Akhund
Other names for similar Muslim Scholar include Sheikh and Mullah.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.In Iran, they are also called mullah, molavi, sheikh, haj-agha, or ruhani.Akhund is increasingly outmoded in Iran, usually with only the older clerics having the title as part of their name.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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