Light of the Harem.
The Sultana Nourmahalʹ, afterwards called Nourjehan (Light of the World). She was the bride of Selim. (Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh.)
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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.