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href="#For_women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>For women</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-For_women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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title="شيخ – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شيخ" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaic" title="Xaic – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Xaic" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeque" title="Xeque – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Xeque" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eeyx" title="Şeyx – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şeyx" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE" title="شیخ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شیخ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96" title="শেখ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শেখ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D3%99%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%85" title="Шәйех – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Шәйех" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%85" title="Шейх – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Шейх" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh" title="Cheikh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Cheikh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeic" title="Xeic – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Xeic" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%85" title="Шейх – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Шейх" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ejk" title="Šejk – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Šejk" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik" title="Sheik – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sheik" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheich" title="Scheich – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Scheich" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0eik" title="Šeik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Šeik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%90%CF%87%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Σεΐχης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σεΐχης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeque" title="Jeque – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Jeque" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Cej%C4%A5o" title="Ŝejĥo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝejĥo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeke" title="Xeke – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Xeke" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE" title="شیخ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شیخ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh" title="Cheikh – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cheikh" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjeik" title="Sjeik – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Sjeik" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADc" title="Síc – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Síc" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeque" title="Xeque – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Xeque" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%A4%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC" title="샤이크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="샤이크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shehu" title="Shehu – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Shehu" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BC" title="शेख़ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="शेख़" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0eik" title="Šeik – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Šeik" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheiko" title="Sheiko – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Sheiko" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syekh" title="Syekh – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Syekh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjeik" title="Sjeik – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sjeik" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceicco" title="Sceicco – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sceicco" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%97%27" title="שייח' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שייח'" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%85" title="Шейх – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Шейх" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%AAx" title="Şêx – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Şêx" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheih" title="Sheih – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Sheih" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0eihs" title="Šeihs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Šeihs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0eichas" title="Šeichas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šeichas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejk" title="Sejk – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sejk" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Шеик – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Шеик" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh" title="Sheikh – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Sheikh" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8D" title="ശൈഹ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ശൈഹ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98" title="შეიხი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="შეიხი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syeikh" title="Syeikh – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Syeikh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjeik" title="Sjeik – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sjeik" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96" title="शेख – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="शेख" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95" title="シャイフ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シャイフ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjeik" title="Sjeik – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sjeik" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" 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style="background-color:#dcf5dc;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Islam" title="Category:Islam">a series</a> on <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="background-color:#dcf5dc;"><i><a href="/wiki/Principles_of_Islamic_jurisprudence" title="Principles of Islamic jurisprudence">Usul al-Fiqh</a></i></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UsulALFiqh.