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Definition of Fellahin
1. fellah [n] - See also: fellah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fellahin
Literary usage of Fellahin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Syria and the Holy Land by George Adam Smith (1918)
"THE NATIVE PEASANTRY OR fellahin OF the human factors which demand the care of
a just government none—not even the Jews—have a stronger claim than the ..."
2. Our Journey Around the World: An Illustrated Record of a Year's Travel of by Francis Edward Clark, Harriet Elizabeth Clark (1895)
"... Family of Arabs — The Land of Goshen — Pharaoh and his Prime Minister — Bricks
without Straw — The fellahin and How They Live — Their Superstitions—"O, ..."
3. The Land of the Monuments: Notes of Egyptian Travel by Joseph Pollard (1898)
"... of mummies painted on panel—Occupations of the fellahin—Women with water
jars —Sandbanks—Bird ..."
4. The Cradle of Christianity: Chapters on Modern Palestine by David Morison Ross (1891)
"... and towns there are two distinct classes of natives—the fellahin and the ...
the largest part of the M. Clermont Ganneau argues that the fellahin are ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and by Andrew Bruce Davidson, James Hastings, Samuel Rolles Driver, John Alexander Selbie, Henry Barclay Swete (1908)
"... and fellahin class. The musical clink of the anklets and their ornaments,
which to the wearied peasant on the rough mountain path has th > refreshment ..."
6. Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: Being an Account of the Rise and Progress by Francis Reginald Wingate (1891)
"... on the fellahin—The recruit for the new army—The terror of the Sudan service—Sir
Evelyn Wood appointed sirdar of the new Egyptian army—The officers who ..."
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