So all this was at the back of my mind when I went on my personal hadj to Edinburgh. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams With Sharp Teeth: Edinburgh Filmhouse, June 27th « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS] Reference
So they could tell their sons that they had followed the hadj as far as the Third Cataract. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Games]
Starbase Tulsa, the womb from which every Guardship sprang and to which every Guardship made its periodic hadj. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
But he has made money in some way and the hadj to Mecca is, you might say, made on the roller skates of his daughter, Undine, who for a good while has been dreaming about Fifth Avenue in her Apex backyard. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Wharton in New York] Reference
Privately she didn't know if she hadj the temperament the patience or the compassion to deal with Clarissa's dangerous and neurotic behaviour, and then even if she was prepared to do so, to make herself tolerate and accept Clarissa's role in James 'life, how could she even think of allowing Lucy to be exposed to her venom a second time?. From Wordnik.com. [Payment Due]
In every hadj some of the pilgrims remain behind: the Mohammedan, whenever resident for any time in a town, takes a wife, and is thus often induced to settle permanently on the spot. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred] Reference
He also levied a tax as well upon all cattle and provisions carried from the interior of the country into Djidda, as upon those carried into Mekka, Tayf, and Yembo, except what came with the two great hadj-caravans from the north, which passed every where duty-free. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred] Reference
"I had just returned from the hadj when I joined the Mandalay at. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest of the Sacred Slipper] Reference
It’s a traditional Easter Egg as well: it’s not easy to find unless you know what to press. reply bouguenaya hadj. From Wordnik.com. [Google Earth’s Hidden Surprise: A Flight Simulator] Reference
In his green hadj-turban, at Nungul. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems.] Reference
To cite a few examples: ameer, amir, emeer, emir; cadi, kadhi, kadi, qadi, qazi; chamsinie, khamseen, khamsin; fakir, faqir, faquir; gasal, gazel, ghasel, ghazal, ghazel; hadj, haj, hajj; hegira, hejira, hijra, hijrah; kasida, qasida; kibia, kiblah, qibia, qiblah; and shaikh, shaykh, sheik, sheikh, sheykh. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference
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