A Gheber or Fire-worshipper, in love with Hinda, the Arabian
emir's daughter, whom he first saw when he entered the palace under the
hope of being able to slay her father, the tyrant usurper of Persia. He
was the leader of a band sworn to free their country or die, and his
name was a terror to the Arab, who looked upon him as superhuman. His
rendezvous was betrayed by a traitor comrade, but when the Moslem army
came to take him he threw himself into the sacred fire, and was burnt
to death. (Thomas Moore.)
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