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- noun Plural form of
shereef .
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Examples
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The natives of Tafilelt are descendants of the shereefs [5] or princes of Marocco, and are therefore of the Imperial family.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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From Tafilelt, which, as before observed, is the country of the shereefs, they are guided by such of the trading shereefs as accompany the caravan, and who have always great respect paid them, till they arrive at Timbuctoo.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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The shereefs and other merchants generally sell their goods to some of the principal native merchants, and immediately send off the slaves, taking their gold-dust with them into other countries.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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In conversing with these shereefs, and the different strangers that resorted to the camp, I passed my time with rather less uneasiness than formerly.
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Like all these shereefs, or marabouts, he pretended that had he been with us, or had we travelled with him from Mourzuk to Tintalous, no one would have dared to molest us; an assertion wholly false, for the
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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One of the shereefs here in Zinder, who was born in that holy city, has three small cuts on each side his face, drawn down the fleshy part of the cheek.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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He set off on his journey southward on the 6th April 1800, along with two shereefs or descendants of Mahomed, who had promised to protect him.
Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Mungo Park 1788
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In conversing with these shereefs, and the different strangers that resorted to the camp, I passed my time with rather less uneasiness than formerly.
Travels in the Interior of Africa — Volume 01 Mungo Park 1788
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October, 1788, he arrived at Tripoli, from whence he set out with two shereefs for Fezzan, by the way of Mescerata.
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Fakeers; but no one in Barbary is noble but the King's relations, who are denominated shereefs.]
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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