Muqaddam

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Muqaddam (Arabic: مقدم) is an Arabic title, adopted in other Islamic cultures, for any of various civil or religious officials. The literal meaning is something like "expediter", "facilitator", or "assistant".

• in the Tijaniyyah, Shadhiliyyah, Rahmaniyyah, and other Sufi orders, a muqaddam is a student of the Sufi path (a murid or dervish) who has been authorized by his/her Guide (aka shaikh, pir, or murshid) to assist in teaching the path to other students.
• the Bengali: মুকদ্দম, romanized: muqoddom (sometimes called Bengali: মুখিয়া, romanized: mukhiya) was the village headman, through whom the government dealt with the peasants.
• As per the Persian documents of medieval India, a muqaddam was the headman of a village. He was, by profession, a peasant of the village which he headed. He could sell and buy land for the village and settle the common treasury. His position was hereditary; however, it could also be bought and sold. He was never a government servant, but he could be dispossessed of his status by the revenue official.^[1]
• in Mount Lebanon, the muqaddams were the political leaders of their religious community. The last muqaddams disappeared in the beginning of the 16th Century.
• in the militaries of several Arab nations, muqaddam is equivalent to the Anglophone ranks of lieutenant colonel, commander and wing commander, depending on the service branch.

Military use[]

	Army	Navy	Air Force
Algerian People's National Armed Forces[2]
French	Lieutenant colonel
Bahrain Defence Force
Egyptian Armed Forces[3]
Iraqi Armed Forces
Jordanian Armed Forces[4]
Kuwait Military Forces
Lebanese Armed Forces[5]
Libyan Armed Forces
Armed Forces of Mauritania[6]
Variant		مقدم بحري Muqaddam bahriun
Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces
Palestinian National Security Forces[7]		N/A	N/A
Qatar Armed Forces
Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia[8]
Sudanese Armed Forces[9]
Syrian Armed Forces[10]
Tunisian Armed Forces[11]
Variant		مقدم بالبحرية Muqaddam bialbahria
French	Lieutenant colonel	Capitaine de frégate	Lieutenant colonel
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
Republic of Yemen Armed Forces

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