The infidel means that he was a mollah or dervish among the followers of Isauri."
"The Pacha of Many Tales"
Captain Frederick Marryat
An old mollah taught me to read and write and repeat the verses of the Koran-and I was as much advanced as any boy under his charge-but he disliked me very much for reasons which I never could understand, and was eternally giving me the slipper.
"The Pacha of Many Tales"
Captain Frederick Marryat
Provided I gain but my six dirhems a day, I have no objection to become a mollah."
"The Pacha of Many Tales"
Captain Frederick Marryat