What is "shaykh"

Usage examples of "shaykh".

But the Goddess is kind to her devotees, and our ancestors met an ancestor of Shaykh Salah when he was preparing to meet a traditional enemy in battle, and he made an offer: in exchange for help in battle, some land and the use of the Bani Ghassan range for our flocks under his protection.

The additional ascription of judicial and police powers to the shaykh and his retinue left the tribesmen-cum-peasants as virtual serfs, continuously in debt and in servitude to the shaykh turned landlord and master.

This service in the minds of tribesmen replaced the old customary obligation of military service that they owed the shaykh and was not unduly onerous.

The government administrators usually avoided becoming involved in legal disputes that might result from water rights, leaving the disputes to be settled by the shaykh in accordance with traditional tribal practices.

Representatives of the central government take over roles previously filled by the shaykh or his representatives.

In Iraq, the road would stretch from the Jordanian border through Ar Rutbah to Tulayah near An Najaf, then to the southern Iraqi town of Ash Shaykh ash Shuyukh, and finally to the Kuwaiti border at Safwan.

Out of regard for Shaykh Salah, we are to regard this man as being under our protection too.

A man in peasant garb was before the shaykh with his back to us, presenting a case with many gestures toward someone in the crowd whom the black-bearded shaykh eventually invited forward to be heard.

The shaykh interrupted the voluble petitioner in a voice too quiet to be heard.

The shaykh became still as a great stone, his eyes hidden in the shadow of his headcloth.

A question to Mujahid satisfied the shaykh that the guard had the right man.

I had missed an exchange between shaykh Salah and the two antagonists, and the shaykh was calling for something.

The spirit world itself would condemn Kadhim and Shaykh Salah would witness it.

Bayt Ali are trying to get Shaykh Salah and the Ghassani tribal council to rescind the old agreement with Ahl al-Hilal.

Ammar, can reckon backwards seven generations, beginning from a certain Shaykh Sultan.