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A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed. [Written also Mahometan, Mahomedan, Muhammadan, etc.]

ars, having 355 days; the others are common, having 354 days. By the following tables any Mohammedan date may be changed into the Christian date, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.

The era in use in Mohammedan countries. See Mohammedan year, below.

The year used by Mohammedans, consisting of twelve lunar months without intercalation, so that they retrograde through all the seasons in about 32½ years. The Mohammedan era begins with the year 622 a.d., the first day of the Mohammedan year 1332 begin Nov. 30, 1913, acording to the Gregorian calendar.…

The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed, contained in the Koran; Islamism.

To make conformable to the principles, or customs and rites, of Mohammedanism. [Written also Mahometanize.]

of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.

Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and hæmal structures; as, the dermohæmal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.

Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. Heyse.

One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alcoran.]

The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.

ctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.

odern religious pantheistical sect in Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by Mirza Ali Mohammed ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees…

The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.