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- proper noun astronomy A
star in theconstellation ofUrsa Major , the east-most star of thePlough
Etymologies
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This star is also called Alkaid, from al-kaid, "the Governor."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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According to Wikipedia, The Ursa Major Moving Group was discovered in 1869 by Richard A. Proctor, who noticed that, except for Dubhe and Alkaid, the stars of the Big Dipper asterism all have proper motions heading towards a common point in Sagittarius.
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I received a letter from the [118] Prince Muley Abdsalam, who lately went from Santa Cruz to the Khalif of Suse, Alkaid Muhamed ben
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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The officers of state are distinguished by titles like those of Marocco; one that answers to an Alkaid, _i.e. _ a captain of 700, of 500, or of 100 men; another like that of Bashaw.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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Yezzid's order respecting that port shall reach the hands of Alkaid
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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Secretary of State's Office here for several Months, and being sent ineffectually to the Universities, and after various Enquiries had been made on Behalf of the Emperor to the Governor of Gibraltar, the Bashaw of El Grarb, and the Alkaid of Tangier, to ascertain if any Answer had been returned to His Imperial Majesty.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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Bashaw of El Garb, and the Alkaid of Tangier, to ascertain if any answer had been returned to his Imperial Majesty.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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As for what our servant Alkaid Ali ben Abdallah did to ----, the
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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Above Alkaid the last star in the tail of the Greater Bear, there will be noticed three small stars.
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The two which lie next to Alkaid, [iota] and [kappa], are interesting doubles.
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