Persian name for an Islamic cleric.
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Examples for "sheikh "
Examples for "sheikh "
1 Emptiness. The sheikh 's wife-on-the-run has now been asked to help free Latifa.
2 Providing, of course, she could persuade the sheikh to let her go.
3 Whoever the sheikh might be, he kept good order in his domain.
4 Representatives of the sheikh did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
5 The sheikh , though, does not believe he can rely on Iran altogether.
1 The mullah was new and very young, he told himself with disgust.
2 Shah Mirza went off joyfully, evidently having implicit faith in the mullah .
3 The mullah stood with his back to it and beckoned King nearer.
4 The mullah glared at him but let him by without a word.
5 The mullah did not look round, for he knew what was happening.
1 But even the divinely-inspired screw up, Deputy Leader Mullah Berader Akhund confesses.
2 Only one survivor was found; Mullah Massoud Akhund 's brother, Zwak.
3 You didn't steal from a man like Massoud Akhund .
4 Massoud Akhund opened his mouth to tell them that they would never triumph in Afghanistan.
5 Sources told Reuters that Akhund was arrested late on Monday in the southwestern city of Quetta.
1 But death stepped in, and the Akhoond passed into history.
2 When not busy in the wars, the Akhoond was always to be found at Saidu.
3 The Akhoond was not, however, its civil ruler.
4 The title Akhoond merely means "teacher," and he was, primarily, a religious teacher and nothing more.
5 No wonder, then, that the Akhoond was a power in the land, and that Ameer after Ameer sought his assistance.
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