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.
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When a Muhammadan falls ill, a rupee and a quarter is sometimes done up in a red cloth, and tied round the arm, to be given to the poor on recovery.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar
Hazrat ’Esa = the Muhammadan appellation for our Lord Jesus Christ.
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)
His Muhammadan victor, who had learned from him much, learned also its avoidance.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar
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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