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1788Shaykh  

SCOPE NOTE

  • Title used for authority figures and offices in Islamic societies. Originally applied specifically to older men in kin-based Arab tribal societies, it has become a title of respect for those who mastered the religious sciences, for administrators of religious institutions, and for masters of dervish groups. The title was also bestowed on the highest religious office in the Ottoman Empire, the shaykh al-Islam.

SOURCE

  • Campo 2009

CONTRIBUTOR

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

CREATOR

  • Tzedopoulos Giorgos (AA)

NOTATION

  • 1788

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