Note 446 — TALE OF NÚR AL-DÍN ALÍ & HIS SON BADR AL-DÍN HASAN
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. "Kahramánát" from Kahramán, an old Persian hero who conversed with the Simurgh-Griffon. Usually the word is applied to women-at-arms who defend the Harem, like the Urdu-begani of India, whose services were lately offered to England (1885), or the "Amazons" of Dahome.