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SHEIKH, or SHAIKH

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 825 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHEIKH, or SHAIKH , an Arabic See also:title of respect. Strictly it means a See also:venerable See also:man, of more than fifty years of See also:age. It is specially See also:borne by heads of religious orders, chiefs of tribes and headmen of villages. Every See also:village, how-ever small, every See also:separate See also:quarter of a See also:town, has a sheikh in whom is lodged the executive See also:power of See also:government—a power loosely defined, and of more or less extent according to the See also:personal See also:character and means of the individual who wields it. A village sheikh is a sort of See also:head See also:magistrate and See also:chief of See also:police. The See also:Koran, the See also:sole See also:authentic authority in all matters, legal or See also:civil, never accurately distinguished between the sheikh and the See also:cadi (q.v.), and its phrases, besides, are vague and capable of admitting different and even opposite interpretations.

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