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begum

In Muslim countries, a woman ruler of high social rank, such as a princess or the widow of a prince.
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He went to India with his capital, and there, according to a wild legend in our family, he was once seen riding on an elephant, in company with a Baboon; but I think it must have been a Baboo - or a Begum.
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