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  • Akhdám ( "serviles") of Maskat and Yemen, live scattered amongst, although never intermarrying with, their neighbours.

    The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • Egypt, the position of Pariahs, like the Akhdám "serviles", or

    The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • They are, however, considered to be Khaddamín ( "serviles"), like the Hutaym race, by their neighbours, who give tile following account of their origin.

    The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • El jalón de orejas no es solo para para Calderón y compañía (pobrecito nada¡¡¡¡ si no quiere ir a la cárcel no sea corrupto, así de simple), es para la clase política en general, que aquí como en otros países creen que uno está para serviles y no ellos para servir …

    Costa Rica's Ex-President Sentenced to 5 Years for Corruption 2009

  • Besides these there are other tribes whose origin is still unknown, such as the Mahrah tribes of Hazramaut, the “Akhdám” (= serviles) of Oman

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Aristogiton; but forbade it with serviles because degrading to a free man.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I afterwards met many of these “captives,” who declared that they had been sold after defeats: a fine, tall race, one is equal to two Congo men, and the boldness of demeanour in both sexes distinguishes them from other serviles.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • “Ongwá ntye” (contracted from Onwana wi ntye), Mpongwes of pure blood; the second are the “Mbámbá,” children of free-men by serviles; and lastly, “Nsháká,” in Bákele

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • The Tomal or Handad, the blacksmiths, originally of Aydur race, have become vile by intermarriage with serviles.

    First footsteps in East Africa 2003

  • The Moleques or house-boys steal like magpies, even what is utterly useless to them; these young clerks of St. Nicholas will scream and writhe, and confess and beg pardon under the lash, and repeat the offence within the hour: as they are born serviles, we cannot explain the habit by

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

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