f. sheikha
Arabic and Islamic honorific title.
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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 sheik has finished his prayer in the silence of his chamber.
2 Who but the sheik could of right say to the caravan, Halt!
3 The sheik and the ulemas must be rescued, cost what it might.
4 When the Mahdists rode up the sheik rose and saluted their commander.
5 And, in fact, Phyllis gave a cool nod to her sheik friend.
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 They assemble in a large hall, where they take their seats in a semi-circle, facing the shekh .
2 The sultan then took leave of the shekh , and returned with his intended son-in-law to the palace.
3 Previous to the experiment, we had decided on making a bargain with the shekh for the journey to Palmyra.
4 When it was noon the shekh again desired his pupil to knock at another door, and order dinner to be brought in.
5 This he said out of compliment; but the shekh replied, "My lord, the marriage cannot be valid without a dower."
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.
1 Constantinople Crowds Gathered at the Mosque of Faith While Sheikh Ul-Islam Proclaims the Declaration of War Against the Allies.
1 The shaikh , or holy man, consented; for the acceptance of such an invitation accorded with the sunnat, or law and tradition of the prophet.
2 We rode up the street of Remmoon, and found the shaikh and principal men of the town lazily smoking in the shadow of a house.
3 Every kraal has its Oddai ( shaikh or head man,) after whose name the settlement, as in Sindh and other pastoral lands, is called.
4 Shaikh said outlining a future vision could build up opposition to Assad.
5 Shaikh Ibrahim said to himself: 'Why am I sitting so far away?
6 All of them were in Afghanistan, said Shaikh , the senior police officer.
7 Shaikh 's cousins were allowed to see him for an hour and a half.
8 Since 2010, Shaikh has been engaging extremists online, trying to shift their views.
9 Shaikh Ibrahim then took Nur al-Din and Anis al-Jalis into a vaulted hall.
10 Dr Shaikh was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death on August 18th.
11 The 'Anezi Shaikh Faisel was encamped at only fourteen hours' distance from us.
12 Shaikh said he could not immediately comment on the earnings.
13 The Financial Times reported on Monday that Shaikh had resigned.
14 Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh will join the IMF talks in Washington on Wednesday.
15 Khalid Shaikh Mohammed got taken into custody in March 2003.
16 They exchanged greetings, but Shams al-Din was irritated and Shaikh Muhammad asked him why.
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