Alhambresque
resembling the elaborately fanciful style of ornamentation of the Alhambra in Spain.
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the poor woodcutter, hero of a tale in The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, who uses the magic words “Open sesame” to open the door to the cave in which the Forty Thieves had hidden their treasure. Historical Examples During a twelvemonth Ali Baba forbore to go near the forest, but at length his curiosity incited him […]
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. (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- Ali, muhammad
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