单词 | mawla |
释义 | mawlan. Islam. A non-Arab convert to Islam adopted into Arab society. Hence: a Muslim of non-Arab descent. ΚΠ 1842 Baron Mac Guckin de Slane tr. Ibn Khallikan Biogr. Dict. I. 394 Al-Jarrâh was governor of Khorasan, and..Abû Nuwâs was one of his mawlas, and was therefore named after him. 1907 R. A. Nicholson Lit. Hist. Arabs v. 198 A rallying cry—‘Vengeance for Ḥusayn!’—..was taken up on all sides, and especially by the Persian Mawálí, or Clients, who longed for deliverance from the Arab yoke. 1907 D. S. Margoliouth Umayyads & Ἁbbásids Introd. 15 The client (maula) in Arabia occupied an intermediate position between a slave and a freeman. 1950 B. Lewis Arabs in Hist. iv. 70 A Mawlā was any Muslim who was not a full member by descent of an Arab tribe. 1979 Guardian 28 Mar. 18/2 In this way a system of alliances was built up between the stronger tribes and their clients (mawali) who usually included slaves and foreigners. 1991 Encycl. Islam (new ed.) VI. 874/2 The client recognised in early [Islamic] law was a non-Arab freedman, convert or other newcomer in Muslim society. Since non-Arabs could only enter this society as clients, mawlā came to be synonymous with ‘non-Arab Muslim’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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