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KHADI CRAFT
AMAZING UNSIGNED ART
MEASURES 12" x 24" x 1/2"
ACRYLIC OIL ON BOARD
DEPICTS CAMEL RIDERS
CARRYING LONG POLE WEAPONS
HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS A CAMEL CAVALRY
EST. CIRCA 1940
SOME LIGHT SURFACE WEAR ON LEFT CORNER

 DOES NOT DETRACT from WORKMANSHIP

 

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Sheikh, also spelled sheik, Shaikh or transliterated as shaykh, is a word or honorific term in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and actually means "leader and/or governer". It is commonly used to designate the front man of a tribe who got this title after his father, or an Islamic scholar who got this title after graduating from the basic Islamic school.Sheikha is the female equivalent. A sheikh who is wise are called ?akim adjective (wise)‎, ?akim noun (governor)‎, ya?kum verb (govern)‎; and can govern. The scholar sheikh here can govern but can not lead directly because the leader is the Islam which is based upon the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah; on the other hand the family sheikh can always lead but can not govern unless he is wise. Although the title generally refers to a male, a very small number of female sheikhs have also existed.

It also refers generally to a man over forty or fifty years of age. While even a new Muslim can be called a sheikh if he is diligent in seeking the knowledge of Islam based upon the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah, he can be referred to as such by those he teaches. Usually, a person is known as a sheikh when he has completed his undergraduate university studies in Islamic studies and is trained in giving lectures. The word sheikh under this meaning is a synonym of Alim, pl. Ulama, (a learned person in Islam, a scholar), Mawlawi, Mawlana, Muhaddith, Faqih, Qadi, Mufti, Hadhrat or Hafiz.

The word in Arabic stems from a triliteral root connected with age and ageing: shin-ya'-kha'. The term literally means a man of old age, and it is used in that sense of all men in Qur'anic Arabic. Later it came to be a title meaning leader, elder, or noble, especially in the Arabian Peninsula, where shaikh became a traditional title of a Bedouin tribal leader in recent centuries. Due to the cultural impact of Arab civilization, and especially through the spread of Islam, the word has gained currency as a religious term or general honorific in many other parts of the world as well, notably in Muslim cultures in Africa and Asia.

While the title can be used religiously by Muslims to designate a learned person, as an Arabic word it is essentially independent of religion. It is notably used by Druze for their religious men, but also by Arab Christians for elder men of stature. Its usage and meaning is similar to the Latin senex meaning "old [man]", from which the Latin (and English) "senator" is derived. Accordingly, the Arabic term for most legislative bodies termed Senate (e.g. the United States Senate) is majlis al-shuyukh, literally meaning "Council of Senators."

As a secular honorificThe title is sometimes more informally used to people who have a certain financial or political influence, but especially in relation to royalty and other nobility.

Religious usage - The term is often used by Muslims to address learned men of various Islamic sciences, such as faqihs, muftis, and muhaddiths, and more generally to convey respect for religious authorities.

The term is and/or was also used in certain Islamic parts of Africa, as in imperial Ethiopia by the hereditary Muslim rulers of Bela Shangul, and by certain Muslim notables of Wollo, Tigray and Eritrea.

For women - A daughter or wife of a shaykh is sometimes called shaykhah. Currently, the term shaykhah is commonly used for females of rich families, especially ruling families, in Arab countries.

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Camel cavalry, or camelry, is a generic designation for armed forces using camels as a means of transportation. Sometimes warriors or soldiers of this type also fought from camel-back with spears, bows or rifles.

Camel cavalry were a common element in desert warfare throughout history, due in part to the animal's high level of adaptability. They provided a mobile element better suited to work and survive in an arid and waterless environment than the horses of conventional cavalry. The smell of the camel, according to Herodotus, alarmed and disoriented horses, making camels an effective anti-cavalry weapon when employed by the Achaemenid Persians in the Battle of Thymbra.

The first recorded use of the camel as a military animal is by the Arab king Gindibu, who is claimed to have employed as many as 1000 camels at the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC. A later instance occurred in the Battle of Thymbra in 547 BC, fought between Cyrus the Great of Persia and Croesus of Lydia. According to Xenophon, Cyrus' cavalry were outnumbered by as much as six to one. Acting on information from one of his generals that the Lydian horses shied away from camels, Cyrus formed the camels from his baggage train into an ad hoc camel corps. Although not technically employed as cavalry, they were crucial in panicking the Lydian cavalry and turning the battle in Cyrus' favor.

More than sixty years later, the Persian king Xerxes I recruited a large number of Arab mercenaries into his massive army during the Second Persian invasion of Greece, all of whom were equipped with bows and mounted on camels. Herodotus noted that the Arab camelry, including a massive force of Libyan charioteers, numbered as many as twenty thousand men in total strength.

Romans introduced camels in some of their North African military units under the Emperor Hadrian, during the second century. Camel troops or Dromedarii were used during the late Roman Empire.

Muslim conquests

The camel was used in this way by many civilizations, especially in Arabia and North Africa. Both camel and rider were sometimes armored like the contemporary late Roman cataphracts. Extensive use was made of camels during the initial campaigns of Muhammad and his followers. Subsequently the Arabs used camels effectively against their horse-mounted Sassanid and Byzantine enemies during the Muslim conquests.

Modern era

Napoleon employed a camel corps for his French campaign in Egypt and Syria. During the late 19th and much of the 20th centuries, camel troops were used for desert policing and patrol work in the British, French, German, Spanish and Italian colonial armies.

Descendants of such units still form part of the modern Indian, Moroccan and Egyptian armies.

The British-officered Egyptian Camel Corps played a significant role in the 1898 Battle of Omdurman; one of the few occasions during this period when this class of mounted troops took part in substantial numbers in a set-piece battle. The Ottoman Army maintained camel companies as part of its Yemen and Hejaz Corps, both before and during World War I.

The Italians used Dubat camel troops in their Somalia Italiana, mainly for frontier patrol during the 1920s and 1930s. These Dubats participated in the Italian conquest of the Ethiopian Ogaden in 1935-1936 during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

Camels are still used by the Jordanian Desert Patrol.

The Bikaner Camel Corps of India's para-military Border Security Force (Central Armed Police Forces) also retain camels.

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