Directory 19 of 238 offices
Offices — Islam
The offices filed under Islam.
A seat outlasts
whoever sits in it.
Offices and their holders
Offices in Islam
Arabia, North Africa, the Near East, South and Southeast Asia and beyond, 7th century CE to the present.
19 offices
Most linked first
Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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imam Islamic leadership position -
prophet of Islam Apostles who preach the news of what comes from the revelation and Sharia -
sheikh Arabic and Islamic honorific title -
Amir Title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world -
mufti Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion on a point of Islamic law - qadi Judge ruling in accordance with Islamic religious law
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Rashidun The four caliphs who, from the point of view of the Sunnis, held the caliphate after Muhammad - Aga Khan Hereditary religious title
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Islamic jurist Expert in Islamic jurisprudence -
cup-bearer Officer of high rank in royal courts responsible for serving drinks to the sovereign -
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Grand Mufti Higher spiritual position of Muslim Ummah - Mawlawi Islamic religious title given to Muslim religious scholars
- Grand Imam of al-Azhar Religious leader in Egypt
- Qur'anic exegete A scholar who interprets the Quran
- grand ayatollah Highest clerical rank in Usuli Twelver Shia Islam.
- Reis-ul-ulema Head of a riyasat
- Shaykh Sufi preachers
- Grand Mufti of Australia Australian Sunni Muslim cleric
- Mufti of the Republic of Tunisia
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Islam
Schools of law and theology, the scholars who transmitted them, and the places they taught.