f. sheikha
Arabic and Islamic honorific title.
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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 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 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?
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.
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