Qaid

<h2 id="notable-qaids">Notable qaids</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Jawhar_(general)/Jr73XV4g">Al-Qaid Jawhar</a> (active 950–992), A <a href="/facts/Saqaliba/Aa2QAK07">Slavic</a> general who conquered the <a href="/facts/Maghreb/oIcU24Mz">Maghreb</a> and <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a> for the <a href="/facts/Fatimid_Caliphate/jgmF2I5C">Fatimid Caliphate</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Al-Qa%27id_al-Bata%27ihi/nke3ADWY">Al-Qa'id al-Bata'ihi</a>, chief of staff and successor of <a href="/facts/Al-Afdal_Shahanshah/oE4spxzT">al-Afdal Shahanshah</a> as vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Brun/wYVd0bQW">Thomas Brun</a> (active 1137–1154), Englishman who served Roger II of Sicily.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ahmed_es-Sikeli/fs8Ba283">Ahmed es-Sikeli</a>, known as Caid Peter (active 1160s), eunuch in the court of Sicily, confidant of Margaret of Navarre.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Richard_the_Qaid/C0SArzWh">Richard the Qaid</a> (died 1187), Great Chamberlain under William I of Sicily and Margaret of Navarre.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jan_Janszoon/8kk8seXJ">Murat Reis the younger</a> 17th Century Dutch renegado appointed Caid over the region including the kasbah of El-<a href="/facts/Oualidia/t6tCNAWq">Oualidia</a>, the port of <a href="/facts/Safi,_Morocco/kwxp4qno">Saffia</a>, and Maladia (<i>Muladie</i>) by the <a href="/facts/Saadi_dynasty/JLrz9b3Q">Sultan of Morocco</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Harry_Aubrey_de_Vere_Maclean/kTRbwyy5">Sir Harry MacLean</a> (1848–1920), Scottish soldier, and instructor to the Moroccan Army.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Thami_El_Glaoui/SmcHQB80">Thami El Glaoui</a> (1879–1956), one of the Lords of the Atlas.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mbarek_Bekkay/jXnUMojr">Mbarek Bekkay</a> (1907-1961), first Prime minister of Morocco, who was the qaid of <a href="/facts/Bni_Drar/hFKNdxXG">Bni Drar</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Grands_caids/e4Dx7Byy">Grands caids</a>, Berber feudal rulers of southern quarter of Morocco under the French Protectorate.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah/CCxlj4CJ">Muhammad Ali Jinnah</a> (1876–1948), was given the title of Qaid-Azam or "The Great Leader" as the founder of Pakistan.</li></ul>
<h2 id="people-with-the-given-name">People with the given name</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Qaid_ibn_Hammad/fs4rNWco">Qaid ibn Hammad</a> (1028–1045), ruler of Algeria</li>
<li>Kaid, nickname of <a href="/facts/Andrew_Belton/CVrvhxNs">Andrew Belton</a>, (1882—1970), British Army officer active in Morocco</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ka%C3%AFd_Ahmed/GFvMloeS">Kaïd Ahmed</a> (1921–1978), Algerian nationalist and politician</li>
<li><a href="/facts/B%C3%A9ji_Ca%C3%AFd_Essebsi/do1kn40P">Béji Caïd Essebsi</a> (1926–2019), Elected Tunisian president</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Qaidjoher_Ezzuddin/jV8vmTeX">Al-Qaid Joher Izz al-Din</a> (1942), Indian Islamic Leader</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kaid_Mohamed/nA4L4K0B">Kaid Mohamed</a> (born 1984), Welsh footballer</li></ul>
<h2 id="alcaide-as-surname">Alcaide as surname</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Anselmo_Pardo_Alcaide/GvGKXg9M">Anselmo Pardo Alcaide</a> (1913-1977), Spanish entomologist.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chris_Alcaide/9KuvBEM8">Chris Alcaide</a> (1922–2004) American actor</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Carmen_Alcayde/dmT3Pr03">Carmen Alcayde</a> (born 1973), Spanish TV presenter and actress</li>
<li><a href="/facts/David_Alcaide/alqnkVJ4">David Alcaide</a> (born 1978), Spanish pool player</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Guillermo_Alcaide/guSTrMRC">Guillermo Alcaide</a> (born 1986), Spanish tennis player</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ana_Alcaide/4dlagIPm">Ana Alcaide</a> (born 1976), Spanish musician</li></ul>
<h2 id="places">Places</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Dra%C3%A2_El-Ka%C3%AFd/dfb4GvLx">Draâ El-Kaïd</a>, town in Algeria</li>
<li>Alcaide, <a href="/facts/Fund%C3%A3o,_Portugal/nS7P0T7c">Fundão</a>, town in Portugal</li></ul>
<h2 id="other-uses">Other uses</h2>
<ul><li>Alkaid or Elkeid, traditional name of Arabic origin for star <a href="/facts/Eta_Ursae_Majoris/YzG7GWt3">Eta Ursae Majoris</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/USS_Alkaid_(AK-114)/avEKnCJR">USS <i>Alkaid</i> (AK-114)</a>, U.S. Navy ship named after the star</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Qaid_(film)/MLwMqdQd"><i>Qaid</i> (film)</a>, 1975 Hindi film starring Leena Chandavarkar and Kamini Kaushal</li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Umar_Qaid/eI8qmWm7">Umar Qaid</a></i>, 1975 Hindi Bollywood action film</li>
<li>The Kingdom of Caid, <a href="/facts/Society_for_Creative_Anachronism/aPrrkRA5">Society for Creative Anachronism</a>, encompasses Southern California, the Las Vegas metropolitan area, and Hawaii.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Khuddamul_Ahmadiyya/43EEWcrT">Khuddamul Ahmadiyya</a> chapter leaders are called Qaid. The Qaid in this terminology is a Muslim youth leader who guides his local <a href="/facts/Khuddam/43EEWcrT">khuddam</a> in services to faith and nation.</li>
<li>In the game <i><a href="/facts/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six_Siege/N99kNPLy">Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege</a></i>, an operator has the name 'Kaid', with the ability to electrify defenses with his unique gadget.</li>
<li>In the 1965 science fiction novel <i><a href="/facts/Dune_(novel)/Sxpgy6b4">Dune</a></i>, a 'Caid' is a Sardaukar officer assigned to deal with civilians.</li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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