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Definition of Ibrahim
1. Noun. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son. "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham"
Definition of Ibrahim
1. Proper noun. (Islam) The prophet Abraham. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Arabic male given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibrahim
Literary usage of Ibrahim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1849)
"At Cairo, aged 59, his Highness Ibrahim Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt. In the year
182-4, when Mahommed Ali was commanded by the Sultan to assist in quelling the ..."
2. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"11, that when he died, Mauka-al-Hindi tho philosopher restored him to life, and
that Ibrahim lived long after this circumstance, and married the princess ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"\v w< dispatched to Ibrahim, to urge upon amcc^ity oí suspending his advance,
... until Ibrahim should hi mountains. Ibrahim, on the other ..."
4. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"Abdallah, Pasha of Acre, had taken under his protection some fugitive peasants,
and Mehemet AH, in spite of the sultan's prohibition, sent Ibrahim with an ..."
5. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1890)
"But the strength of their position proved no obstacle to Ibrahim. ... Ibrahim The
Turks were again defeated ; and Ibrahim, with- °n the out an army to ..."
6. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"Ibrahim driven back from Crete.—Ibrahim lands in Greece.—Greeks unprepared for
defence ... Ibrahim ravages the Morea.—Receives orders to aid in the siege df ..."
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