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Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), the
Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), and the
Abbasid Caliphate (750–1517). In the
fourth major caliphate, the
Ottoman Caliphate, the...
- The
Umayyad Caliphate or
Umayyad Empire (UK: /ʊˈmaɪjæd, uːˈ-/, US: /uːˈmaɪ(j)əd, -aɪæd/; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya)...
- The
Abbasid Caliphate or
Abbasid Empire (/əˈbæsɪd/ or /ˈæbəsɪd/; Arabic: الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-ʿAbbāsiyya) was the third...
- The
Fatimid Caliphate or
Fatimid Empire (/fætiːmɪd/; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْفَاطِمِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya) was a
caliphate extant from...
- The
caliphate of the
Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: خلافت مقامى, romanized: hilâfet makamı, lit. 'office of the
caliphate') was the
claim of the heads...
- The
Caliphate of Córdoba (Arabic: خلافة قرطبة, romanized: Khilāfat Qurṭuba), also
known as the Córdoban
Caliphate, was an Arab
Islamic state ruled by...
- The
Rashidun Caliphate (Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, romanized: al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the
first caliphate to
succeed the
Islamic prophet Muhammad...
- The
Sokoto Caliphate (Arabic: دولة الخلافة في بلاد السودان), also
known as the
Sultanate of Sokoto, was a ****
Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It was...
- The
Almohad Caliphate (IPA: /ˈælməhæd/; Arabic: خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or دَوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or ٱلدَّوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِيَّةُ from Arabic: ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ...
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known as the
caliphate.
Caliphs led the
Muslim Ummah as
political successors to the
Islamic prophet Muhammad, and widely-recognised
caliphates have existed...
