naqib

English

Etymology

Arabic نَقِب‎ (naqib)

Noun

naqib (plural naqibs)

  1. One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared the Abbasid Revolution in Khurasan.
  2. The head representative of the ashraf, the descendants of Muhammad; an honorary position in the Ottoman Empire.

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