- A
caliphate or khilāfah (Arabic: خِلَافَةْ [xi'laːfah]) is a
monarchical form of
government (initially elective,
later absolute) that
originated in 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
caliphate of the
Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: خلافت مقامى, romanized: hilâfet makamı, lit. 'office of the
caliphate') was the
claim of the heads...
- The
Umayyad Caliphate or
Umayyad Empire (UK: /uːˈmaɪjæd/, US: /uːˈmaɪæd/; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the...
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Fatimid Caliphate (/ˈfætɪmɪd/; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْفَاطِمِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya), also
known as the
Fatimid Empire, was a
caliphate extant...
- 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
Rashidun Caliphate (Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, romanized: al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the
first caliphate to
succeed the
Islamic prophet Muhammad...
- The
Almohad Caliphate (IPA: /ˈælməhæd/; Arabic: خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or دَوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or ٱلدَّوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِيَّةُ from Arabic: ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ...
- The
Emirate of Córdoba, from 929, the
Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab
Islamic state ruled by the
Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its
territory comprised...
- 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...
