Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Abou Jahia

Jahi′a

The angel of death in Mohammedan mythology. Called Azrael by the Arabs, and Mordad by the Persians.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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