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  • "Ghiaour," (infidel): in answer to which, I politely told him, (as I was

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various

  • I never heard these Jehaleen mention either the word _Moslem_ or _Ghiaour_, much less the technical words _Mushrakeen_ or _Seerat el

    Byeways in Palestine James Finn

  • Mahometanism is not of a rigid kind, as may be seen by the fact that their women do not veil their faces even in the presence of Ghiaours -- a laxness of which the Ghiaour will certainly not approve if he happen to be sensitive to female beauty and ugliness.

    Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880

  • Phrygie ", Paris, 1895), who locates it at Tcharik Keui, about three miles from Ghiaour Euren towards the south-east, on the road from

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

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