- 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...
- (Arabic: الساحل المتصالح, romanized: Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ), the
Trucial Sheikhdoms (Arabic: المشيخات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Mashyakhāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa),...
- 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...
-
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 Anglo-Ottoman Convention,
declaring Kuwait to be an "independent
sheikhdom under British protectorate". The
power vacuum, left by the fall of the...
-
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...
- The Arab
states of the
Persian Gulf, also
known as the Arab Gulf
states (Arabic: دول الخليج العربي),
refers to a
group of Arab
states bordering the Persian...
- The
Sangage Sheikhdom was a
coastal African sheikhdom (Portuguese: xeicado) in modern-day Mozambique,
established in the mid-1600s and
lasting until 1913...
-
January 1950) (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد الجابر الصباح) was the
tenth ruler of the
Sheikhdom of
Kuwait from 29
March 1921
until his
death on 29
January 1950. Ahmad...
- 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)...
