shaikh
or shaykh
Also called pir. (in Sufism) the spiritual guide.
Origin of shaikh
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How to use shaikh in a sentence
“The Turks are actually weaker than their rhetoric,” shaikh says.
Turkey Blames Syria for Reyhanli Bombs, but Response May Rest on U.S. | Mike Giglio | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTshaikh, of the Brooking Doha Center, says the Obama administration is “playing with fire” by letting the conflict drag on.
Israel Bombs Syria: Nation a ‘Battlefield for the World’s Powers’ | Mike Giglio | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, shaikh was not allowed by the FBI or the Bush administration to testify before the 9/11 Commission or the JICI.
Was the Saudi Government Involved in the 9/11 Terror Attacks? | Jamie Reno | March 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMost importantly, the connection between Yousef and Khalid shaikh Mohammed, the future 9/11 mastermind, was missed entirely.
A document was prepared and signed by the Ulamas, the draft of which was in the handwriting of shaikh Mubarak.
Akbar | P. A. S. van Limburg-Brouwer
Manifestly Bburs remission was absolute and made at the date given by shaikh Zain as that of the farmn.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanThe shaikh was able, it would appear, to see himself as others saw him, since the above description of him is his own.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanThis official statement will have been with Bburs own papers; it will have been copied by shaikh Zain into his own paraphrase.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanThere is against his doing so his statement that he inserts shaikh Zains Fat-nma because it gives particulars.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
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