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Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity ; a form ofmendicant friars
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Dervish is a Turkish restaurant on 47th between 6th & 7th with lunch and dinner specials that make it an obvious choice for tourists looking for something to eat before going to the Theater.
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An thou do not with me that which I desire, I will call my sire and say to him, The Dervish is minded to do lewdness with me.
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Not Free SF Reader: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Dervish is Digital - Pat Cadigan skip to main | skip to sidebar
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Dervish is Digital - Pat Cadigan Blue Tyson 2006
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Dervish is a sit down restaurant, it’s over $10 and the decor is what you would describe as “nice”.
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His master of the horse brought him the famous Arab charger called the Dervish, his chief huntsman presented him with his guns, weapons still famous in Epirus, where they figure in the ballads of the Skipetars.
Celebrated Crimes (Complete) Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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In American Dervish, Akhtar presents many different sides of what it means to be Muslim in America.
News 2012
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In total contrast is this piece of work by Jennifer Steinkamp entitled "Dervish" which uses projection to simulate reality - yet never trying to be to real.
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* At "Dervish", Umm Yasmin looks at Irshad Manji's recent comments in Tampering with the Text.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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* At "Dervish", Umm Yasmin looks at Irshad Manji's recent comments in Tampering with the Text.
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"Dervish," said Prince Perviz, "I cannot sufficiently express how much
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Anonymous 1921
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