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Abstract

The term Mussulman with its various variants has been used widely in Persia, and India, it was also adopted by the British Raj as an informal Indian English word, and it still remains in use in languages such has Hindi. Mussulmans recognition among Persians and Indians cannot be overstated. But perhaps a more unexplored topic, which is just as intriguing is the history of the term, and its eventual status as an archaic and obsolete word in the English Language

History & origin

The first mention of any variant of the term Mussulman in a widely used European langauge was its Latin variant "Biserminorum", first mentioned in 1246 in an unidentified book by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, the famous explorer. His unidentified book is mentioned as "Rec. de Voyages & c. (iv ed.)" on page 750.^[1]The term has had various mentions over the centuries from Latin, to English, Italian, and even French.

Etymology

The word Mussulman likely stems from the Persian word "Muslimân", which was adopted as a singular, which thus formed the plural "Musalmān".

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References

↑ Hobson & Jobson (1903). Henry Yule & A. C. Burnell, Oxford University Press (p.603)

[2] Hobson & Jobson (1903). Henry Yule & A. C. Burnell, Oxford University Press (p.603)

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