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Definition of Sheikhdom
1. Noun. The domain ruled by a sheik.
Definition of Sheikhdom
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sheikdom) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheikhdom
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheikhdom
Literary usage of Sheikhdom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"'Survey of the reptiles of the sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi, Part 2: Systematic account
of the collection of reptiles made in the sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi by John ..."
2. Iraq Speaks: Documents on the Gulf Crisis (1993)
"... and then expanded their sheikhdom further by an additional distance of tens
of kilometers between 1963 and 1968. Then the rulers of Kuwait exploited our ..."
3. Drugs of Abuse (1996) edited by Carol Gibson (1996)
"In Kuwait the long-standing border dispute exacerbated the conflict between the
radical Iraqi regime and the traditional sheikhdom. Iraq based its maximum ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1890)
"He instituted a revolt on the island, adopted a claimant to the sheikhdom, and
got him to hoist the Persian flag. ..."
5. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an by Heinrich Barth (1859)
"Sidi el Wa'fi, although Sidi 'Omar's second son, succeeded his father as Well,
while the sheikhdom rested with his elder brother Sidi Mukhtar, ..."
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