Shereef

This request the Governor had transformed into a command, for the Shereef was a prince of Islam in his own country, and in many provinces the believers paid him tribute.

The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Hall Caine 1892

The owner of the beasts (who had a couple of fellows under him) was the most dignified member of my party; he was, indeed, a magnificent old man, and was called Shereef, or “holy” — a title of honour which, with the privilege of wearing the green turban, he well deserved, not only from the blood of the Prophet that flowed in his veins, but from the well-known sanctity of his life and the length of his blessed beard.

Eothen 2003

The owner of the beasts (who had a couple of fellows under him) was the most dignified member of my party; he was, indeed, a magnificent old man, and was called Shereef, or “holy” — a title of honour which, with the privilege of wearing the green turban, he well deserved, not only from the blood of the Prophet that flowed in his veins, but from the well-known sanctity of his life and the length of his blessed beard.

Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Alexander William Kinglake 1850

Troy, Mich., lawyer Shereef Akeel, an Egyptian American and Muslim, said: "It would have been more gratifying if the man had been hauled in alive to face justice."

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Before dark all had passed the river except this one horse and old Shereef.

Eothen 2003

In his translation of the Description of Spain, by the Shereef

Travels in Morocco 2003

Poor Shereef! — the holy man! the descendant of the

Eothen 2003

It was not surprising, therefore, that the wily Shereef should wish to know what this

Travels in Morocco 2003

Sometimes it was the good Shereef that seemed the foremost, as he sat with venerable beard the image of manly piety — unknowing of all geography, unknowing where he was or whither he might go, but trusting in the goodness of God and the clinching power of fate and the good star of the Englishman.

Eothen 2003

My servants busied themselves in unpacking the baggage as though we had arrived at an hotel — Shereef and his helpers unsaddled their cattle.

Eothen 2003