Bismillah
in the name of Allah.
Historical Examples
Letters from the Cape Lady Duff Gordon
Vathek William Beckford
Three Ghost Stories Charles Dickens
The Arab’s Pledge Edward L. Mitford
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray
Oriental Women Edward Bagby Pollard
Travels in Arabia Bayard Taylor
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3 Various
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria Henry Morton Stanley
Our Little Arabian Cousin Blanche McManus
interjection
the words which preface all except one of the surahs of the Koran, used by Muslims as a blessing before eating or some other action
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