The leader of an Arab village or family.
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Examples for "sheikh"
Examples for "sheikh"
1Emptiness. The sheikh's wife-on-the-run has now been asked to help free Latifa.
2Providing, of course, she could persuade the sheikh to let her go.
3Whoever the sheikh might be, he kept good order in his domain.
4Representatives of the sheikh did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
5The sheikh, though, does not believe he can rely on Iran altogether.
1The sheik has finished his prayer in the silence of his chamber.
2Who but the sheik could of right say to the caravan, Halt!
3The sheik and the ulemas must be rescued, cost what it might.
4When the Mahdists rode up the sheik rose and saluted their commander.
5And, in fact, Phyllis gave a cool nod to her sheik friend.
1They are seeing a common interest with Iran, the same tribal sheikh said.
2Then they planted roadside bombs and destroyed the headquarters, said the tribal sheikh who declined to be named.
3Among them were a police officer, an army official, the headmaster of a school, a Sunni tribal sheikh and his son.
4Anbar clerics and hardline tribal sheikhs say that is not enough either.
5Negotiations were underway involving local tribal sheikhs for a truce, the source said.
1The boldness and assurance with which he spoke deeply impressed the Arab chief.
2At the sight of the daring Arab chief Guy could scarcely restrain himself.
3One day, in such a spot, he met an Arab chief.
4An Arab chief has come here professing allegiance to my government.
5Thyra knelt and kissed the hem of the Arab chief's garment in humble gratitude.
6He could distinguish the two Belgian officers and the swart face of the Arab chief, Hassan.
7The Arab chief accordingly ordered an immediate retreat.
8Then a trumpet sounded to parley, and a messenger rode forward to communicate with the Arab chief.
9Monsieur De Lamartine's beautiful story of the Arab chief and his favourite steed has often been told.
10At the command of the Arab chief, the slaves now buried the bodies of Golah and his son.
11An Arab chief, one of his old followers, boldly singled him out, rode up, and fired at him point-blank.
12His ideas of morality were those of an Arab chief, being such as naturally arose out of his wild education.
13Abraham, as described in Genesis, is a great Arab chief, a type of patriarchal life, in which all authority is paternal.
14In 1834, a young Arab chief called Abdul Kader, the son of a Marabout of great sanctity, had risen into notice.
15More than a thousand years before Christ, an Arab chief asked, "If a man die shall he live again?"
16But Crassus allowed himself to be deceived by an Arab chief, who lured him to the sandy plains of Mesopotamia at Carrhae.
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Translations for Arab chief
Arab chief per variant geogràfica