called Father of the Virgin, i.e., Mahomet’s favourite wife. He was the first caliph, and was founder of the sect called the Sunnites. (571–634.)
· ·
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
· 
· 
· ·