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Isaf

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An Arabian idol in the form of a man, brought from Syria, and placed in Es-Safa, near the temple of Mecca. Some say Isaf was a man converted into stone for impiety, and that Mahomet suffered this one “idol” to remain as a warning to his disciples.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Irtish Ferry
Irus
Irvingites
Isaac
Isaac of York
Isabel
Isabella
Isabella
Isabelle or Isabella (in Orlando Furioso)
Isabelle
Isaf
Isenbras or Sir Isumbras
Isengrin or Sir Isgrim
Iseult
Ishban
Ishbosheth
Ishmonie
Isiac Tablet
Isidorian Decretals
Isinglass
Isis