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Kurbash or Kourbash (Arabic: qurbāj‎ from Turkish: kırbaç a whip ) a whip or strap about a yard in length made of the hide of the hippopotamus or rhinoceros. It is an instrument of punishment and torture that was used in various Muslim countries especially in the Ottoman empire. It was a common tool for discipline used on slaves. Government by kurbash denotes the oppression of a people by the constant abuse of the kurbash to maintain authority to collect taxes or to pervert justice.

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