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  • The majority of the inhabitants (called Fellahs) are of Arabic descent, and are engaged as peasants and labourers: the remainder embrace Copts, Turks, Greeks, Jews, &c.

    A Geography for Beginners. Kensey Johns 1864

  • The second tax upon the Fellahs is the expense of feeding soldiers on the march; if the number is small they go to the

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • The second tax upon the Fellahs is the expense of feeding soldiers on the march; if the number is small they go to the

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • The second tax upon the Fellahs is the expense of feeding soldiers on the march; if the number is small they go to the Sheikh's Medhafe; but if they are numerous, they are quartered, or rather quarter themselves, upon the Fellahs: in the former case, barley only for their horses is supplied by the peasant, while the Sheikh furnishes provisions for the men, but the peasant is not much benefited by this regulation, for the soldiers are in general little disposed to be satisfied with the frugal fare of the Sheikh, and demand fowls, or butcher's meat; which must be supplied by the village.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

  • (Father of farts) is a facetious term among the bean-eating Fellahs and a deadly insult amongst the Badawin (Night ccccx.).

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I was once sitting in the Greek quarter of Cairo dressed as a Moslem when arose a prodigious hubbub of lads and boys, surrounding, a couple of Fellahs.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The Fellahs are exceedingly clever in inventing methods of manslaughter.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • That the Fellahs are now congenitally weak-eyed, may be seen by comparing them with negroes imported from

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Fellahs, don't get too excited about my departure; thanks to the internet, I can point out your incompetence from anywhere in the world.

    Take The Money And Run: Why L.A.'s Middle Class Is Leaving 2007

  • There were no single huts along the whole line of road; poor and wretched as they are, the Fellahs huddle all together for protection from the other thieves their neighbours.

    Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

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