English Explanatory Dictionary

naqib

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

naqib naqibs

Etymology

From Arabic نَقِب (naqib)

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