sheikh

/ ʃeɪk /

noun

1. the head of an Arab tribe, village, etc
2. a venerable old man
3. a high priest or religious leader, esp a Sufi master

Origin of sheikh¹

C16: from Arabic shaykh old man

Though he claimed to be a sheikh, he had none of the qualifications.

Zubaydah indentified Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.

Self-described 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was also kept at Cobalt after his March 2003 in Pakistan.

YPG chief Esmat al-Sheikh told Reuters that ISIS controls only about a quarter of the town.

One example is Muhammed Asel, kreef to the Yazidi and a Muslim Arab sheikh from a village on the north side of the mountain.

It is made famous through its connection with an act of cruelty on the part of Sheikh Nadir.

Pilgrimage to Sheikh Adi is incumbent on every Yezidi; but he is not commanded to pray; and he leaves that duty to his priests.

Upon another occasion, when the Sheikh came to call upon us, his four attendants were credited with having consumed a whole sheep!

Of late years, a family quarrel has rather diminished the power of Sheikh Taha.

Of a surety it is smuggled tobacco from the warehouse of the Sheikh; or maybe hashish, and worth much gold.

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