Muhammadan
Americannoun
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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
He was furnished with means by a general subscription in northern India, and by several Muhammadan princes who had embraced his doctrines.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Má’uzbílláh = a Muhammadan exclamation on hearing bad news or a calamity: “May God protect us!”
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)
The Muhammadan lapsed dynasties were represented in the Mutiny by the titular majesty of the King of Delhi and his sons.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson
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)
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