- caliphate, the
Ottoman Caliphate, the
rulers of the
Ottoman Empire claimed caliphal authority from 1517
until the
Ottoman caliphate was
formally abolished...
- his son Ali bin Hussein, who did not
adopted the
caliphal office and style. Like the
Fatimid caliphs, he was a
descendant of
Muhammad through a grandson...
- The
Caliphal Baths are an
Islamic bathhouse (or Arab baths)
complex in Córdoba, Spain. They are
situated in the
historic centre which was
declared a World...
-
governorships that,
while recognizing caliphal authority from Baghdad,
remained mostly autonomous. The
caliph himself was
under 'protection' of the Buyid...
-
successive caliphs (lit. 'successors') — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali,
collectively known as the Rashidun, or "Rightly Guided"
caliphs (الْخُلَفاءُ...
- The Alcázar of the
Caliphs or
Caliphal Alcázar, also
known as the
Umayyad Alcázar and the
Andalusian Alcazar of Cordoba, was a fortress-palace (alcázar)...
-
Egypt in 1517,
after which the
caliphal title p****ed to the
Ottoman dynasty. The
Cairo Abbasids were
largely ceremonial caliphs under the
patronage of the...
- historiography,
Murad I
adopted the
title of
caliph during his
reign (1362 to 1389), and
Selim I
later strengthened the
caliphal authority during his
conquest of...
- and
cultural centers of Islam. The
claim to be
caliphs transitioned into a
claim to
universal caliphal authority,
similar to that held by the Abbasid...
- in 676,
introducing hereditary rule to
caliphal succession and, in practice,
turning the
office of the
caliph into a kingship. The act was met with disapproval...
