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- From: brandon@gauss.math.brown.edu (Joshua Brandon)
- Subject: Re: Non-European Personas
- In-Reply-To: polito@husc11.harvard.edu's message of 20 Dec 92 17:31:34 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:46:55 GMT
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- Cariadoc writes:
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- > "Malek," I believe, literally means "King" (I donUt speak
- >Arabic, unfortunately), but I think it is usually used as one of the
- >terms for God.
-
- and Fiametta answers:
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- >The Moslem chroniclers of the third crusade refered to Richard the Lion
- >Hearted as "Malik" with sone frequency, so it is a term which can be used
- >for an earthly king.
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- Perhaps it is only used for non-Moslems (who have not submitted to Allah,
- the supreme king....)?
-
- ---Simon
-