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Karoon or Korah

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The riches of Karoon (Arabic proverb). Korah, according to the commentators of the Koran, was the most wealthy and most beautiful of all the Israelites. It is said that he built a large palace, which he overlaid with gold, and that the doors of his palace were solid gold (Sale: Koran). He was the Crœsus of the Mahometans, and guarded his wealth in a labyrinth.

 

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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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Kalyb
Kam
Kâma
Kami
Kamsin
Kansas
Kansas
Karaites [Scripturists]
Karma
Karmathians
Karoon or Korah
Karrows
Kaswa (Al)
Katerfelto
Katharine or Katharina
Kathay
Katmir
Kay or Sir Key
Kayward
Keber
Kebla