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The year of deputations. The eighth of the Hedjʹrah, after Mahomet’s victory over the Arabs near Taïf, when deputations from all parts flocked to do him homage.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.