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• FELLAH (pl. Fellahin)

FELLAH (pl. Fellahin)  , Arabic for " ploughman " or " tiller," the word used in Arabic-speaking countries to designate peasantry . It is employed especially of the peasantry of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, " Fellahin " in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ENGLISH

English usage being almost See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to " Egyptians." In Egypt the name is applied to the peasantry as opposed to the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs of the See also:

• DESERT

desert (and even those who have settled on the See also:

• LAND

land), the See also:

• TURKS

Turks and the townsfolk . See also:

• FELLAH (pl. Fellahin)

Fellah is used by the Arabs as a See also:

• TERM

term of reproach, somewhat like the English " boor," but rather implying a slavish disposition; the fellahin, however, are not ashamed of the name and may See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride themselves on being of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good fellah descent, as a "fellah of a fellah." They may be classified as Hamito-Semites, and preserve to some extent the See also:

• BLOOD

blood of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Egyptians . They See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the bulk of the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Egypt and are mainly See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan, though some villages in Upper Egypt are almost exclusively Copt (See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian) . Their See also:

• HYBRIDISM

hybridism is well shown by their See also:

• GREAT

great divergence of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, fellahin in the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

Delta being sometimes lighter than Arabs, while in Upper Egypt the prevailing complexion is dark See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average fellah is some-what above See also:

• MEDIUM

medium height, big-boned, of clumsy but powerful build, with See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval shape, cheek-bones high, forehead broad, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short flattish See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose with wide nostrils, and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black but not woolly See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair . The eyebrows are always straight and smooth, never bushy . The mouth is thick-lipped and large but well formed . The eyes are large and black, and are remarkable for the closeness of the eyelashes . The See also:

• WOMEN

women and girls are particularly noted for their graceful and slender figures and their fine See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage, due to the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of carrying burdens, especially See also:

• WATER

water-jars, on their heads . The men's heads are usually shaved . The women are not as a See also:

• RULE

rule closely veiled: they generally paint the lips a deep See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, and See also:

• TATTOO

tattoo a floral See also:

• DEVICE

device on the See also:

• CHIN

chin, sometimes on the forehead and other parts of the See also:

• BODY

body .

All but the poorest See also:

• WEAR

wear necklaces of cheap pearls, coins or gilt disks . The men wear a blue or brown See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• SHIRT

shirt, See also:

• LINEN

linen drawers and a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

• SKULL

skull-cap, or on occasion the See also:

• TARBUSH (Arab tarbush)

tarbush or See also:

• FEZ (Fes)

fez, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which sometimes a See also:

• TURBAN

turban is See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound; the women wear a single cotton smock . The See also:

• COMMON

common fellah's See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home is a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere mud hut, roofed with See also:

• DURRA
• DURRA (also written dourah, dhura, &c.; Arabic for a pearl, hence a grain of corn)

durra See also:

• STRAW

straw . Inside are a few mats, a sheepskin, baskets and some earthenware and wooden vessels . He lives almost entirely on vegetables, See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

millet See also:

• BREAD

bread, beans, lentils, See also:

• DATES

dates and onions . But some of the sheikhs are wealthy, and have large houses built of crude See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and whitewashed with See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, with courtyard, many apartments and good See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture . The fellah is laborious in the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, and abominates See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence from his occupations, which generally means loss of See also:

• MONEY

money to him . Military service on the old See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was both ruinous and distasteful to him; hence voluntary mutilations to avoid See also:

• CONSCRIPTION (from Lat. con-, together, and scribere, to write)

conscription were formerly common and the ingrained See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice against military service remains . Trained by See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• OFFICERS

officers the fellahin make, however, excellent soldiers, as was proved inthe See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1896-98 . The fellah is intelligent, cheerful and sober, and as hospitable as his poverty allows .