naqib

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • Arabic نَقِب

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