The fakeer was seated on a little old bedstead reading the Koran, with his patched cloak thrown over his shoulders.
The fakeer rose, and, making a sign to the king to follow, walked a few paces along a dark passage.
Instantly he hurried off himself, and found that it was really true, and that the fakeer was even then breathing his last.
At first the king was so surprised and frightened that he could only stare; but the fakeer beckoned to him to come down, so, mustering up his courage, he boldly stepped down into the grave.
No one knows what was there shown to the king, nor did he ever tell anyone; but, when the fakeer at length dropped the curtain, and the king turned to leave the place, he had had his glimpse of Paradise!
However, the king was not to be turned from his purpose, and he promised the fakeer always to provide him with food, if he, in return, would pray for him.
And you know we shall have Ahmed with us, Runga Naik; he refuses to leave us, and says he will become a Fakeer with Abba.
This was Luteef Shah, or King, every properly elected Fakeer bearing that title; and when the new name was pronounced, every one greeted it with a joyous shout.
If it were necessary for him to leave the town on Zora's account, and that seemed to him imperative, he had for some years past meditated the assumption of the order of a Fakeer leading to that of a Mushaekh.
I never heard of a Fakeer being invited to reside in it, or to be attended by our servants as if he were a Nawab.
I believe because I see the right is great and must prevail; and this Fakeer might carry on with his conjuring tricks till doomsday, and it would not play bluff upon a man like me.
Now at this the Fakeer was so much incensed that his hand trembled; and, lo!
But presently they came to a shrine, where a Fakeer performed miracles.
Sometimes a fakeer trusted a shade too far in the protection of his sacredness.
Leaving Doregow, the fakeer joined again, and went on in company to Raojana; met 6 Khutries on their way from Bombay to Nagpore.
Next day the fakeer joined again; made him leave at Mana.
Drove off the fakeer with stones, and killed the 6 men in camp, and buried them in the grove.
On that expedition they murdered a fakeer and twelve beggars.
At these words the fakeer sprang from the ground, and, running into the streets, he made the air echo with his complaints.
The Vizier went forth, and brought the fakeerbound in chains before the Sultan.
But when the fakeer saw the foremost of the crowd acknowledge Misnar as their Sultan, and fall down before him, he tried to escape.
The Vizier then gave orders for the guard to mount their horses, and the Sultan resolved to accompany the Vizier, the fakeer being carried between two of the guards to point out the scene of the encounter.
The party having arrived at the iron gate of the enclosure, Horam, with ten of the guards, went in on foot, and marched with the fakeer to the tomb where he heard the voices, and whence the young man had issued forth.
They immediately retired into a remote place, and, the strange fakeerpulling out the provision he had received, they began their repast.
The fourth had a strong door, also closed with mud, up to the padlock, which was sealed with the private seal of Runjeet Singh, in his own presence, when the Fakeer was interred.
On the approach of the appointed time, according to invitation, I accompanied Runjeet Singh to the spot, where the Fakeerhad been buried.
The blind old fakeer in the shrine was always fast asleep, the bullocks in the garden circling slowly, driven by a drowsy lad curled up behind them.
When she heard of the errand on which the messengers had come, she sent for them when the Fakeer was out, and said to them, "Give me the bag of gold mohurs, and you shall take my little daughter to marry the Muchie Rajah.
Then they questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakeer and the little black dog, they guessed what had happened, and sent in every direction seeking them, but neither the Fakeer nor the dog were to be found.
Punchkin Fakeer wandered through the palace, and saw many beautiful things there, till at last he reached the room where Balna sat singing beside her little boy's cradle.
However, the king was not to be turned from his purpose, and he promised the fakeer always to provided him with food, if he, in return, would pray for him.
After a year or two had passed by, the king heard one day that the fakeer was very ill--indeed, he was believed to be dying.
Story of the King Who Would See Paradise Once upon a time there was king who, one day out hunting, came upon a fakeer in a lonely place in the mountains.
It was here that the standard of Muhamed was first planted in North-western Africa, by the fakeer and prince Muley Dris, the founder.
After this we passed through a fine campaign country of four hours' ride: we were informed that this country was very populous; but our fakeer and guide avoided the habitations of men.
There are six principal people, one of them a young cousin of Runjeet Singh's, and another a fakeer who is Runjeet's chief confidant and adviser, and a clever man.
He is dressed outwardly as a fakeer ought to be, in coarse brown cloth; but if that opens a little, there is underneath a gold dress embroidered in seed pearl.
I could not talk with any great ease, being on the blind side of Runjeet, who converses chiefly with his one eye and a few signs which his fakeer makes up into a long speech; and Kurruck Singh was apparently an idiot.
Runjeet, but the old fellow did not talk much business, he likes gossip so much better, and he said he thought the fakeer and B.
Runjeet has got a fit of curiosity about our religion, from our having declined engagements for Sundays and for Christmas-day; and he has sent the fakeer twice to Mr. Y.
The fakeer was in attendance, and two or three of his coolies sitting on the ground at the door--the old man was asleep with all his clothes on.
Hearing the secretary's voice, several persons emerged from the guard-room, holding the Fakeer tightly.
There was some one ill in the palace last night, and a Fakeer was sent for, who shouted 'Ulla dilaya to leonga,' Who was that man?
They sat till nearly dawn, when a Fakeer came, and was taken up to the Palace of the Seven Stories by the secretary.
Fazil had not recognized the Fakeer of the King's Durbar, nor the Jogi of the temple; but there was a vague impression on his mind that he had seen the face under other circumstances.
Unobtrusive in character, its movements were nevertheless followed with the greatest interest by the men we have mentioned, and even the Fakeer looked aside to watch it.
There was no one present but a sentinel and one or two others, and a Kullunder Fakeer had spread his carpet just within the walls, and was crying, 'Ulla dilaya to leonga!
A Fakeer says he must see you, my lord," said Goolab to Afzool Khan, as he sat quietly in his accustomed seat after the evening prayer.
About the Fakeer I will ascertain, if possible," replied the barber.
Well, then, dost thou remember the Kullunder Fakeerof the King's Durbar?
But now the Fakeer advanced to him and felt his hand and head; they were cool and moist, and Herbert turned to look on them with a heart full of gratitude at the kindness and interest which their words and looks expressed.
Eagerly, most eagerly Philip implored to see it, and the Fakeer rising attempted to walk to his humble residence, but with difficulty.
Day by day, however, he recovered strength, and the old Fakeer sate by him often, and beguiled the time with tales and legends of the mighty of the earth who were dead and gone.
I not see one near Asseergurh, which a Fakeer had made, and turned loose on the country, because they would not supply him with a virgin from every village?
From a Kalundur Fakeer I purchased a high felt hat and a chequered garment for a small sum: and thus equipped, with a staff in my hand, I left the city by the north gate, and travelled onwards.
Bhudrinath solved the difficulty; he gave the Fakeer a smart blow with the flat of his sheathed sword upon the stomach, and the fellow started up to a sitting posture.
To support the old Fakeer as well as myself, I was obliged to perambulate the town daily: and I asked and received alms, given in the meanest portions, in the place where my hand had ever been open to the poor.
Is the Fakeer who lives there a Hindoo or Moosulman?
You can personate a Fakeer if necessary, can you not?
I had once a son,--he became the victim of an evil glance cast by a Fakeer to whom alms were denied; he cursed my house, and the boy pined and died.
I turned away from the door,--I dared not pass my own, and I withdrew to an obscure part of the town where there was a small garden in which a Fakeer usually resided.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fakeer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
