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Definition of Hadjis
1. hadji [n] - See also: hadji
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hadjis
Literary usage of Hadjis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Central Asia: Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across by Ármin Vámbéry (1865)
"BELIEF OP SUNNITES, DERVISHES, AND hadjis AT THE ... It is an old custom of the
Turkish embassy to accord a "mall subsidy to the hadjis and dervishes, ..."
2. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"It was literally covered from stem to stern by two hundred and eighty hadjis, or
pilgrims, returning from the holy cities. They were divided into small ..."
3. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1882)
"... white fowl mystery—Fever —Hurried burials—Mourning rites—Returning hadjis—Distinctive
marks — Trade and commerce—Tanning sheepskins—Pomegranate bark— ..."
4. Sketches of Central Asia: Additional Chapters on My Travels, Adventures, and by Ármin Vámbéry (1868)
"CHAPTER I. DERVISHES AND hadjis. THE dervish is the veritable personification of
Eastern life. Idleness, fanaticism, and slovenliness, are the features ..."
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