He was an honorary office in the Palace of a Caliph. It amounted to Chamberlain, Chamberlain, Chief of Protocol, Secretary of the Caliph or "Palace Manager". It amounted to a Butler. He was the person who approved Palace entering and accompanied them and presented before the Caliph or sultan. accompanied, in Arabic, literally means lid, which covers or which prevents.
The word Hagib or Jayib is used interchangeably by different authors, so I think that you can write in one way or another. In the case of the first category "Hagib", where here it is said that it is wrong, we can find it in many texts by renowned authors. I quote some:-XAVIER BALLESTÍN. Doctor in history per the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Almanzor specialist, in his work "Al - Mansur and the dawla ' amiriya" mentions HAGIB on several occasions. -RAUL ROMERO BARTOLOME, in his book "Hasday, the hagib of the Caliph" - REINHART DOZY (Arabist Dutch, 19th century), in his book "History of the Muslims of Spain" - JOSÉ ANTONIO CONDE, (Arabist 18th century), in his book "history of the domination of the Arabs in Spain "- memoirs of LA REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA, volume 5 (posted 19th century) - historic old CASTILE geography of Pedro Murillo Velardo (spelled Hagib referring to Almanzor)." -The Duke of RIVAS also mentioned in one of his books "MORO EXPÓSITO" the word Hagib. -UNIVERSAL Chronicle of the Principality of Catalonia of Jerome Pujades. -THE counts of BARCELONA VINDICATED Bofarull Prospero.
hagib is incorrectly written, and should be written as "haajib" being its meaning:
hagib = hayibchambelan, or Chief Representative of the Amir or Caliph. In al - Andalus, the title of haajib became superior to the vizier, who was appointed. It had great power, to replace the Caliph in government functions if this was absent or demanded it. This title enjoyed such prestige that was preferred ( rather than others like malik or sultan ) some of the rulers of the Taifas in the attempt to legitimize himself in power.
