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Ahu-e-Chin

आहूए चीन
Meaning

The musk-deer of China (Khotan); the gazelle of Tartary whose navel yields musk, a classic image of fragrance.

Literally: deer of China

See it in the verse

Ahu-e-Chin in Iqbal’s couplets

Chin o Arab hamara Hindostan hamara
Muslim hain hum watan hai sara jahan hamara
China and Arabia are ours, India is ours; we are Muslims, and the whole world is our homeland.
Unity · Freedom
Related words
PERSIAN

Aahu

A deer, gazelle, or antelope.

PERSIAN

Mushk

Musk; the dark, intensely fragrant secretion of the musk-deer.

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