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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
... (Arabic mawlâ , ‘master’) A title of respect given by Muslims to religious dignitaries versed in the sacred law. Mad Mullah, The See under mad...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
...Mullah Title used to identify a religious functionary, cleric, learned man, or someone with religious education. A Persian construction from the Arabic mawla (master, leader, lord), the title is very similar to akhund in the range of meanings it invokes. As a class, mullahs are the principal interpreters of Islamic law for Shiis. See also Akhund ; ...
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
...philosopher of the Qājār period, Ḥājj Mullāh Hādī Sabzawārī ( d. 1289 / 1872 ), also carried the honorific title of mullah . After the Constitutional Revolution in Iran the derogatory implications of the term in secular contexts increased. To call someone a mullah is to accuse him of reactionary ideas. Opposition to the establishment of new schools during the constitutional period in Iran, for example, is identified with “the mullahs .” The expression mullākhūr (embezzled by the mullahs or edible by the mullahs ) refers either to financial...
Mullah Omar (1959) Reference library
Rizwan Hussain
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
...After the 11 September 2001, attacks, Washington gave Mullah Omar an ultimatum to hand over Bin Laden or to face a U.S. military assault. Mullah Omar rejected Washington's ultimatum while his erstwhile Pakistani allies abandoned him and allied themselves with the United States. In October 2001 Operation Enduring Freedom removed Mullah Omar's Taliban regime from power. Omar declared that he and his Taliban forces would fight to the death rather than submit to U.S. demands to turn over Osama Bin Laden. Mullah Omar went into hiding after the toppling of the...
Omar, Mullah Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
...the September 11, 2001, attacks, Washington gave Mullah Omar an ultimatum either to hand over Bin Laden or to face a U.S. military assault. Mullah Omar rejected Washington's ultimatum while his erstwhile Pakistani allies abandoned him and allied themselves with the United States. In October 2001 Operation Enduring Freedom removed Mullah Omar's Taliban regime from power. Omar declared that he and his Taliban forces would fight to the death rather than to submit to U.S. demands to turn over Osama bin Laden. Mullah Omar went into hiding after the toppling of the...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
...Mullah Muhammad Omar ( 1959–2013 ) (death announced by the Taliban in 2015) Reclusive, enigmatic supreme leader of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. A fervent believer, with minimal education in a rural madrasa. Served as a mujahidin group subcommander in the jihad against Soviet occupation in the 1980s. Emerged as leader of the Taliban in 1994 ; declared amir al-muminin (commander of the faithful) in 1996 . Strongly influenced by his rural Pushtun tribal background; adhered to a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, including severe restrictions on the...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
... Muslim theologian. XVII. — Pers., Turk., Urdu mullā — Arab. maulā...
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Fowler’s Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage (3 ed.)
... , meaning ‘a Muslim learned in Islamic law’, is spelt in this...
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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary (2 ed.)
... • colour ( US color), cruller, culler, medulla, mullah, Muller, nullah, sculler, Sulla • doubler , troubler • bumbler , grumbler, stumbler, tumbler • bundler • muffler • juggler • bungler • suckler • coupler • hustler , rustler • butler , cutler • puzzler • swashbuckler • technicolor • multicolour ( US multicolor) • watercolour ( US ...
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
... noun E17 Persian (Urdu mullā , Turkish molla from Arabic mawlā ). (A title given to) a Muslim learned in Islamic theology and sacred...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
... a Muslim learned in Islamic theology and sacred law. Recorded from the early 17th century, the word comes from Persian, Turkish, and Urdu mullā , from Arabic mawlā...
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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
...Mullah . A nickname given to Mohammed bin Abdullah, a mullah who caused great problems for the British in Somaliland at various times between 1899 and 1920 . He claimed to be the Mahdi and made extensive raids on tribes friendly to the British. The dervish power was not finally broken until 1920 when the Mad Mullah escaped to Ethiopia, where he died in 1921...
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Turkish Family Names Reference library
Simon Lenarčič and Sevan Nisanyan
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
...as a title for a saintly dervish; han , an ornamental name or nickname from the title han ‘sovereign, khan’; molla , an ornamental name or status name from molla ‘mullah’. The latter name is an example of a surname that was not on the official list of permitted surnames, but was nevertheless taken by several families. However, the “forbidden” surnames from titles like molla ‘mullah’ and Paşa ‘pasha’ (see pasha ) are relatively rare in Republican Turkey. Occupational and Status Names Turkish occupational and status names are usually based on words....
