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Sayyid
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Sayyid 

(Arabic, “lord”), the honorary title of Muslims tracing their ancestry back to Muhammad or, among the Shiites, back to Ali. In Arabia of the early Middle Ages, a sayyid was the leader of a tribal alliance or tribe; in this sense, the term sometimes corresponds to “sheikh.”



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ISLAMABAD, October 15, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Pakistan Television would telecast second episode of renowned playwright Asghar Nadeem Syeds mega serial Khuda Zameen Sey Gia Nahin on Saturday at 7.
Their solicitor Rashid Masood, from Syeds Solicitors in Sparkbrook, said the Home Office had used a "sledgehammer approach" in swooping on the family.
 
 
 
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