caliphate
or cal·if·ate, kal·i·fate, khal·i·fate
[kal-uh-feyt, -fit, key-luh-]
- the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
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Origin of caliphate
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Contemporary Examples
And these three particular teens also might have been encouraged to see a trip to the caliphate as a way to rebel.
Are we helping indirectly the militants to build their caliphate?
Some time ago, I too left my comfortable life in Britain to export the idea of building a Khilafah [caliphate].
Soon it became clear that establishing a Caliphate was their objective.
Because that was the name of the leader of the first Islamic caliphate, established after the Prophet Muhammad died in 632.
Historical Examples
The new Wahabi state was a close counterpart of the Meccan caliphate.
The New World of IslamLothrop Stoddard
In the 8th century this country was traversed by an army of the Caliphate.
The very nature of their claims to the Caliphate made them more timid.
They do not distinguish between the Caliphate and the Sultanat.
The Hall of Ambassadors is assigned to the epoch of the caliphate.
Spanish VistasGeorge Parsons Lathrop
caliphate
califate or kalifate
- the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
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