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A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism.

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.]

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

One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

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.

0), 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 women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating…

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.

nd worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.

ntaining the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible. Fig.)

An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans. [Written also Bizmillah.]

The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.]

An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.