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The History of the Maritime Wars of the Turks. Chapters I. to IV

Note 25 — Chapter II

James Mitchell translation

مدجل This name is frequently given throughout the work to the Andalusian Moors; but I have never seen it used by any other author, nor can I discover its origin. The only instance in which a similar word occurs is in the following passage in Don Quixote: “The Moors of Arragon are in Barbary called Tagarins; and those of Grenada go by the name of Mudajares.”—Story of the Captive.

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