Titles

Title	Meaning	Example
`Alâ' al-Dîn	Excellence of the faith	`Alâ' al-Dîn 'At.t.âr
Amîr	Prince, commander	Sayyid Amîr Kulâl
Âtâ	Father, leader	Khalîl Âtâ
Bâbâ	Father, dear friend, religious figure	Muh.ammad Bâbâ Samâsiyî
Bahâ' al-Dîn	Brilliance of the faith, beauty of the faith	Bahâ' al-Dîn Naqshband
Imâmî	Religious leader	'Abdullâh Imâmî Is.fahânî
Sayyid	Male descendant of the Prophet Muh.ammad, lord	Sayyid Amîr Kulâl
Sa'd al-Dîn	Felicity of the faith, good luck of the faith, good of the faith	Sa'd al-Dîn Kâshgharî
Shaykh	Ruler, lord	Qutham Shaykh

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Introduction - Given Names - Titles - Bynames - Full List of Names

By Ursula Whitcher, alias Ursula Georges, 2004