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  • The day after Mishal Akhtar's return to Titlipur, the girl Ayesha, whom people were beginning to call a kahin, a pir, disappeared completely for a week.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • Also he was terrified by the initial experiences, scared that he had become a 'kahin' or fortune teller, (want to know where your lost camel is?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Also he was terrified by the initial experiences, scared that he had become a 'kahin' or fortune teller, (want to know where your lost camel is?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Also he was terrified by the initial experiences, scared that he had become a 'kahin' or fortune teller, (want to know where your lost camel is?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • People say, agar Pune mai bike chalaya to kahin bhi chalayega.

    Archive 2004-04-01 Chirayu 2004

  • People say, agar Pune mai bike chalaya to kahin bhi chalayega.

    April 2004 Chirayu 2004

  • Initially the Prophet met little opposition, because he was perceived as merely a poet or a soothsayer (kahin), but when he became insistent that there was only one god and that the Ka’ba must be reserved for Allah alone, the response of the Meccans grew harsh, even violent.

    b. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam 2001

  • Ayesha the kahin asked to speak to the Sarpanch, but gave him not a single word of consolation.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • That night the panchayat members took their places on the usual branch of the tree, while Ayesha the kahin stood before them on the ground.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • A knot of red -- faced men began to tighten around Osman, but before anything else could happen the kahin Ayesha changed the mood entirely by answering the clown's questions.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

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