bani
Americannoun
noun
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By then—that would have been 1995—the Shorawi were defeated and long gone and Kabul belonged to Massoud, Rab- bani, and the Mujahedin.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
The king sent the bani of Bosnia and Croatia to help them, but the Venetian senate bought the rescuers off!
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
In the true Bedouin spirit he devoted his talent largely to satire and attacked the bani Nahshal and the bani Fuqaim.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
For the period after the reign of Ashur bani apal, we have only the scantiest data.
From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
Our present copy is a tablet from the library of a later king, seemingly Ashur bani apal.
From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
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