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1. durbar, n. View full entry 1625
...The court of an Indian ruler. Also: a public audience or levee held by an Indian ruler, or by a British colonial ruler, esp. in India....
2. emir, n. View full entry 1625
...A Saracen or Arab prince, or governor of a province; a military commander....
3. farsang, n. View full entry 1613
...‘A Persian measure of distance—the Parasang of the ancients—about four miles’ (H. H. Wilson Gloss. Ind. Terms.)...
4. fatwa, n. View full entry 1625
...A decision given (usually in writing) by a Mufti or other Muslim juridical authority....
5. Gemara, n. View full entry 1613
...The later of the two portions of the Talmud, consisting of a commentary on the older part (the Mishna)....
6. hammam | hummaum, n. View full entry 1625
...An Oriental bathing establishment, a Turkish bath....
7. imam, n. View full entry 1613
...The prayer-leader of a mosque....
8. Islam, n. View full entry 1613
...A Muslim. Now arch. and rare....
9. Kaddish, n. View full entry 1613
...A portion of the daily ritual of the synagogue, composed of thanksgiving and praise, concluding with a prayer for the advent of universal peace; specially recited also by orphan mourners....
10. kazi, n. View full entry 1625
...A civil judge; = cadi...
11. khatib, n. View full entry 1625
...A Muslim preacher; one who recites the khutbah....
12. Koran, n. View full entry 1625
...The sacred book of the Muslims, consisting of revelations orally delivered at intervals by Muhammad, and collected in writing after his death: it is in Arabic, and consists of 114 surahs...
13. Mahdi, n. View full entry 1626
...In Muslim belief: the restorer of religion and justice who will rule before the end of the world; a claimant of this title (freq. the Mahdi), esp. Muhammad...
14. Midrash, n. View full entry 1613
...A Rabbinic homiletic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scriptures, characterized by non-literal interpretation and legendary illustration. Also: the mode of exegesis characteristic of such a commentary....
15. Mir, n.1 View full entry 1625
...= emir12....
16. mohel, n. View full entry 1613
...A person qualified to perform the Jewish rite of circumcision....
17. mullah, n. View full entry 1613
...Chiefly in Turkish-, Persian-, and Urdu-speaking regions: a person who is learned in Islamic theology and law; a Muslim cleric. Freq. as a title....
18. naib, n. View full entry 1625
...In parts of the Middle East and India: a deputy governor; a deputy to any other high-ranking local official. Cf. nabob and nawab...
19. Pesach, n. View full entry 1613
...= Passover1....
20. raiyat, n. View full entry 1625
...In South Asia: a peasant, husbandman, or cultivating tenant....
