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Definition of Sharifs
1. sharif [n] - See also: sharif
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharifs
Literary usage of Sharifs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Until the Egyptian invasion in 1814 the sharifs of Mecca were the recognized
rulers of Hejaz, and though the Turks have attempted to suppress their ..."
2. The Present State of the Empire of Morocco: Its Animals, Products, Climate by Louis de Chénier (1788)
"He was followed in his retreat by the sharifs, who attacked his rear-guard, which
they came up with in the province of ..."
3. The Sirdar: Sir Reginald Wingate and the British Empire in the Middle East by M. W. Daly (1997)
"Contacts between the British and the sharifs family began before the war. ...
A messenger returned with the sharifs request for help against the Turks. ..."
4. The Achehnese by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Richard James Wilkinson (1906)
"extended to the descendants of the Prophet, the sayyids and sharifs '). The Shi'ite
conception of their persons as sacred 2), inviolable and entitled to the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Until the Egyptian invasion in 1814 the sharifs of Mecca were the recognized
rulers of Hejaz, and though the Turks have attempted to suppress their ..."
6. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah by Richard Francis Burton, Isabel Burton, Stanley Lane-Poole (1906)
"I had remarked this nobleman at Al- Madinah as a model specimen of the pure Arab.
Like all sharifs, he is celebrated for bravery, and has killed many with ..."
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