mohaffa

plural mohaffas

1. alternativeAlternative form of mihaffa.

   Now perform the religious ceremonies; array me in new and delicate cloathing; perfume me with coſtly eſſences; and, having placed me and the phyſician in a mohaffa,ᶜ throw over it an embroidered covering.

   1799, Jonathan Scott translating 'Inayatallah as Bahar-Danush, or, Garden of Knowledge..., Vol. II, p. 74

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   In addition, imagine them to desire three riding horses, for which two extra camels would be needed to carry food and water; and a mohaffa camel, on which two men might be carried simultaneously, in panniers slung on either side of the animal. Half a dozen spare camels would have be taken along, in case some of those laden were to sicken or die, as well as an extra mohaffa camel—since, on account of the necessity of having a balanced load, the double mohaffa could never be divided between two camels.

   2003, Christina Phelps Grant, The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel, and Explorations, page 153