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   The Sheik. She travels to the Middle East, determined to lose her virginity to a sheik, but her plan goes awry when the sheik who has agreed to deflower her falls asleep instead. Satires and spoofs, however, were not the only legacy of The Sheik throughout

2. pure-oai.bham.ac.uk › burgea2020introductionUniversity of Birmingham Introduction to the special issue on ...

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   The Sheik emerged between “the decline of the moralizing Victorian romance and the rise of the mass-market woman’s romance” (Hipsky s w u), a period of “radical change” in which “exoticism and feminine sexuality make their appearance in texts destined for a

3. sheikhfoundation.org › The_Sheikh_HeritageThe Sheikh Heritage

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   Sheikh (pronounced SHAYK or SHEEK; Arabic: خيش šay , plural šuyū )—also خويش transliterated Sheik, Shaik, Shayk, Shaykh, Shaikh, Cheikh, Shekh, and Shaikh—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It com-monly designates the ruler of a tribe, who inherited the title from his father.

4. www.bbc.co.uk › religion › religionsBBC - Religions - Sikhism: Origins of Sikhism

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   Sep 30, 2009 · Origins of Sikhism. Sikhism was born in the Punjab area of South Asia, which now falls into the present day states of India and Pakistan. The main religions of the area at the time were Hinduism...

5. www.jprstudies.org › 2020 › 12Review essay on The Sheik - Journal of Popular Romance Studies

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   Dec 21, 2020 · The Sheik emerged into a changing market in which women were increasingly identified as consumers of popular culture (Bettinotti & Truel 185; Chow 73; Melman 104; Wintle 291).

   • Author: Amy Burge

   • Publish Year: 2020

6. www.britannica.com › topic › SikhismSikhism | History, Doctrines, Practice, & Literature | Britannica

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   Oct 20, 2024 · Sikhism is a religion and philosophy founded in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent in the late 15th century. Its members are known as Sikhs. According to Sikh tradition, Sikhism was established by Guru Nanak (1469–1539) and subsequently led by a succession of nine other Gurus.

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   Who founded Sikhism?

   • Sikhism is a religion and philosophy founded in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent in the late 15th century. Its members are known as Sikhs. According to Sikh tradition, Sikhism was established by Guru Nanak (1469–1539) and subsequently led by a succession of nine other Gurus.

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   When did the Sikh faith start?

   • The Sikh faith began around 1500 CE, when Guru Nanak began teaching a faith that was quite distinct from Hinduism and Islam. Nine Gurus followed Nanak and developed the Sikh faith and community over the next centuries. Sikhism was well established by the time of Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru.

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   How did the British and Sikhs develop a good relationship?

   • In 1845-6 troops of the British Empire defeated the Sikh armies, and took over much Sikh territory. The Sikhs rebelled again in 1849, and were defeated by the British, this time conclusively. After this final battle, the Sikhs and the British discovered they had much in common and built a good relationship.

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   How did Gobind Singh create the Sikhs?

   • The tenth Guru, Gobind Singh, recreated the Sikhs as a military group of men and women called the Khalsa in 1699, with the intention that the Sikhs should for ever be able to defend their faith. Gobind Singh established the Sikh rite of initiation (called khandey di pahul) and the 5 Ks which give Sikhs their unique appearance.

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   How did the British help Sikhs get a favourable religious spin?

   • The British helped themselves get a favourable religious spin when they took control of the Sikh religious establishment by putting their own choices in control of the Gurdwaras. Good relations between Sikhs and British came to an end in 1919 with the Amritsar massacre.

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   How did the Sikhs maintain their faith?

   • The Sikhs fought a number of battles to preserve their faith. The Sikhs then lived in relative peace with the political rulers until the time of the Moghal Emperor, Aurangzeb, who used force to make his subjects accept Islam. Aurangzeb had the ninth Guru, Tegh Bahadur, arrested and executed in 1675.

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8. research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk › bitstreamBefore The Sheik: Rudolph Valentino and Sexual Melancholia

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   Before The Sheik: Rudolph Valentino and Sexual Melancholia. Abstract: Once he was cast as the powerful, yet sexually-on-display Ahmed Ben Hassan in The Sheik (George Melford, 1921), Rudolph Valentino rose to super-stardom, the bearer of a conflicted image defined by a fragmented patriarchal discourse. The enduring