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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Ayeshah

(3 syl.).

Mahomet's second and favourite wife. He married her when she was only nine years old, and died in her arms.

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