Alborak

[ahl-baw-rahk, -boo-]

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noun

Islam.

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Origin of Alborak¹

< Arabic al-Buraq < Aramaic bārag, barqā mount of the Messiah < Pahlavi bārak a fabulous steed

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Alborak, in Mohammedan mythology, the animal said to have been brought by the angel Gabriel to carry Mohammed to the seventh heaven.

The captain of the Alborak thought for a moment.

The owner-captain of the Alborak had something to add, when he brought his ship in six months later.

Alborak, a wonderful horse of Mahomet, an impersonation of the lightning as his steed.

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