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/UsulALFiqh.svg/125px-UsulALFiqh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/UsulALFiqh.svg/188px-UsulALFiqh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/UsulALFiqh.svg/250px-UsulALFiqh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="576" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" 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title="Taqwa">Taqwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urf" title="Urf">Urf</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:#dcf5dc;;border-top:1px solid #BFBFBF;background:#dcf5dc; padding-bottom:0.1em;"> <i><a href="/wiki/Ahkam" title="Ahkam">Ahkam</a></i></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0.1em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fard" title="Fard">Fard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustahabb" title="Mustahabb">Mustahabb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halal" title="Halal">Halal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mubah" title="Mubah">Mubah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makruh" title="Makruh">Makruh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haram" title="Haram">Haram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baligh" title="Baligh">Baligh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batil" title="Batil">Batil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bid%27ah" title="Bid'ah">Bid'ah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fahisha" title="Fahisha">Fahisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fasiq" title="Fasiq">Fasiq</a></li> <li><a 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this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sheikh</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">SHAYK</span>, <span style="font-size:90%">SHEEK</span></i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">شَيْخ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">shaykh</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ar-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Arabic" title="Help:IPA/Arabic">[ʃajx]</a></span>, <span style="font-size:85%;">commonly</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ar-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Arabic" title="Help:IPA/Arabic">[ʃeːχ]</a></span>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Plural" title="Plural">plural</a>:</span> <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">شُيُوخ</span></span>, <i>shuyūkh</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ar-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Arabic" title="Help:IPA/Arabic">[ʃujuːx]</a></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">honorific</a> title in the <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> language, literally meaning "<a href="/wiki/Elder_(administrative_title)" title="Elder (administrative title)">elder</a>". It commonly designates a <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">tribal chief</a> or a Muslim <a href="/wiki/Ulama" title="Ulama">scholar</a>. Though this title generally refers to men, there are also a small number of female sheikhs in history. The title <i><b>Syeikha</b></i> or <i><b>Sheikha</b></i> generally refers to women. </p><p>In some countries, it is given as a <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">surname</a> to those of great knowledge in religious affairs, by a prestigious religious leader from a <a href="/wiki/Silsila" title="Silsila">chain</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">Sufi</a> scholars. The word is mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" class="mw-redirect" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> in three places: verse 72 of <a href="/wiki/Hud_(surah)" title="Hud (surah)">Hud</a>, 78 of <a href="/wiki/Yusuf_(surah)" title="Yusuf (surah)">Yusuf</a>, and 23 of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qasas" title="Al-Qasas">al-Qasas</a>. </p><p>A royal family member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> and some other Arab countries, also has this title, since the ruler of each emirate is also the sheikh of their tribe.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_meaning">Etymology and meaning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology and meaning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G1895_pg006_KURDISH_SHEIKHS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/G1895_pg006_KURDISH_SHEIKHS.jpg/220px-G1895_pg006_KURDISH_SHEIKHS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/G1895_pg006_KURDISH_SHEIKHS.jpg/330px-G1895_pg006_KURDISH_SHEIKHS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/G1895_pg006_KURDISH_SHEIKHS.jpg/440px-G1895_pg006_KURDISH_SHEIKHS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1891" data-file-height="1329" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish people">Kurdish</a> sheikhs, 1895</figcaption></figure> <p>The word in Arabic stems from a <a href="/wiki/Semitic_root" title="Semitic root">triliteral root</a> connected with aging: <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ش-ي-خ</span></span>, <i>shīn-yā'-khā'</i>. The title carries the meaning leader, <a href="/wiki/Elder_(administrative_title)" title="Elder (administrative title)">elder</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility">noble</a>, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Arabia" title="Tribes of Arabia">Tribes of Arabia</a>, where <i>Shaikh</i> became a traditional title of a <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouin</a> tribal leader in recent centuries. Due to the cultural impact of <a href="/wiki/Arab_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab people">Arab</a> civilization, and especially through the spread of Islam, the word has gained currency as a religious term or general honorific in many other parts of the world as well, notably in <a