Persian name for an Islamic cleric.
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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 mullah was new and very young, he told himself with disgust.
2Shah Mirza went off joyfully, evidently having implicit faith in the mullah.
3The mullah stood with his back to it and beckoned King nearer.
4The mullah glared at him but let him by without a word.
5The mullah did not look round, for he knew what was happening.
1But even the divinely-inspired screw up, Deputy Leader Mullah Berader Akhund confesses.
2Only one survivor was found; Mullah Massoud Akhund's brother, Zwak.
3You didn't steal from a man like Massoud Akhund.
4Massoud Akhund opened his mouth to tell them that they would never triumph in Afghanistan.
5Sources told Reuters that Akhund was arrested late on Monday in the southwestern city of Quetta.
1But death stepped in, and the Akhoond passed into history.
2When not busy in the wars, the Akhoond was always to be found at Saidu.
3The Akhoond was not, however, its civil ruler.
4The title Akhoond merely means "teacher," and he was, primarily, a religious teacher and nothing more.
5No wonder, then, that the Akhoond was a power in the land, and that Ameer after Ameer sought his assistance.
6When he began his last struggle with the British, he begged the Akhoond to lead his armies as of old.