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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for
Ghulam
pl. ghilmah. A boy under age. A term used in modern Muslim for a slave, the legal word being abd. It occurs in the Qur’an for a son. Surah iii 42: "She (Mary) said, ‘How can I have a son when a man has not touched me?"
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12
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