Akhunds are religious and spiritual leaders.[6][7] They lead the prayers in the mosques, deliver religious sermons, perform religious ceremonies such as marriage rituals, birth rituals etc. Many of them were magistrates or justices of Sharia courts who also exercised extrajudicial functions, such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minors, and supervision and auditing of public works. They also often teach in Islamic schools known in Iran as hawzas and in other countries as madrasas.
Akhunds will usually have completed higher studies on Islamic subjects such as Sharia, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Quran etc. They commonly dress in religious attire.
Old usageedit
In Iran, they are also called mullah, molavi, sheikh, haj-agha, or ruhani. The word ruhani means "spiritual, holy". Ruhani is considered a more polite term for Muslim clerics, used by Iranian national television and radio and by devout Muslim families. Akhund is increasingly outmoded in Iran, usually with only the older clerics having the title as part of their name. It has not been used widely as a title since the Qajar dynasty.
In Afghanistan, and among the Pashtuns of the Afghan-Pakistan border region, the term is still current in its original sense as an honorific.
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akhund, this, article, about, persian, title, villages, iran, iran, disambiguation, other, uses, disambiguation, persian, آخوند, persian, title, surname, islamic, scholars, common, iran, afghanistan, tajikistan, pakistan, bangladesh, azerbaijan, other, names, . This article is about the Persian title For the villages in Iran see Akhund Iran disambiguation For other uses see Akhund disambiguation Akhund Persian آخوند is a Persian title or surname for Islamic scholars 1 2 3 common in Iran Afghanistan Tajikistan Pakistan Bangladesh and Azerbaijan Other names for similar Muslim Scholar include Sheikh and Mullah 4 The Standard Chinese word for Imam Chinese 阿訇 pinyin ahōng used in particular by the Hui people also derives from this term 2 Other similar Chinese terms Chinese 阿衡 pinyin aheng and Chinese 阿洪 pinyin ahong also exist 5 Contents 1 Duty 2 Old usage 3 Use in personal names 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksDuty editAkhunds are religious and spiritual leaders 6 7 They lead the prayers in the mosques deliver religious sermons perform religious ceremonies such as marriage rituals birth rituals etc Many of them were magistrates or justices of Sharia courts who also exercised extrajudicial functions such as mediation guardianship over orphans and minors and supervision and auditing of public works They also often teach in Islamic schools known in Iran as hawzas and in other countries as madrasas Akhunds will usually have completed higher studies on Islamic subjects such as Sharia Fiqh Islamic jurisprudence Quran etc They commonly dress in religious attire Old usage editIn Iran they are also called mullah molavi sheikh haj agha or ruhani The word ruhani means spiritual holy Ruhani is considered a more polite term for Muslim clerics used by Iranian national television and radio and by devout Muslim families Akhund is increasingly outmoded in Iran usually with only the older clerics having the title as part of their name It has not been used widely as a title since the Qajar dynasty In Afghanistan and among the Pashtuns of the Afghan Pakistan border region the term is still current in its original sense as an honorific Use in personal names editThe Azerbaijani surname Akhundov as in e g Mirza Fatali Akhundov is formed from the word akhund Akhand is used as a surname among Bengalis Zeeshan Akhwand Khattak also uses this title with their personal name Zeeshan Akhwand is a journalist and social worker from Karak Pakistan See also editAkhund Abdul Ghaffur Clericalism in Iran Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists Kyai similar term in Indonesia Ulama SeghatoleslamReferences edit Akhund Oxford Reference Retrieved 2021 04 22 a b Baktiari Bahman 2009 Akhund The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 acref 9780195305135 001 0001 ISBN 978 0 19 530513 5 retrieved 2021 04 22 Esposito John L ed 2003 01 01 Akhund The Oxford Dictionary of Islam Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 acref 9780195125580 001 0001 ISBN 978 0 19 512558 0 retrieved 2021 04 22 Bowker John 2003 01 01 Akhun d The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 acref 9780192800947 001 0001 ISBN 978 0 19 280094 7 retrieved 2021 04 22 Gladney Dru C 1996 Muslim Chinese Ethnic Nationalism in the People s Republic Council on East Asian Studies Harvard University p 395 ISBN 978 0674594975 AKHUND Definition of AKHUND by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico com also meaning of AKHUND Lexico Dictionaries English Archived from the original on April 22 2021 Retrieved 2021 04 22 akhund Wiktionary en wiktionary org Retrieved 2021 04 22 Further reading editGibb H A R Kramers J H Levi Provencal E Schacht J Lewis B amp Pellat Ch eds 1960 Ak h und The Encyclopaedia of Islam Second Edition Volume I A B Leiden E J Brill OCLC 495469456 External links edit nbsp Media related to Category Akhoond at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Akhund amp oldid 1183699820, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
