Wakīl
Wakīl ( Arabic وكيل), also Vakil or - in the older English-language literature - Vakeel , from arab. wakāla , "to authorize, to power of attorney ", designates an envoy , agent , agent or diplomat in the Arab-Indo-Persian area , often just a scribe .
The term has meaning in the religious field, in contract and commercial law to this day
In historical times he designated u. a. at the royal courts of India , with the Ottomans , the Seljuks and Persian Safavids also diplomats, envoys and influential officials.
In today's Hindi and Urdu , vakīl (hindi वकील, urdu وکیل) is the name for a lawyer .
Wakil was also part of the name ( family name ).
literature
- Mawil Y. Izzi Dien: Wakāla . In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition (EI). Volume 11, Brill, Leiden 2002, pp. 57-58.
- EI , Index Volume (2009), pp. 571-572
- Hobson-Jobson , sv Vakeel , p. 961