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SHEIKH, or SHAIKH

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 825 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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