The Role of Tribal Sheikhs in Political, Economic, and Social Changes in the Ignorance Era

The tribal chiefs were responsible for all aspects of tribal life in various political, economic, social, and religious fields. Because of this tribal system, sheikh or the chief of the tribe should have some moral features and qualities such as generosity, humility, patience and eloquence of expression and of good character and genealogical characteristics like originality and also management features, such as courage and bravery, seniority, tactfulness, and political rationality to achieve this status. In this article, using the main resources we tried to analyze, the scope of executive power, features and methods of management of a chief of a tribe in order to respond to the question that to what extent the sheikhs and tribal leaders had role in the political, social and economic changes of the ignorance era.