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Definition of Shaikh
1. an Arab chief [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaikh
Literary usage of Shaikh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"shaikh 'Alai, a philosopher of Bayana, who last of the prophets. This impostor
raised great disturbances in the empire, converted some thousands by force ..."
2. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period by John Dowson, Henry Miers Elliot (1875)
"He was attached to the service of shaikh Farid Bokhari, who held the office of
... He tells us that it was by the express command of shaikh ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"Close to the village of shaikh ... by which they obtained permission to construct
an aqueduct from two of the best wells in the village of shaikh ..."
4. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and ...by India Foreign and Political Dept by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"Native Agent stationed at ^— ... ... ... ... Preliminary engagement concluded
with the shaikh of — ... Piracy to be snpp>e*>ed by the shaikh of — . ..."
5. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and ...by India Foreign and Political Dept by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"British flag and property to be respected by the shaikh of British vessels to be
assisted and protected by the shaikh of — ... ... Duties of the Native ..."
6. The Ain i Akbari by Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, Henry Blochmann, Henry Sullivan Jarrett (1873)
"He was the son of shaikh Ahmad, son of shaikh 'Abdul Quddus of Gango, and was
several times in ... He died in 981. 120. shaikh Abnl Fath. shaikh Abul ..."
7. Persian Portraits: A Sketch of Persian History, Literature and Politics by F. F. Arbuthnot (1887)
"Some persons, who had enjoyed the society of both, used to say that the company
of the shaikh was better than his poetry, and the poetry of Hafiz better ..."
8. Sketches of Persia by John Malcolm (1845)
"Shiraz—shaikh-ool- ... He used frequently to mention to me, as one, a relation
of his own, the shaikh-ool-Islam, or Chief Judge and Priest of Shiraz: " He ..."
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