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Nazir (title)

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for the heads of government departments and agencies before it adopted a modern cabinet system. It was synonymous with inspector, supervisor or controller. In Egypt it may also be used for the directors or managers of commercial enterprises.
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was a traditional and usually hereditary Sudanese title for the head of a tribal confederation. It was only infrequently recognised by the Anglo-Egyptian government, but it was used for lower-level salaried officials in the
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Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials: Rural Administration Around Sixteenth-century Jerusalem
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was used for the official in charge of a subdivision of a district. Usually he was a tribal head.
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Shaykhs and Followers: Political Struggle in the Rufaʿa al-Hoi Nazirate in the Sudan
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Jay Spaulding (1979), "Farmers, Herdsmen and the State in Rainland Sinnār",
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Law in the Middle East, Vol. 1: Origin and Development of Islamic Law
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appointed a superintendent, which al-Qābisī calls a
66:, writing in the tenth century, the pagan ruler of 45:, it is the normal term for the administrator of a 267:. The language of these Funj titles is unknown. 175:Majid Khadduri and Herbert J. Liebesny (eds.), 130:'s duties was to administer uncultivated land ( 41:) refers to an overseer in a general sense. In 201:Michael Brett (1983), "Islam and Trade in the 114:may be an Arabic rendering of the originally 8: 147: 244:A Biographical Dictionary of the Sudan 238: 236: 179:(Middle East Institute, 1955), p. 204. 188:E.g., Abd al-Ghaffar Muhammad Ahmad, 7: 228:Labour in the Medieval Islamic World 166:(Cambridge University Press, 1994). 110:. As a traditional Sudanese title, 192:(Khartoum University Press, 1974). 14: 205:, Tenth–Eleventh Century A.D.", 257:The Journal of African History 207:The Journal of African History 134:) within the tribal homeland ( 1: 246:(Frank Cass, 1967), p. xiii. 305: 15: 265:10.1017/s0021853700017345 215:10.1017/S0021853700027985 284:Arabic words and phrases 226:See Maya Shatzmiller, 85:The title was used in 38: 95:Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 259:, 20 (3), 329–47 209:, 24 (4), 431–40 296: 289:Political titles 268: 253: 247: 240: 231: 224: 218: 199: 193: 186: 180: 173: 167: 152: 304: 303: 299: 298: 297: 295: 294: 293: 274: 273: 272: 271: 254: 250: 241: 234: 225: 221: 200: 196: 187: 183: 174: 170: 153: 149: 144: 21: 12: 11: 5: 302: 300: 292: 291: 286: 276: 275: 270: 269: 248: 242:Richard Hill, 232: 219: 203:Bilād al-Sūdān 194: 181: 168: 146: 145: 143: 140: 99:nāẓir al-khuṭṭ 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 301: 290: 287: 285: 282: 281: 279: 266: 262: 258: 252: 249: 245: 239: 237: 233: 229: 223: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 198: 195: 191: 185: 182: 178: 172: 169: 165: 161: 157: 151: 148: 141: 139: 137: 133: 129: 126:. One of the 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 104: 100: 96: 91: 88: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 62:According to 60: 58: 54: 50: 49: 44: 40: 36: 32: 31: 26: 19: 256: 251: 243: 227: 222: 206: 202: 197: 189: 184: 176: 171: 163: 150: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 111: 102: 98: 97:, the title 92: 84: 71: 61: 56: 52: 46: 29: 28: 22: 158:usage, see 103:Nāẓir ʿumūm 278:Categories 160:Amy Singer 142:References 82:regions. 64:al-Qābisī 68:Tadmakka 57:nazirate 18:Nazirite 156:Ottoman 124:manfona 118:titles 93:In the 35:Turkish 33:(ناظر, 120:mānjil 108:Jazīra 76:Sahara 27:title 25:Arabic 132:qifār 128:nāẓir 112:nāẓir 87:Egypt 80:Sahel 72:nāẓir 55:is a 53:nāẓir 43:Islam 39:nazır 30:nāẓir 154:For 122:and 116:Funj 78:and 48:waqf 23:The 261:doi 211:doi 138:). 136:dār 280:: 235:^ 162:, 59:. 37:: 263:: 217:. 213:: 20:.

Index

Nazirite
Arabic
Turkish
Islam
waqf
al-Qābisī
Tadmakka
Sahara
Sahel
Egypt
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Jazīra
Funj
Ottoman
Amy Singer
doi
10.1017/S0021853700027985


doi
10.1017/s0021853700017345
Categories
Arabic words and phrases
Political titles

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