href="/wiki/Islamic_culture" title="Islamic culture">Muslim cultures</a> in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sufi_term">Sufi term</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sufi term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_(Sufism)" title="Sheikh (Sufism)">Sheikh (Sufism)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mustafa_Sabri_Efendi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Mustafa_Sabri_Efendi.jpg/220px-Mustafa_Sabri_Efendi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="325" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Mustafa_Sabri_Efendi.jpg/330px-Mustafa_Sabri_Efendi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Mustafa_Sabri_Efendi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="433" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Sabri" title="Mustafa Sabri">Mustafa Sabri Effendi</a>, the second last <a href="/wiki/Shaykh_al-Isl%C4%81m" title="Shaykh al-Islām">Shaykh al-Islām</a> (ultimate authority on religious affairs) of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Caliphate" title="Ottoman Caliphate">Caliphate</a>, 1919-1920</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufism</a> (<i>tasawwuf</i>), the word <i><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_(Sufism)" title="Sheikh (Sufism)">shaikh</a></i> is used to represent a spiritual guide who initiates a particular order (<i><a href="/wiki/Tariqa" title="Tariqa">tariqa</a></i>) which leads to <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a>, although many <a href="/wiki/Awliya" class="mw-redirect" title="Awliya">saints</a> have this title added before their names out of respect from their followers. A couple of prominent examples are Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qadir_Jilani" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Qadir Jilani">Abdul Qadir Jilani</a>, who initiated the <a href="/wiki/Qadiriyya" title="Qadiriyya">Qadiriyya</a> order, and Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_al-Tijani" title="Ahmad al-Tijani">Ahmad al-Tijani</a>, who initiated the <a href="/wiki/Tijaniyyah" title="Tijaniyyah">Tijaniyyah</a> Sufi order.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_usage">Regional usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Regional usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arabian_Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arabian Peninsula"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>, the title is used for <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">chiefs of tribes</a>. This also includes <a href="/wiki/Royal_family" title="Royal family">royalty</a> in most of <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Eastern_Arabia" title="Culture of Eastern Arabia">Eastern Arabia</a>, where the royal families were traditionally considered tribal chiefs. For example, it is used by the UAE <a href="/wiki/Al_Nahyan_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Nahyan family">Al-Nahyan dynasty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Maktoum" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Maktoum">Al Maktoum dynasty</a>, who are considered the chiefs of the <a href="/wiki/Bani_Yas" title="Bani Yas">Bani Yas</a> tribe, and by <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>'s <a href="/wiki/House_of_Al-Sabah" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Al-Sabah">Al Sabah dynasty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>'s <a href="/wiki/House_of_Khalifa" title="House of Khalifa">Al Khalifa dynasty</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bani_Utbah" title="Bani Utbah">Bani Utbah</a> tribal confederation. The term is used by almost every male and female (Sheikha) member of the royal houses of the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">UAE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>. The title is not used by members of <a href="/wiki/House_of_Saud" title="House of Saud">Al Saud</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, where the title "Prince" (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">أمير</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">ʾAmīr</i></span>) is used instead.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The title is also used to refer to <a href="/wiki/Ulama" title="Ulama">religious leaders</a> for both Sunni and Shia Muslims. For example, the Saudi Arabian family <a href="/wiki/Al_ash-Sheikh" title="Al ash-Sheikh">Al ash-Sheikh</a> (literally <i>House of the Sheikh</i>) is named after the religious leader and eponymous founder of <a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Wahhab" title="Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab">Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon">Lebanon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lebanon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Lebanon, the title had the same princely and royal connotation as in the Arabian peninsula until the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> invasion in 1516, since it represented an <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous</a> autonomous "<a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a>" ruler or tribal chief.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples of some ancient families that hold the title of "sui iuris" sheikh is the <a href="/wiki/Al-Chemor" title="Al-Chemor">Al-Chemor</a> family, ruling since 1211 CE in <a href="/wiki/Koura_District" title="Koura District">Koura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zgharta" title="Zgharta">Zgharta</a> until 1747 CE<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Boudib family (descendants of the <a href="/wiki/Hashemite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hashemite">Hashemite</a> family) who were <a href="/wiki/Ehden" title="Ehden">Ehdenian</a> rulers of <a href="/wiki/Hadath_El_Jebbeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadath El Jebbeh">Jebbeh</a> since 1471 CE until 1759 CE. The descendants of this sovereign family now live in <a href="/wiki/Miziara" title="Miziara">Miziara</a>, Mexico and Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even the Abu Harmoush family heads, which ruled the <a href="/wiki/Chouf" class="mw-redirect" title="Chouf">Chouf</a> region until the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ain_Dara" title="Battle of Ain Dara">Battle of Ain Dara</a> in 1711 CE, were "sui iuris" sheikhs. After the Ottoman rule and