taslim

Keep in mind that the very name "Islam" is a derivation of "taslim," the Arabic word for

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“Your Highness,” he said, bowing in the taslim, his hand falling to the ground and up again four times almost automatically.

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Najabat turned swiftly at the sound of that voice and bent in the taslim when he saw Prince Aurangzeb.

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“Your Highness,” he said, and performed the chahar taslim as he did for his Emperor, stooping, placing his right hand on the floor and raising it to his forehead four times.

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Jahanara performed the taslim again to Mehrunnisa and said, “Thank you, your Majesty.”

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Jahanara came through the door without hesitation, but as she reached Mehrunnisa, she stopped, bent down, and performed the chahar taslim with a graceful hand.

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Mahabat padded over the length of the room, and, as he approached his Emperor, he stopped and performed the chahar taslim, bending with some difficulty from his waist, laying his right hand on the ground and raising it to his forehead four times.

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Antarah bowed in the chahar taslim, rising from it with his right hand on his forehead.

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They all bent their heads and performed the taslim, raising their hands to their foreheads thrice and letting them fall.

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Their mahouts sat balanced and proud upon their irritable charges, goaded them with their ankhs to kneel before the Emperor, to raise their trunks to their foreheads in an imitation of the taslim.

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