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 Moha’di [Mohammed].Mohak’abad’ (Al). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mohair.
 
(Probably the Arabic mukhayyar, goat’s-hair cloth.) It is the hair of the Ango’ra goat, introduced into Spain by the Moors, and thence brought into Germany.   1
 


 Moha’di [Mohammed].Mohak’abad’ (Al). 

 
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