ABSTRACT
I find that ’Amir ibn Abd el-Wahh&b was styled “ Sheikh” prior to his succession to the principality, and although Arabian historians denominate him subsequently as “ Sult&n,” it is highly probable that he continued to be styled, generally, “ Sheikh ’Amir.” The word Sheikh means primarily an aged man, an elder; thence, a chief or ruler, a learned man, or one renowned for piety.
