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 Alham’bra.Alias. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
A’li.
 
Cousin and son-in-law of Mahomet, the beauty of whose eyes is with the Persians proverbial; insomuch that the highest term they employ to express beauty is Ayn Hali (eyes of Ali).—Chardin.   1
 


 Alham’bra.Alias. 

 
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