Definition of Fellaheen

1. fellah [n] - See also: fellah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fellaheen

fell about
fell asleep
fell back on
fell back upon
fell in
fell off
fell off the turnip truck
fell out
fell over
fell pregnant
fell short
fell under
fella
fellable
fellah
fellaheen (current term)
fellahin
fellahs
fellar
fellars
fellas

Literary usage of Fellaheen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"Effects of Mehemet Ali's policy on the condition of the fellaheen—Prosperity and contentment under Abbas— The reign of Said Pasha—His love of soldiering and ..."

2. Egypt and the Egyptian Question by Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1883)
"Effects of Mehemet All's policy on the condition of the fellaheen- Prosperity and contentment under Abbas—The reign of Said Pasha —His love of soldiering ..."

3. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"... to the Pashas—Their sympathy with Arabi—Their tyranny over the fellaheen—Their feelings towards England— The fellaheen—The Bedouins. In the first place, ..."

4. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria by Gaston Maspero (1904)
"Education, Law, and the improved condition of the fellaheen: The Caisse de la Dette. HE official deposition of Ismail Pasha by the sultan of Turkey, ..."

5. Life in the Moslem East by Pierre Ponafidine (1911)
"Arabs who till the land are known as fellaheen. But between these two extremes—the real nomadic desert Bedouin and the farmer fellah—there are many ..."

6. Letters from Egypt, 1863-65 by Lucie Duff Gordon (1865)
"of fellaheen to pull the boat up quickly. Omar's eyes twinkled with fun as he translated this, and said he knew the Sitt would cry out, as she always did, ..."

7. Egypt by James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay (1902)
"CHAPTER II POPULATION Diversity of Races—Conflicting Estimates of Total—Census of 1859— Rate of Increase—Present Estimated Totals—fellaheen— ..."

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