sherif
noun
a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
shereef;
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a variation of
sherif.
Example Sentences
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One of them, a shereef, from Suat, declared that if he refused to go to the mosque he would carry him there.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston
Ismael Son of a shereef; God illumine and preserve him.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson
From the shereef 218, the servant of God, who putteth his trust in God, the commander of the p.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson
Ve vas in Phildelphy, ant ten Scranton, ant ten we get here to Peetsburgh, and all te scenery is by te shereef, and te manager haf notting.
From The Other Fellow by Francis Hopkinson Smith
His companions all gathered round and listened with avidity, occasionally exclaiming, when anything was said which they approved of: “Wakhud rajil shereef hada, min beled del scharki.”
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