the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Iltizam" title="Iltizam">Iltizam</a> system, the title gained a <a href="/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility">noble</a> instead of royal connotation, since it was bestowed by a higher authority; in this case the Ottoman appointed <a href="/wiki/Emir" title="Emir">Emir</a>, who was nothing more than a mültezim or tax collector for the <a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some very influential <a href="/wiki/Maronite" class="mw-redirect" title="Maronite">Maronite</a> families, who had the title bestowed upon them, are (in chronological order): the El Hachem of Akoura (descendants of the <a href="/wiki/Hashemite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hashemite">Hashemite</a> family, since 1523), the <a href="/wiki/El-Khazen" class="mw-redirect" title="El-Khazen">El-Khazen</a> (since 1545), the Hubaysh of <a href="/wiki/Kisrawan" title="Kisrawan">Kisrawan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Douaihy" title="Douaihy">Douaihy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Zgharta" title="Zgharta">Zgharta</a>. Other families who are nowadays addressed or known as "sheikhs" were not traditionally rulers of provinces, but instead they were high-ranking officials at the service of the Emir at that time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maghreb">Maghreb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Maghreb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Maghreb" title="Maghreb">Maghreb</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Almohad" class="mw-redirect" title="Almohad">Almohad</a> dynasty, the caliph was also counseled by a body of sheikhs. They represented all the different tribes under their rules, including <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Bedouins" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedouins">Bedouins</a>), <a href="/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus">Andalusians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berbers" title="Berbers">Berbers</a> and were also responsible for mobilizing their kinsmen in the event of war.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Horn_of_Africa">Horn of Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Horn of Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Somali_aristocratic_and_court_titles" title="Somali aristocratic and court titles">Somali aristocratic and court titles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_aristocratic_and_court_titles" title="Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles">Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheikh_Ali_Ayanle_Samatar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Sheikh_Ali_Ayanle_Samatar.jpg/220px-Sheikh_Ali_Ayanle_Samatar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Sheikh_Ali_Ayanle_Samatar.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="232" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Sheikh Ali Ayanle Samatar, a prominent <a href="/wiki/Somali_people" title="Somali people">Somali</a> Islamic scholar.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the Muslim parts of the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>, "shaikh" is often used as a noble title. In <a href="/wiki/Somali_people" title="Somali people">Somali</a> society, it is reserved as an honorific for senior Muslim leaders and clerics (<i>wadaad</i>), and is often abbreviated to "Sh".<sup id="cite_ref-Ifla_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ifla-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Famous local sheikhs include <a href="/wiki/Ishaaq_bin_Ahmed" title="Ishaaq bin Ahmed">Ishaaq bin Ahmed</a>, an early Muslim scholar and Islamic preacher, <a href="/wiki/Abdirahman_bin_Isma%27il_al-Jabarti" title="Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti">Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti</a>, an early Muslim leader in <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a>; <a href="/wiki/Abadir_Umar_Ar-Rida" class="mw-redirect" title="Abadir Umar Ar-Rida">Abadir Umar Ar-Rida</a>, the patron saint of <a href="/wiki/Harar" title="Harar">Harar</a>; <a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_al-Jabarti" title="Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti">Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti</a>, Sheikh of the <a href="/wiki/Riwaq_(arcade)" title="Riwaq (arcade)">riwaq</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a> who recorded the <a href="/wiki/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="French campaign in Egypt and Syria">Napoleonic invasion of Egypt</a>; <a href="/wiki/Abd_Al-Rahman_bin_Ahmad_al-Zayla%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i">Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i</a>, scholar who played a crucial role in the spread of the <a href="/wiki/Qadiriyyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadiriyyah">Qadiriyyah</a> movement in Somalia and East Africa; <a href="/wiki/Shaykh_Sufi" title="Shaykh Sufi">Sheikh Sufi</a>, 19th century scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist; <a href="/wiki/Abdallah_al-Qutbi" title="Abdallah al-Qutbi">Abdallah al-Qutbi</a>, polemicist, theologian and philosopher best known for his five-part <i>Al-Majmu'at al-mubaraka</i> ("The Blessed Collection"); and Muhammad Al-Sumaalee, teacher in the <a href="/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram" title="Masjid al-Haram">Masjid al-Haram</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a> who influenced many of the prominent Islamic scholars of today.<sup id="cite_ref-Fwmas_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fwmas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Asia">South Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shaikhs_in_South_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaikhs in South Asia">Shaikhs in South Asia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani.jpg/220px-Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani.jpg/330px-Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani.jpg/440px-Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani people">Pakistani</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Syed_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani">Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani</a>, a prominent <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a> scholar</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">cosmopolitan</a> hub of the <a href="/wiki/South_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian">South Asian</a> sub-continent, it is not just an ethnic title but also often an occupational title<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attributed to Muslim trading families. After the advent of Islam in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, many Hindu-Buddhists clans from different castes converted to Islam and adopted the title.