2. Proper noun. (Islam) An honorific title borne by male descendants of the prophet Muhammad. ¹
3. Proper noun. In Arabic it is also a form of address of a male dignitary, with the feminine form being (Arab ????). ¹
4. Proper noun. Arabic equivalent of English Mr. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sayyid
1. lord; sir -- used as a title of respect for a Muslim dignitary [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sayyid
Literary usage of Sayyid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1857)
"Din the Kadiri, son of sayyid Mohammed el ... son of sayyid Abd el Aziz, son of
the sayyid of sayyids, Polar-Star of Existence, the White Pearl, ..."
2. Promotion of Learning in India During Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) by Narendra Nath Law, Henry Beveridge (1916)
"THE sayyid DYNASTY. THE first two sayyid kings, viz. Khizr Khan and Mubarak,
following in the footsteps of the first three ..."
3. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah by Richard Francis Burton, Isabel Burton, Stanley Lane-Poole (1906)
"... and hopeth for the pardon of his Lord the Almighty—sayyid A the Kadiri, son
of sayyid B the Kadiri, son of sayyid Abu Bakr the Kadiri, son of sayyid ..."
4. Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast by Richard Francis Burton (1872)
"This decease brought to power the late sayyid Said,1 the second son born to ...
His maternal uncle, sayyid Bedr Inn Sayf, and the Wahhabi Chief, Saud, ..."
5. The Ain i Akbari by Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, Henry Blochmann, Henry Sullivan Jarrett (1873)
"sayyid Ráj ú (No. 165). 1 Vide Sir H. Elliot's Glossary (Beanies' Edition) I, p.
11 and p. 297. On p. 12 of the Glossary read sayyid Mahmúd twice for sayyid ..."
6. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"Originally held by a sayyid proprietor; conquered by Bedi Sahib Singh during the
reign of Ranjit Singh, and held by him in ..."
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