- A
caliphate or khilāfah (Arabic: خِلَافَةْ [xi'laːfah]) is a
monarchical form of
government (initially elective,
later absolute)
originated in the 7th...
- The
Umayyad Caliphate or
Umayyad Empire (UK: /uːˈmaɪjæd/, US: /uːˈmaɪæd/; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the...
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Abbasid Caliphate or
Abbasid Empire (/əˈbæsɪd, ˈæbəsɪd/; Arabic: الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-ʿAbbāsiyya) was the
third caliphate to...
- The
Fatimid Caliphate or
Fatimid Empire (/ˈfætɪmɪd/; 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
Ahmadiyya Caliphate is a non-political
caliphate established on May 27, 1908,
following the
death of
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the
founder of the Ahmadiyya...
- The
Rashidun Caliphate (Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, romanized: al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the
first caliphate to
succeed the
Islamic prophet Muhammad...
- The
Ottoman Caliphate, the world's last
widely recognized caliphate, was
abolished on 3
March 1924 (27
Rajab AH 1342) by
decree of the
Grand National...
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Caliphate State (Turkish: Hilâfet Devleti; German: Kalifatstaat) is a
Turkish Islamist group based in Cologne, Germany. It was
banned by the
German government...
