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Sunniah :: Sunna (n.) A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.

Imaret :: Imaret (n.) A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.

Sultana :: Sultan (n.) A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called..

Mohammedan :: Mohammedan (a.) Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed..

Galilean :: Galilean (n.) A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.

Mahometanism :: Mahometanism (n.) See Mohammedanism.

Panislamism :: Panislamism (n.) A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations for the conquest of the world.

Shafiite :: Shafiite (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei..

Ismaelite :: Ismaelite (n.) One of a sect of Mohammedans who favored the pretensions of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house Ali..

Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.

Babism :: Babism (n.) The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements..

Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..

Sheik :: Sheik (n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade..

Hakim :: Hakim (n.) A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan..

Amir :: Amir (n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.

Bairam :: Bairam (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast..

Allah :: Allah (n.) The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally..

Caaba :: Caaba (n.) The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray..

Year :: Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissext

Alkoran :: Alkoran (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

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