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1.  An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan / Churchill, Winston S., Sir, 1874-1965
   . The Rebellion of the Mahdi II. The Fate of the Envoy III. The Dervish Empire IV. The Years ... , horses, mules, and slaughter cattle hurry eagerly. Emir and Dervish, officer and soldier, friend and foe  details...
   • creator(s) - Churchill, Winston S., Sir, 1874-1965
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   • subject(s) - dervishes; dervish; omdurman; khalifa; soudanese; soudan; egyptian; zeriba; nile; sirdar; abu hamed; berber; abu; khartoum; suakin; atbara; dongola; mahdi; gunboats; cavalry; camel corps; brigade; osman; hamed; camel; wady halfa; army; infantry; troops; o; troops; sirdar; mahdi; suakin; osman; wady halfa; hamed; gunboats; omdurman; khartoum; atbara; berber; nile; egyptian; soudanese; khalifa; dongola; abu; infantry; brigade; cavalry; army; zeriba; dervishes; camel; camel corps; soudan; o; abu hamed; dervish;
   • title - An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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2.  The Tragedy of the Korosko / Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
   that you are on the very edge of civilisation, and that very little more will take you into the country of the Dervishes ... between the whiffs of his cigarette. "Dervishes, Mister Headingly!" said he, speaking excellent English  details...
   • creator(s) - Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
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   • subject(s) - belmont; sadie; cochrane; colonel; monsieur fardet; colonel cochrane; camel; camels; stephens; miss adams; adams; miss sadie; cecil brown; camels; colonel cochrane; belmont; adams; cochrane; miss sadie; colonel; stephens; camel; miss adams; monsieur fardet; cecil brown; sadie;
   • title - The Tragedy of the Korosko
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3.  The Arabian Nights Entertainments / Anonymous
   a dress of sheepskin, with a leathern girdle about his loins, and collected alms. A dervish is a poor man ... , and since you will not take away my life, pardon me freely, as a good dervish pardoned one who envied him  details...
   • creator(s) - Anonymous
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   • subject(s) - aladdin; sultan; genie; ali baba; baba; princess; vizier; ali; grand vizier; magician; palace; aladdin's mother; baba mustapha; emperor; african magician; aladdin's mother; emperor; ali baba; ali; baba; palace; sultan; princess; african magician; vizier; aladdin; baba mustapha; grand vizier; genie; magician;
   • title - The Arabian Nights Entertainments
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4.  Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers / Clouston, William Alexander, 1843-1896
   did not Marry--The Dervish who became King--Muezzin and Preacher who had bad voices--Witty Slave ... in the Mosque--The Weeping Turkmans--The Ten Foolish Peasants--The Wakeful Servant--The Three Dervishes  details...
   • creator(s) - Clouston, William Alexander, 1843-1896
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   • subject(s) - persian; persian;
   • title - Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers
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5.  The Green Flag / Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
   of the Hadendowas, Moussa Wad Aburhegel, who led the Berber dervishes, and Hamid Wad Hussein, who had come northward ... yet these are other men," remarked the Berber dervish. "Well, I know that Allah has placed  details...
   • creator(s) - Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
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   • subject(s) - sharkey; montgomery; copley banks; captain baumgarten; captain scarrow; monsieur otto; ted barton; captain sharkey; hilary joyce; captain; hilary joyce; montgomery; captain sharkey; captain; sharkey; captain scarrow; ted barton; captain baumgarten; copley banks; monsieur otto;
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6.  The Days of Mohammed / Wilson, Anna May
   and somewhat fanatical pilgrims were interspersed among the crowd, and here and there a dervish, with his large, bag-sleeved robe of brown wool--the Zaabut, worn alike by dervish and peasant--held his way ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Wilson, Anna May
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   • subject(s) - amzi; yusuf; manasseh; mohammed; mecca; abu; kedar; medina; prophet; abu kubays; poor dumah; priest; mecca; mohammed; manasseh; prophet; poor dumah; yusuf; kedar; priest; abu; medina; abu kubays; amzi;
   • title - The Days of Mohammed
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7.  War in the Garden of Eden / Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943
   after them. He was a wild, unkempt figure, with a long black beard--a dervish by profession, and certainly gave no one any reason to believe that he was more than half-witted. Indeed, almost all dervishes ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943
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   • subject(s) - baghdad; turks; turkish; arab; cars; cars; turkish; baghdad; turks; arab;
   • title - War in the Garden of Eden
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8.  Acton's Feud A Public School Story / Swainson, Frederick
   of the school; all the impossible fellows gravitate here: why, look at our Dervishes!" (Dervish was the slang ... --" "The other houses despise us on their account. We're the Dervish Camp to the rest." "As  details...
   • creator(s) - Swainson, Frederick
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   • subject(s) - acton; bourne; gus; raffles; todd; phil; jack; grim; cotton; phil bourne; biffen's house; young bourne; young bourne; grim; biffen's house; todd; phil; raffles; bourne; jack; gus; acton; cotton; phil bourne;
   • title - Acton's Feud A Public School Story
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9.  Far Off / Mortimer, Favell Lee, 1802-1878
   when they are travelling home, that no one can bear to be near them. There is a set of beggars called dervishes. They call ... they refuse to leave a place till some money has been given. Once a dervish stopped a long  details...
   • creator(s) - Mortimer, Favell Lee, 1802-1878
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   • subject(s) - chinese; china; chinese; china;
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10.  Christianity and Islam / Becker, C.H.
    the wide extension which results in the dervish and fakir developments. _Dervish_ and _fakir ... was itself an importation to Islam. Dervishes are divided into different classes or orders, according to the methods  details...
    • creator(s) - Becker, C.H.
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    • subject(s) - islam; muhammedan; muhammed; qoran; muhammedanism; christianity; christian; religious; jesus; religion; influence; theory; development; islam; christian; muhammedanism; jesus; theory; development; religious; qoran; influence; religion; muhammed; christianity; muhammedan;
    • title - Christianity and Islam
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