Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An administrative division of Turkey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An administrative territory of the first class; a province of the Turkish empire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called
eyalet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the
Ottoman Empire ; -- formerly calledeyalet .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Islamic center at Ground Zero, but he fails to explain the term vilayet-i-faqih to American audiences.
Forum: News/Activism 2010
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Rauf praises the tyrants in Iran and is apparently ready to accept their money for the Islamic center at Ground Zero, but he fails to explain the term vilayet-i-faqih to
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Islamic center at Ground Zero, but he fails to explain the term vilayet-i-faqih to American audiences.
Latest Articles 2010
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In a common fallacy, however, many Sunnis tend to conflate Iraqi Shiite Islamists with the Iranian regime next door, even though the political ideology of Iraqi Shiites does not mesh with Ayatollah Khomeini's vilayet e-fakih (the guardianship of the jurist) and although ever since their return from exile in Iran in 2003, the Shiite Islamists have actively sought to shed whatever Iranian veneer they had acquired.
Iraq on the Edge Hiltermann, Joost R. 2009
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But with Shi'ite religious parties emerging as the strongest power, no sooner were the elections over than voices were raised for the creation of an autonomous southern Iraqi region, and for vilayet-e-faqih .
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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Now it emerges that there is a strong movement in southern Iraq for the establishment of autonomous Shi'ite provinces as a precursor to introducing vilayet-e-faqih rule by the clergy in the whole country.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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Already, members of the Da'wa Party, many of whom were taught in Iran, have taken over mosques in Basra, and members of Hezbollah have heavily infiltrated the Shi'ite population, in addition to Iranian intelligence and members of the Pasdaran-i-Inqalab Iran's Revolutionary Guards to pave the way for vilayet-e-faqih.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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Observers say this is the beginning of a new era which could climax in a movement for vilayet-e-faqih , a compulsory part of the Shi'ite faith that is intertwined with the concept of imamat or leadership all Muslims under one leader.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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In the Ottoman-Saudi Treaty, Ibn Saud recognized Ottoman sovereignty over Najd in return for his appointment as governor of a newly constituted province (vilayet) of Najd and hereditary rule for his family.
1914, May 2001
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Tripolitania was organized into a province (vilayet) under a governor appointed by the Ottomans, while Cyrenaica formed a separate subprovince responsible directly to Istanbul.
d. Libya 2001
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