Brewer's: Deputations

The year of deputations. The eighth of the Hedjrah, after Mahomet's victory over the Arabs near Taïf, when deputations from all parts flocked to do him homage.

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