Definition of Caliphs. Meaning of Caliphs. Synonyms of Caliphs

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Definition of Caliphs

Caliph
Caliph Ca"liph, n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[=i]fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed.] Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif.]

Meaning of Caliphs from wikipedia

- title of caliph in 909, creating a separate line of caliphs in North Africa. Initially controlling Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, the Fatimid caliphs extended...
- (الْخُلَفاءُ الرّاشِدُونَ), "rightly-guided caliphs". The designation comes from the deeply ingrained belief that the caliphs were Rashidun or "rightly guided ones"...
- conquest of Egypt in 1517, with the last Abbasid caliph being al-Mutawakkil III. The Abbasid caliphs were descended from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, one...
- Caliphate, was ruled by the four Rashidun caliphs (Arabic: الخلفاء الراشدون, lit. 'Rightly Guided Caliphs'), Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, who are...
- 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...
- butterflies also known as caliphs Caliph, South Australia, a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, Australia List of caliphs Caliphate (disambiguation)...
- religious point of view. The first four caliphs who succeeded Muhammad are known as the Rashidun (rightly-guided) Caliphs. Abu Bakr (c. 573–634; r. 632–634)...
- mid-10th century and recognized the religious authority of the Abbasid Caliphs. For the next century and a half, his descendants continued as emirs of...
- century onwards, Ottoman sultans increasingly emphasized their status as caliphs in order to stir Pan-Islamist sentiments among the empire's Muslims in...