Muhammadan
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Only a man who was at once a Muhammadan, a scientist and a leader of great tact, courage and obstinacy could have consummated this expedition.
From Time Magazine Archive
His reception afterwards by his Muhammadan acquaintances was not altogether a hostile one.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
Muharram = a yearly Muhammadan feast held on the 10th of the month of Muharram.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
He was careful to say that he had not any intention of becoming a Christian, but merely desired to read them because every Muhammadan regarded them with veneration as the word of God.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
One day a noted Muhammadan Sheikh visited the place.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
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