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Light of the Harem

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The Sultana Nourmahalʹ, afterwards called Nourjehan (Light of the World). She was the bride of Selim. (Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh.)

 

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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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Light Comedian (A)
Light Horsemen
Light Troops
Light-armed Artillery
Light as a Feather
Light-fingered Gentry (The)
Light Gains make a heavy Purse
Light of One’s Countenance (The)
Light of the Age
Light of the Harem
Lighthouse
Lightning [Barca]
Lightning Conductor
Lightning Preservers
Lightning Proof
Lightning Rod (A)
Liguorians
Ligurian Arts
Ligurian Republic (The)
Ligurian Sage (The)