Mussulman
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of Mussulman
1555–65; < Persian Musulmān (plural) < Arabic Muslimūn, plural of Muslim Muslim
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To the Faithful, holiest of months is Ramadan when by command of the prophet no Mussulman may eat from dawn to sunset.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Illustrious Magician: wifely devotion, the burning quest of gaunt dervish and the dilemma of a thorougbred Mussulman.
From Time Magazine Archive
To correspondents at Taza, Krim said: "I am under the safe-keeping of France, whose sentiments toward the Mussulman populations I know well."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Regent, being a Mussulman, did not take wine, though he provided it for his guests.
From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
They would see that their rule has become well-nigh intolerable, even to the Mussulman population of the Empire.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
At one the Hindus take water in pitchers and call it ' jal' ; at another the Mussulmans take water in leather bags and call it 'pani.'
From Time Magazine Archive
The President was moved to say: At Angora, the Grand National Assembly passed a bill providing for the deposition of Abdul Medjid Effendi, Caliph of all the Mussulmans.
From Time Magazine Archive
And ever since that day, the Qiblah remains definitively fixed for all the Mussulmans of the world, in the direction of the Temple of Makkah.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
And, above all, never forget that every Mussulman should be truly a brother to every other Mussulman, for all the Mussulmans in the world form a single people of brothers!...
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
As for those of the Makkan Mussulmans who take refuge with us, if we give them up, Allah will not abandon them, for He will know how to succour them.'
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
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