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Definition of Kafilas
1. kafila [n] - See also: kafila
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kafilas
Literary usage of Kafilas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Final Report on the First Regular Settlement of the Dera Ghazi Khan District by F. W. R. Fryer (1876)
"The Chachar and Sakhi Sarwar passes were the most traversed by kafilas. ...
plundering kafilas along this route, and since then it has been almost deserted. ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1843)
"There are three kafilas that depart yearly for Berbera between the months ...
kafilas are arriving from, or departing to, various quarters at all seasons: ..."
3. Defects, Civil and Military, of the Indian Government by Charles James Napier, William Francis Patrick Napier (1853)
"... communication to the Indus and so up to Sukkur, so much cheaper and more rapid
than their old land line, that they abandoned kafilas and poured their ..."
4. The English Cyclopaediaby Charles Knight by Charles Knight (1867)
"kafilas arrive at all seasons. The principal are those which pass ... Smaller kafilas
depart almost every month to Shoa, except during the rainy season. ..."
5. Narrative of a Journey to Kalât, Including an Insurrection at that Place in by Charles Masson (1843)
"Another route, nearly as excellent, particularly for camel- kafilas, ... This road
is unexceptionable to kafilas with camels. ..."
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