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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Ali

Cousin and son-in-law of Mahomet, the beauty of whose eyes is with the Persians proverbial; insomuch that the highest term they employ to express beauty is Ayn Hali (eyes of Ali). —Chardin.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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