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ismaili" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismaili">Ismaili</a> <a href="/wiki/Pir_(Sufism)" title="Pir (Sufism)">Pirs</a> gave some converts, as well as <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> who <a href="/wiki/Emigrated" class="mw-redirect" title="Emigrated">emigrated</a> from <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>, especially after the <a href="/wiki/Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol">Mongol</a> conquests , the <a href="/wiki/Hereditary" class="mw-redirect" title="Hereditary">hereditary</a> title of <a href="/wiki/Isma%27ilism" title="Isma'ilism">Ismaili Shaikhs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southeast_Asia">Southeast Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Southeast Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> and other parts of <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, sheikhs are respected by local Muslims. In <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, the term is usually spelled "syech", and this is usually attributed to elderly <a href="/wiki/Ulama" title="Ulama">ulama</a>. Higher knowledgeable people of Islamic studies in Indonesia are usually referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Ustad" title="Ustad">ustad</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Kyai" title="Kyai">kyai</a>".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iran">Iran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Iran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the perspective of Iran, the word or title of sheikh possesses diverse meanings, among individuals who are aged and wise, it has been an honorific title used for elders and learned scholars, such as: Sheikh al-Rayees <a href="/wiki/Avicenna" title="Avicenna">Abu Ali Sina</a>, Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Al-Shaykh_Al-Mufid" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid">Mufid</a>, Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Morteza_Ansari" class="mw-redirect" title="Morteza Ansari">Morteza Ansari</a>. In the past, Islamic scholars who were the Muhammad's descendants, were called <a href="/wiki/Sayyid" title="Sayyid">Sayyid</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sayyid" title="Sayyid">Seyyed</a> instead of sheikh.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="For_women">For women</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: For women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, <a href="/wiki/Ulema" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulema">female scholars</a> in <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> were referred to as <i><b>shaykhah</b></i> (Arabic: <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">شيخة</span></span>) (alt. <i>shaykhat</i>). Notable <i>shaykha</i> include the 10th-century <a href="/wiki/Fakhr-un-Nisa" title="Fakhr-un-Nisa">Shaykhah Fakhr-un-Nisa Shuhdah</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 18th-century scholar <a href="/wiki/Fatima_al-Fudayliya" title="Fatima al-Fudayliya">Al-Shaykha Fatima al-Fudayliyya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957, Indonesian education activist <a href="/wiki/Rahmah_el_Yunusiyah" title="Rahmah el Yunusiyah">Rahmah el Yunusiyah</a> was awarded the title of <i>syeikah</i> by the faculty of <a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_University" title="Al-Azhar University">Al-Azhar University</a>, the first time the university had granted the title to a woman.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A daughter, wife or mother of a sheikh is also called a <i>shaykhah</i>. Currently, the term <i>shaykhah</i> is commonly used for women of ruling families in the Arab states of the Arabian Peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allamah" title="Allamah">Allamah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_ash-Sheikh" title="Al ash-Sheikh">Al ash-Sheikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayatollah" title="Ayatollah">Ayatollah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%AAsh%C4%81n" title="Īshān">Īshān</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_Shaikh" title="Kashmiri Shaikh">Kashmiri Shaikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khawaja_Shaikh" title="Khawaja Shaikh">Khawaja Shaikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_maraji" class="mw-redirect" title="List of maraji">List of maraji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ayatollahs" title="List of ayatollahs">List of ayatollahs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manihar" title="Manihar">Manihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seghatoleslam" title="Seghatoleslam">Seghatoleslam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Shaikh" title="Punjabi Shaikh">Punjabi Shaikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qallu" title="Qallu">Qallu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qanungoh_Shaikh" title="Qanungoh Shaikh">Qanungoh Shaikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaykhism" title="Shaykhism">Shaykhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaikhs_in_South_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaikhs in South Asia">Shaikhs in South Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_Shaikh" title="Sindhi Shaikh">Sindhi Shaikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhani_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Shekhani dialect">Shekhani dialect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_(Bangladeshi_Surname)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh (Bangladeshi Surname)">Sheikh (Bangladeshi Surname)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_(Sufism)" title="Sheikh (Sufism)">Sheikh (Sufism)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaik_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Shaik (disambiguation)">Shaik (disambiguation)</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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