SCHEME

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) A plan or representation of any geometrical or astronomical figure; a diagram. SdlERIF. (Arab, lord, or master.) A title given in the East, bv prescriptive usage, to those who descend from Mohammed through his son-in-law and daughter. All and Fatima. They are also called Emir and Seid, and have the privilege of wearing the green turban. (See Emir.) The chiefs of Mecca and of Medina, who are always supposed to belong to this sacred family, are styled the schenfs of those cities. •, [s. 1109]