Nazir (title)
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Nazir (title)
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The Arabic title nāẓir refers to an overseer in a general sense. In Islam, it is the normal term for the administrator of a waqf. The office or territory of a nāẓir is a nazirate. According to al-Qābisī, writing in the tenth century, the pagan ruler of Tadmakka appointed a superintendent, which al-Qābisī calls a nāẓir, from among the Muslims living in his land to oversee them. This was probably a common arrangement in the Sahara and Sahel regions. The title was used in Egypt for the heads of gov
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