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Nyrop, Richard F. (1977). Area Handbook for the Persian Gulf States.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 448 These three royal families – Al Sabah of Kuwait, Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and Al Khalifah of Bahrain – consider themselves the most important lineages on the Arabian Peninsula.
Shaikh or Sheikh (Sindhi: شيخ), is a Sindhi tribe or caste. The "Shaikh" word is an Arabic term meaning elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar . The Shaikhs of Sindh are one of the major tribe of the Sindhi Muslims ethnic group; they are converted from Sindhi Hindu Lohana / Brahmin tribes.
The subdivisions of the Shaikh include: Shaikh Qidwai, who claim to be descendants of the Qazi Qidwa, a son of the Sultans of Rum. The Qidwai were recruited in the household cavalry of Shuja-ud-Daula, which was mainly composed of the Sheikhzadgan. [2] [3] These clans had not taken any profession other than a soldier or a civil officer. [4]
Shaykh ul-Islam Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Following the foundation of the Ottoman state, the title of Sheikh-ul-Islam (Turkish: Şeyhülislâm), formerly used in the Abbasid Caliphate, was given to a leader authorized to issue legal opinion or fatwa.
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Sheikhs of Tungipara, currently the most powerful political family in Bangladesh. Khan Sahib Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain, member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly; Sheikh Kabir Hossain, businessman and president of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh