Qaid

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Qaid (

• Al-Qaid Jawhar (active 950–992), A Slavic general who conquered the Maghreb and Egypt for the Fatimid Caliphate
• Al-Qa'id al-Bata'ihi, chief of staff and successor of al-Afdal Shahanshah
  as vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
• Thomas Brun (active 1137–1154), Englishman who served Roger II of Sicily
• Ahmed es-Sikeli, known as Caid Peter (active 1160s), eunuch in the court of Sicily, confidant of Margaret of Navarre
• Richard the Qaid (died 1187), Great Chamberlain under William I of Sicily and Margaret of Navarre
• Sultan of Morocco
• Sir Harry MacLean (1848–1920), Scottish soldier, and instructor to the Moroccan Army
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948),was given the title of Qaid-Azam or "The Great Leader" as the founder of Pakistan.
• Thami El Glaoui (1879–1956), one of the Lords of the Atlas
• Grands caids, Berber feudal rulers of southern quarter of Morocco under the French Protectorate

People with the given name

• Qaid ibn Hammad (1028–1045), ruler of Algeria
• Kaid, nickname of Andrew Belton, (1882—1970), British Army officer active in Morocco
• Kaïd Ahmed (1921–1978), Algerian nationalist and politician
• Béji Caïd Essebsi
  (1926–2019), Elected Tunisian president
• Al-Qaid Joher Izz al-Din (1942), Indian Islamic Leader
• Kaid Mohamed (born 1984), Welsh footballer

Alcaide as surname

• Anselmo Pardo Alcaide (1913-1977), Spanish entomologist.
• Chris Alcaide (1922–2004) American actor
• Carmen Alcayde (born 1973), Spanish TV presenter and actress
• David Alcaide (born 1978), Spanish pool player
• Guillermo Alcaide (born 1986), Spanish tennis player
• Ana Alcaide (born 1976), Spanish musician

Places

• Draâ El-Kaïd, town in Algeria
• Alcaide, Fundão, town in Portugal

Other uses

• Alkaid or Elkeid, traditional name of Arabic origin for star
  Eta Ursae Majoris
• USS Alkaid (AK-114)
  , U.S. Navy ship, named after the star
• Qaid (film), 1975 Hindi film starring Leena Chandavarkar and Kamini Kaushal
• Umar Qaid, 1975 Hindi Bollywood action film
• The Kingdom of Caid, Society for Creative Anachronism, encompasses Southern California, the Las Vegas metropolitan area, and Hawaii.
• khuddam
  in services to faith and nation.
• In the game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, an operator has the name 'Kaid', with the ability to electrify defenses with his unique gadget.
• In the 1965 science fiction novel Dune, a 'Caid' is a Sardaukar officer assigned to deal with civilians.

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