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Hajji

noun
1.
A general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people.
2.
An Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.  Synonyms: hadji, haji.





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... time apparently Buddhist, as the Uighurs inhabiting this region had been from an old date: in Shah Rukh's time (1420) we find a mosque and a great Buddhist Temple cheek by jowl; whilst Ramusio's friend Hajji Mahomed (circa 1550) speaks of Kamul as the first Mahomedan city met ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa
... Treaties. Sir John Malcolm, Sir Harford Jones, Sir Gore Ouseley, and Sir Henry Ellis were the plenipotentiaries who negotiated these several instruments; and the principal coadjutor of the last three diplomats was James Justinian Morier, the author of "Hajji Baba." ...
— The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan • James Morier


Words linked to "Hajji" :   Iraqi, haji, Iraki, pilgrim


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