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‘Ali had come to be recognised* as the archetypal young male (fatā); a related word, futūwah, signified groups of young men who pursued such virtues as **courage, aiding the weak, generosity, endurance of suffering, love of truth, and hospitality.’

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*(In the 10th-11th centuries)

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***– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:117]

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