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Definition of Hafizes
1. hafiz [n] - See also: hafiz
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hafizes
Literary usage of Hafizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character, and by Edward Granville Browne (1893)
"... the Sa'dis, the hafizes, the Jamis, of the glorious Past ? Where are such
mighty singers to be found now ?" Leaving aside the fact that these immortal ..."
2. A Geography and Atlas of Protestant Missions: Their Environment, Forces by Harlan Page Beach (1901)
"... and 93 hafizes of the Koran. It has attained great celebrity and will be a
force to be reckoned with." Notwithstanding these evidences of life, ..."
3. Promotion of Learning in India During Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) by Narendra Nath Law, Henry Beveridge (1916)
"THE TUGHLAQ DYNASTY hafizes (those who learnt by heart the Quran) had to recite
the whole Qur*an and pray for the Emperor and all the Musalmans. ..."
4. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1908)
"There are about 100 hafizes who recite the Koran every morning and evening.
Twice a day food is given to these men and ..."
5. Qanoon-e-Islam: Or, The Customs of the Mussulmans of India; Comprising a by Jaʻfar Sharīf, Gerhard Andreas Herklots (1863)
"... and hafizes, that the pilgrims from Hindoostan go to such extremities in their
veneration of this holy tomb of the Prophet, as even on approaching it to ..."
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