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Noun
/ˈkālif/,/ˈkal-/,
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caliphs, plural;
  1. The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad. The caliph ruled in Baghdad until 1258 and then in Egypt until the Ottoman conquest of 1517; the title was then held by the Ottoman sultans until it was abolished in 1924 by Atatürk

  1. the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
  2. (caliphate) the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community; "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
  3. (caliphate) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
  4. The Caliph (خليفة; /khalīfah/) is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word which means "successor" or "representative". ...
  5. Société Générale is one of the main European financial services companies and also maintains extensive activities in other parts of the world. ...
  6. The term caliphate (from the Arabic خلافة or khilāfa) refers to the first system of governance established in Islam. The most common translation for the word which appears in the Quran is vicegerency (or caretaker). ...
  7. The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual
  8. (caliphate) A unified federal Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by an elected head of state or caliph
  9. (102. caliphate) the office held by a successor of Muhammad as temporal and spiritual head of Islam.
  10. (Caliphate) A Muslim world government ruled according to sharia. It is what American al Qaeda Adam Gadahn envisions in his latest "Convert or die" propaganda video when he asserts, "Islam is the only religion acceptable to God," and "God recognizes no separation between religion and state. ...
  11. (Caliphate) Harkens back to a time when one Islamic leader ruled the Muslim world. Islamists wish to return to this state.
  12. (caliphate) An empire in compliance with Islamic law which is based on Muhammad’s rule during his lifetime. ...
  13. (caliphate) n. Future involving Ayman Al-Zawahiri sitting on a throne watching bearded footballers in long shorts contesting the Islamic Cup final in Seville.
  14. (Caliphs) Literally, "successors: or "viceregents." The Shí'ihs hold that the successors of the Prophet must be
  15. Title of honor adopted by the Ottoman sultans in the sixteenth century, after Sultan Selim I conquered Syria and Palestine, made Egypt a satellite of the Ottoman Empire, and was recognized as guardian of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. ...
  16. Muslim term for community leader.
  17. from khalifa (literall, 'deputy,' 'representative'); successors of Muhammad in leading Islam.
  18. In Islam, the successor to the Prophet Mohammed.
  19. Supreme ruler: the title taken by Mohammed’s successors as secular and religious heads of Islam.
  20. Caliph (Arab. kalifa) was the title used by the people who took over the leadership of the Umma (the Moslem community) after the death of Mohammed. It means something like "vice-regent" and implies that they are the temporal leader, fulfilling roles such as judge, administrator, and general. ...
  21. A Spiritual leader in an Islamic state, often the head of state or a powerful clergyman with secular powers.
  22. The prophet Muhammad's successors were known as caliphs, and their empire was the caliphate. (Muhammad was a political as well as a religious leader.) The first four caliphs are known as the rashidun (the "rightly guided" caliphs). ...
  23. From Arabic Khalifa, means deputy or successor and is the title of the theoretical leader of Islam. see also [KHALIFAH]
  24. Supreme warlord of the Assamites. The Caliph is a member of the Du'at. See Elijah, Achmed.
  25. the title given to office of the spiritual and political leadership which took over after Mohammad’s death.