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Wah [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wahabee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.

Wahabees Encyclopedia Britannica

WAHABEES, or Wahhabis. See Arabia, vol. ii. p. 260.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 24, p. 317
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