Definitions

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  • noun an oath of allegiance to an emir

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Examples

  • According to the family of my husband, Saadoun, bayat translates as “the people who camped overnight.”

    Monday, May 28, 2007 As'ad 2007

  • Others graduated to more specialized terrorist training, and an elite group of recruits were inducted into al-Qaeda itself by swearing a personal religious oath of allegiance known as bayat to bin Laden.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Others graduated to more specialized terrorist training, and an elite group of recruits were inducted into al-Qaeda itself by swearing a personal religious oath of allegiance known as bayat to bin Laden.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Others graduated to more specialized terrorist training, and an elite group of recruits were inducted into al-Qaeda itself by swearing a personal religious oath of allegiance known as bayat to bin Laden.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Others graduated to more specialized terrorist training, and an elite group of recruits were inducted into al-Qaeda itself by swearing a personal religious oath of allegiance known as bayat to bin Laden.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • To get a good ID of some of her targets, she bullies them into filling out an oath of allegiance known as a bayat .

    Behind Enemy Lines With a Suburban Counterterrorist Jack Hitt 2007

  • To get a good ID of some of her targets, she bullies them into filling out an oath of allegiance known as a bayat .

    Behind Enemy Lines With a Suburban Counterterrorist By Jack Hitt 2007

  • A bayat is the oath of allegiance that al Qaeda members give to Osama bin Laden, "big wedding" was believed by intelligence analysts to be the code for an imminent attack.

    CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2001 2001

  • A bayat is the oath of allegiance that an al Qaeda member gives to Osama bin Laden.

    CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2001 2001

  • He really ought to fire his producers for not getting footage of our opening ceremony bayat oath to Usama bin Laden.

    I’m Sure It Will Surprise Everyone That Bill O’Reilly Selectively Edited His NN09 Piece | ATTACKERMAN 2009

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