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public office under the
leadership of an
Islamic steward with the
title of
caliph (/ˈkælɪf, ˈkeɪ-/; خَلِيفَةْ khalīfa [xæ'liːfæh], pronunciation), a person...
- A
caliph is the
supreme religious and
political leader of an
Islamic state known as the caliphate.
Caliphs (also
known as 'Khalifas') led the
Muslim Ummah...
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first centered its
government in Kufa, modern-day Iraq, but in 762 the
caliph al-Mansur
founded the city of Baghdad.
Baghdad became the
center of science...
- four
successive caliphs (lit. "successors")—Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali,
collectively known as the Rashidun, or "Rightly Guided"
caliphs (الْخُلَفاءُ...
- Abu Bakr, a
companion of
Muhammad (born c. 635) and one of the
Rashidun caliphes Umm
Kulthum bint Jarwal, a wife of Umar, a
companion of
Muhammad People...
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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...
- "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...
- it was
ruled as an
emirate until Abd al-Rahman III
adopted the
title of
caliph in 929. The
state was
founded by Abd al-Rahman I, an
Umayyad prince who...
- 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...
