- or a
society ruled by a
tribal leader known as a
sheikh (Arabic: شيخ).
Sheikhdoms exist almost exclusively within Arab countries,
particularly in the Arabian...
- The
Sheikhdom of
Kuwait (Arabic: مشيخة الكويت, romanized: Mashīkhat al-Kuwayt) was a
sheikhdom during the pre-oil era. The
sheikhdom became a
British protectorate...
- The
Sheikhdom of Dir'iyah (Arabic: مشيخة الدرعية), was a
polity in
central Arabia from 1446 to 1744 and the
predecessor to the
First Saudi State. Its...
- (Arabic: الساحل المتصالح, romanized: Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ), the
Trucial Sheikhdoms (Arabic: المشيخات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Mashyakhāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa),...
- The
Sheikhdom of al-ʽIrqa (Arabic: مشيخة آل عرقة, romanized: Mashyakhat al-ʽIrqa) was a city-state
which was part of the
Protectorate of
South Arabia...
- The
Alawi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة العلوي
Mashyakhat al-‘Alawī), or
Alawi (Arabic: علوي ‘Alawī) — was a
Sheikhdom located in the Aden
region of southwestern...
- 1820–1967 Map of the
Federation of
South Arabia Capital Al-Shibr • Type
Sheikhdom Historical era 20th
century • Established 1820 • Disestablished 1967...
- 13°49′03″N 47°34′42″E / 13.817366°N 47.578196°E / 13.817366; 47.578196 The
Sheikhdom of al-Hawra (Arabic: المشيخة (من) الحوراء, romanized: al-Mashyakhat (min)...
- The
Sangage Sheikhdom was a
coastal African sheikhdom (Portuguese: xeicado) in modern-day Mozambique,
established in the mid-1600s and
lasting until 1913...
-
because they
feared for
their ****ure from the
sheikhdoms. On the
other hand, the
leaders of the
sheikhdoms feared that they
would be
overthrown later or...
