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MULLAH (Arabic maula, a See also: Mahommedan countries, a learned See also: man, a teacher, a See also: doctor of the See also: law, In See also: India the See also: term is applied to the man who reads the See also: Koran, and also to a Mussulman schoolmaster
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In countries like See also: Afghanistan the mullahs exert an influence over the populace which sometimes rivals that of the amir himself, and they have been responsible for many disturbances in See also: Kabul
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Among the democratic tribes of the See also: north-west frontier of India they almost take the place of a secular chief
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In the See also: Indian frontier risings of 1897–98 the " mad mullah " of See also: Swat led the attack upon the Malakand, while the Hadda mullah was largely responsible for the risings amongst the Mohmands, Afridis and Orakzais
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