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[ The Persians give the most magnificent names to their negro slaves. Thus Nur Jehan means "light of the world.">[
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[ Khanum is the title usually given to a Persian lady, and is equivalent to "madam.">[
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[ The priest is so called who invites the Mohamedans to prayers from the minaret, or from the roof of the mosque.]
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[ This no doubt relates to certain mysterious and obscene customs which are said to be practised among the Yezeedies, at the village of Kerrund, in the Curdistan, and peculiar to the tribe of Nusiri, commonly called Chiragh Kush, or lamp extinguishers. Antiquarians pretend in them to trace a resemblance to the abominable worship of Venus, as practised by the Babylonians, and recorded in Herodotus, book i. sect. cxcix.]
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[ The cherkajis (literally wheelers about) in Oriental armies are skirmishers, who are thrown out from the main body to engage in the fight, and are generally esteemed the most expert horsemen and the best soldiers.]