- or a
society ruled by a
tribal leader known as a
sheikh (Arabic: شيخ).
Sheikhdoms exist almost exclusively within Arab countries,
particularly in the Arabian...
- The
Trucial States, also
known as the
Trucial Coast, the
Trucial Sheikhdoms, or
Trucial Oman, was a
group of
tribal confederations to the
south of the...
- The
Sheikhdom of Dir'iyah (Arabic: مشيخة الدرعية), was a
polity in
central Arabia from 1446 to 1744 and the
predecessor to the
first Saudi state. Its...
- The
Sangage Sheikhdom was a
coastal African sheikhdom (Portuguese: xeicado) in modern-day Mozambique,
established in the mid-1600s and
lasting until 1913...
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because they
feared for
their ****ure from the
sheikhdoms. On the
other hand, the
leaders of the
sheikhdoms feared that they
would be
overthrown later or...
- The Arab
states of the
Persian Gulf, also
known as the Gulf Arab
states (Arabic: دول الخليج العربي),
refers to a
group of Arab
states bordering the Persian...
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wealth would be
taken away by the
neighboring sheikhdoms. On the
other hand, the
leaders of the
sheikhdoms had
little experience with
federal rule and had...
-
Parliament (MPs)
debated the
preparedness of the
Royal Navy to
defend the
sheikhdoms. On 24
January 1968,
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced the...
- 13°49′03″N 47°34′42″E / 13.817366°N 47.578196°E / 13.817366; 47.578196 The
Sheikhdom of al-Hawra (Arabic: المشيخة (من) الحوراء, romanized: al-Mashyakhat (min)...
- The
Sheikhdom of al-ʽIrqa (Arabic: مشيخة آل عرقة, romanized: Mashyakhat al-ʽIrqa) was a city-state
which was part of the
Protectorate of
South Arabia...
