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KURBASH, or KOURBASH (from the Arabic qurbash, a whip; Turkish girbach; and French courbache)

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 949 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KRO-LAP
KURBASH, or KOURBASH (from the Arabic qurbash, a whip; Turkish girbach; and French courbache) , a whip or strap about a yard in length, made of the hide of the hippopotamus or
rhinoceros
 . It is an
instrument
  of
punishment
  and torture used in various
Mahommedan
  countries, especially in the Turkish
empire
 . " Government by
kurbash
  " denotes the oppression of a
people
  by the
constant
  abuse of the
kurbash
  to maintain authority, to collect taxes, or to pervert
justice
 . The use of the kurbash for such purposes, once common in
Egypt
 , has been abolished by the British authorities.


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