The old usage was, however, maintained with as much strictness as ever against the Christian Rayahs and Jews: not one of them could have set his foot upon the privileged path without endangering his life.
The Rayahs are very peaceable, and pay very few taxes, considering the agricultural wealth of the country.
Other chiefs had followed his example; and for the first time the Divan thought of associating Christian Rayahs with the spahis, to put down these rebels, who had organized a system which savoured more of brigandage than of government.
While they decrease in number, the Rayahs increase in wealth, in numbers, and in intelligence.
My government is at present on the best terms with the Porte: the readiness with which such hopes arise in the minds of the people, is my motive for avoiding political conversations with Rayahs on those dangerous topics.
That more products of the soil are not sent in this way is rather the fault of the wretched government than of the rayahs or agricultural laborers.
The Moslem peasantry would not touch them, and the Christian rayahs are afraid to do so.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rayahs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
