Crossword clues for sherif
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shereef \Sher"eef\, Sherif \Sher"if\, n. [Ar. sher[=i]f noble, holy, n., a prince.] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.
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The word comes from Arabic sharif meaning "noble". It is etymologically unconnected to the word sheriff. Notable people with the name include
Usage examples of "sherif".
Zagloul to Sherif, inside an hour, never mind murder somebody and fake a break-in.
They parked up in the Rue Sherif and aTaureg foreman in a striped jellaba walked round to the back where he hammered on the door until Raf appeared, bleary-eyed and squinting.
Outside the kitchen window Rue Sherif was almost empty, missing its usual heavy grind of traffic.
The wooden double door on Rue Sherif now opened onto a newly revealed entrance area, tiled in black.
One day, at a great review, when the roar of the drums rivalled the hoarse shouts of the Mahdists, and the Baggaras, for a diversion, looted one quarter of the town, Macnamara was told by his master that Slatin had been given by the Khalifa to Mahommed Sherif, and was going to Darfur.
Arabians on the place trace directly back to AH Pasha Sherif stock -- all, that is, except for that two-year-old filly over there.
Yet none the less the rebellion of the Sherif of Mecca came to most as a surprise, and found the Allies unready.
Etiquette demanded he be met at the door to the al-Mansur madersa but the only person to be found at the entrance on Boulevard Sherif had been polishing its door knocker.
That alone must be enough to make the card an antique, since the door onto Rue Sherif had been walled up for .
On 9 June its Grand Sherif proclaimed Arab independence, occupied Jeddah, took Yambo, laid siege to Medina, cut the Hedjaz railway, and was joined by tribes farther south who captured Kandifah.
The Grand Sherif of Mecca was proclaimed king of the Hedjaz, and he was a thorn in the side of the Turks.
This was the case with the Sherifs of Mecca, who ever since the twelfth century have regarded the sacred territory as their domain.
The almost general veneration of the sayyids and sherifs, as the descendants of Mohammed are entitled, is due to this influence.
He knew that the Khalifa was only sending himself to Darfur that he might be a check upon Mahommed Sherif.
The sherif had a son named Faisal who was a rarity among Arab leaders, a man who had a social conscience and vision.