We have seen that the dervises encouraged the Mussulman soldiers, and held up to them the war against the Greeks as a holy war.
A crowd of dervises visited the tents, to instil the desire of martyrdom, and the assurance of spending an immortal youth amidst the rivers and gardens of paradise, and in the embraces of the black-eyed virgins.
One of the dervises laid claim to the honour of this change, having obtained it of Mahomet by fasting and prayer.
One of the treacherous dervises reported this conversation to the calif, and, in consequence thereof, Alicaun was ordered to appear before him.
But I know well how this good head of the dervises may cure her; the thing is very easy, and I will tell it you.
He did so, and twelve dervises immediately appeared, who, after wheeling round, also became invisible, each of them at the same time throwing down a small coin.
The moderate sum with which the dervises supplied him daily was sufficient for the subsistence of himself and his mother, and for a long time this was all that he desired.
But I well know how this good head of the dervises may cure her; the thing is very easy, and I will explain it to you.
The head of the dervises remembered every word of the conversation between the fairies and the genies, who remained silent the remainder of the night.
On this occasion, the Dervises collected eighty thousand rubles, the poorest shepherd giving half a ruble.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dervises" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
