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<p> The name applied contemptuously by the Turks to the agricultural labourer of Egypt; the Fellahin ( <i> pl </i> . of Fellah) comprise about three-fourths of the population; they are of good physique, and capable of much toil, but are, despite their intelligence and sobriety, lazy and immoral; girls marry at the age of 12, and the children grow up amidst the squalor of their mud-built villages; their food is of the poorest, and scarcely ever includes meat; tobacco is their only luxury; their condition has improved under British rule. </p> | <p> The name applied contemptuously by the Turks to the agricultural labourer of Egypt; the [[Fellahin]] ( <i> pl </i> . of Fellah) comprise about three-fourths of the population; they are of good physique, and capable of much toil, but are, despite their intelligence and sobriety, lazy and immoral; girls marry at the age of 12, and the children grow up amidst the squalor of their mud-built villages; their food is of the poorest, and scarcely ever includes meat; tobacco is their only luxury; their condition has improved under [[British]] rule. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73329"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fellah Fellah from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73329"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fellah Fellah from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:10, 11 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
The name applied contemptuously by the Turks to the agricultural labourer of Egypt; the Fellahin ( pl . of Fellah) comprise about three-fourths of the population; they are of good physique, and capable of much toil, but are, despite their intelligence and sobriety, lazy and immoral; girls marry at the age of 12, and the children grow up amidst the squalor of their mud-built villages; their food is of the poorest, and scarcely ever includes meat; tobacco is their only luxury; their condition has improved under British rule.
