WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sheik also refers to a specific head of a tribe or family, or a leader in a Muslim community. In parts of the Middle East, South Asia, and some Muslim areas of Africa, a sheik is a religious leader or cleric.

Detailed explanation-2: -sheikh, also spelled sheik, shaikh, or shaykh, Arabic shaykh, Arabic title of respect dating from pre-Islamic antiquity; it strictly means a venerable man of more than 50 years of age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Muslim Sheikh belongs to the BCE category under OBC cast in Central list. They enjoy 4% reservation as there is no specific reservation for OBC A, B, C, D, E. Sheikh is a word which in Arabic language means elder.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sheik and sheikh are both English terms. Sheik is predominantly used in American (US) English ( en-US ) while sheikh is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) ( en-GB ).

Detailed explanation-5: -A Sheikh or shaykh (Arabic: shaykh; pl. shuyūkh), of Sufism is a Sufi who is authorized to teach, initiate and guide aspiring dervishes in the Islamic faith. He has laid all his worldly desires to rest thru the one intense desire for knowing the love of God his beloved.