الرِّدَافَةُ
Root: ردف
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الرِّدَافَةُ
The function of the
رِدْف
of a king, in the Time of Ignorance: (S: [see رِدْفٌ:]) a term similar to الخِلَافَةُ: it pertained to the Benoo-Yarbooa, in that time; because there were not among the Arabs any who waged war more than they did against the kings of El- Heereh, who therefore made peace with them on the condition that the ردافة should be assigned to them and that they should abstain from waging war against the people of El-'Irák: it was of two kinds; one being the riding behind the king upon his horse; and the other, what has been explained above, as from the S, voce رِدْفٌ.
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