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sheikh
Sheik Sheik, n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. sh[=a]kha to grow or be old.] The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also scheik, shaik, sheikh.]

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- Chouf region until the Battle of Ain Dara in 1711 CE, were "sui iuris" sheikhs. After the Ottoman rule and the implementation of the Iltizam system, the...
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- of Tawella. The Tavil Sheikhs became the ruling sheikhs of their region and to this day carry the right to use the title of Sheikh. They are also called...
- conglomerate Sheikh Afil Uddin (born 1966), politician Sheikhs of Pabna Town Hakimuddin Sheikh, prominent Zamindar in Pabna Town Sheikh Faisal Abdur Rouf...
- Sanjeeda Sheikh (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian actress who works in the Hindi television industry. She was born in Kuwait into a Muslim family who...
- The Mississippi Sheiks were a po****r and influential American guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. They were notable mostly for playing country blues...
- Sheikh Hasina Wazed (Bengali: শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh...
- and the term sheikh in Hadhramaut was limited to sheikhs of religious knowledge. Those holding the rank of "Sheikh of Sheikhs and Sheikhs of Al-Daman"...
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, romanized: Muḥammad bin Rāšid Āl Maktūm; born 15 July 1949) is an Emirati politician...
- sheikhs came under the Ottoman control. This had a major impact on the establishment and development of the Ottoman Beylik.[citation needed] Sheikh Edebali...