In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
JEHADS
Noun
jehads
plural of jehad
Anagrams
• hadjes
Source: Wiktionary
JEHAD
Ji*had", Je*had", n. [Ar. jihad.] (Moham.)
Definition: A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it. James Bryce.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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