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1.  Told in the East / Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940
   servant came toward him at a run. "Is that fakir there still?" "Ha, sahib!" "Ha? Can't you learn ... with fright. Brown snatched the lamp away from him, and pushed it forward toward the fakir, moving  details...
   • creator(s) - Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940
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   • subject(s) - sahib; risaldar; juggut khan; fakir; juggut; khan; mahommed khan; crothers; mahommed; joe byng; brown; colonel carter; priest; ah'm english; fakir; colonel carter; brown; joe byng; crothers; mahommed khan; mahommed; juggut; sahib; ah'm english; priest; risaldar; khan; juggut khan;
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2.  The Post Office / Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
   . Uncle, I fear my fakir'll pass and not see me by the window. MADHAV. Your fakir, whoever's that? AMAL ... ? I don't know of any fakirs. AMAL. This is about the time he comes in. I beg of you, by your dear feet, ask  details...
   • creator(s) - Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
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   • subject(s) - amal; madhav; gaffer; headman; doctor; madhav; headman; amal; gaffer; doctor;
   • title - The Post Office
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3.  Indian Fairy Tales / England, George Allan, 1877-1936
   AND A STAR ON HIS CHIN XXIII. THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR XXIV. WHY THE FISH LAUGHED XXV. THE DEMON ... jungle. Here he found four fakirs whose teacher and master had died, and had left four things,--a bed  details...
   • creator(s) - England, George Allan, 1877-1936
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   • subject(s) - majnun; raja; prince majnun; prince; vizier's son; raja's son; princess; raja rasalu; king; princess labam; tales; folk; palace; indian; prince majnun; palace; vizier's son; folk; raja; indian; princess; majnun; king; princess labam; raja rasalu; tales; prince; raja's son;
   • title - Indian Fairy Tales
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4.  Tales of Daring and Danger / Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902
   , as in other parts of India, were a few wandering fakirs, who enjoyed an immense reputation for holiness and wisdom ... that we heard could not be explained on these grounds, and the fakir and his doings were often talked  details...
   • creator(s) - Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902
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   • subject(s) - olivine edges; henty; olivine; cloth elegant; percy; manville fenn; gordon browne; elegant; jack; tree gulch; tom; crown; manville fenn; tree gulch; jack; crown; elegant; olivine; olivine edges; henty; percy; tom; gordon browne; cloth elegant;
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5.  Rung Ho! / Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940
   -bungalow about a mile from where a foul-mouthed fakir sat and took tribute at a crossroads. It was a strangely chosen ... --and then strolled ahead a little way along the road. The fakir was squatting in the distance, on a big white stone  details...
   • creator(s) - Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940
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   • subject(s) - mahommed gunga; jaimihr; sahib; gunga; alwa; mahommed; howrah; cunningham; mcclean; rangars; rosemary mcclean; bahadur; miss mcclean; ali; mahommed gunga's; howrah city; rangars; alwa; cunningham; ali; howrah city; howrah; mahommed; mahommed gunga; gunga; bahadur; rosemary mcclean; miss mcclean; sahib; mcclean; mahommed gunga's; jaimihr;
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6.  The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War / Churchill, Winston S., Sir, 1874-1965
   there by some fakir, is a sure method of securing a fine male heir. To make a cow give good milk, a little ... --"Mullahs," "Sahibzadas," "Akhundzadas," "Fakirs," --and a host of wandering Talib-ul-ilms, who correspond  details...
   • creator(s) - Churchill, Winston S., Sir, 1874-1965
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   • subject(s) - malakand; tribesmen; punjaub infantry; bindon blood; chakdara; bindon; infantry; sikhs; bengal lancers; punjaub; mamund valley; cavalry; brigade; chitral; malakand field; swat; lieutenant; bengal; lancers; troops; brigadier; frontier; khan; camp; colonel; troops; swat; bindon blood; colonel; lancers; mamund valley; punjaub; bindon; malakand; camp; khan; infantry; brigade; chitral; cavalry; frontier; punjaub infantry; lieutenant; tribesmen; chakdara; bengal; brigadier; malakand field; bengal lancers; sikhs;
   • title - The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War
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7.  Songs of Kabir / Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
   aspect He is the "beloved Fakir," teaching and companioning each soul. Considered as Immanent Spirit ... � To Thee Thou hast drawn my love, O Fakir! I was sleeping in my own chamber, and Thou didst awaken me; striking  details...
   • creator(s) - Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
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   • subject(s) - kab; brahma; kab r's; beloved; infinite; music; music; kab; brahma; beloved; infinite; kab r's;
   • title - Songs of Kabir
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8.  Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages / Various
   ?' There was a loathly _fakir_ salaaming in the doorway. 'Now lend me fifty rupees,' said Strickland, 'and give ... while the table drank his health. What he did only he himself knows. A _fakir_ hung about Bronckhorst's compound  details...
   • creator(s) - Various
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   • subject(s) - bronckhorst; willoughby; jordan; esther; holmes; hopkins; watson; bob; esther; jordan; willoughby; holmes; bronckhorst; hopkins; watson; bob;
   • title - Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages
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9.  The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2. / Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943
   those old temples and fakirs and jugglers," said the old man. "What was that you started telling ... . "It had a spell put on it by an old fakir," said the sergeant-major, "a very holy man. He wanted  details...
   • creator(s) - Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943
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   • subject(s) - monkey's paw; paw; herbert; sergeant; trademark; refund; archive; literary; access; donations; paw; refund; literary; monkey's paw; trademark; archive; access; herbert; donations; sergeant;
   • title - The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2.
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10.  Roving East and Roving West / Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938
    ; and it has relationship to the Punch and Judy allurement of our childhood. It was in Bombay that I saw my first fakir ... , and smeared all over with dust, and you have a holy man in the East. The Harrison Road fakir, who passed  details...
    • creator(s) - Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938
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    • subject(s) - shah jahan; india; america; american; taj mahal; india; america; shah jahan; taj mahal; american;
    • title - Roving East and Roving West
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