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The Arabic root w-l-y of the word wali describes affinity and proximity between two parties, [1] and the word itself thus means one who is near and close, [2] as in guardian, [3] friend, helper, master, [4] or heir. [2] In a political context, wali is an individual who exercises political authority on behalf of a superior power (even God).
Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, and his claim of “speaking with God”.. The Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist (Persian: ولایت فقیه, romanized: Velâyat-e Faqih, also Velayat-e Faghih; Arabic: وِلاَيَةُ ٱلْفَقِيهِ, romanized: Wilāyat al-Faqīh) is a concept in Twelver Shia Islamic law which holds that until the reappearance of the "infallible Imam ...
The Hanafi school of Islamic law is unique among Sunni madhhab (school of jurisprudence) in recognizing the validity of a marriage where the woman acts on her own behalf and is not represented by a male wali. [9] [12] [13] At least in the Hanafi school of fiqh, there is a distinction between a Wali ijbar and a wali ikhtiyar.
Mehemet Ali Viceroy of Egypt, by Auguste Couder, 1841. Rostom (Rustam Khan), Safavid viceroy of Kartli, Georgia.. Wāli, Wā'lī or vali (from Arabic: والي Wālī) is an administrative title that was used in the Muslim world (including the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and the Ottoman Empire) to designate governors of administrative divisions.
The Gilchrist Document is a much cited letter from 1965 often used to support arguments for Western involvement in the overthrow of Sukarno in Indonesia. The document purports to be a letter from the British ambassador to Jakarta , Andrew Gilchrist , addressed to the British Foreign Office .