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public office under the
leadership of an
Islamic steward with the
title of
caliph (/ˈkælɪf, ˈkeɪ-/; Arabic: خَلِيفَةْ [xæ'liːfæh], pronunciation), a person...
- A
caliph is the
supreme religious and
political leader of an
Islamic state known as the caliphate.
Caliphs led the
Muslim Ummah as
political successors...
- al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the
dynasty takes its name. They
ruled as
caliphs for most of the
caliphate from
their capital in
Baghdad in modern-day Iraq...
- the
Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was
ruled by the
first four
successive caliphs of
Muhammad after his
death in 632 CE.
During its existence, the empire...
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ruled by the
Umayyad dynasty.
Uthman ibn Affan, the
third of the
Rashidun caliphs, was also a
member of the clan. The
family established dynastic, hereditary...
- The
Abbasid caliphs were the
holders of the
Islamic title of
caliph who were
members of the
Abbasid dynasty, a
branch of the
Quraysh tribe descended from...
- 605–April 680) was the
founder and
first caliph of the
Umayyad Caliphate,
ruling from 661
until his death. He
became caliph less than
thirty years after the death...
- "shadow of God on Earth" (ظل الله في العالم ẓıll Allāh fī'l-ʿalem) and "
caliph of the face of the earth" (خلیفه روی زمین Ḫalife-i rū-yi zemīn). All offices...
- Look up
caliph in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
caliph is the head of
state in a caliphate, and the
title for the
leader of the
Islamic Ummah, an...
- romanized: al-Rāshidūn, lit. 'the rightly-guided') are the
first four
caliphs (lit.: 'successors') who led the
Muslim community following the
death of...
