the Seventh Heaven of satisfaction.
Edith and JohnFranklin S. Farquhar
The owner-captain of the Alborak had something to add, when he brought his ship in six months later.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
Alborak, a wonderful horse of Mahomet, an impersonation of the lightning as his steed.
The Nuttall EncyclopaediaEdited by Rev. James Wood