khalifa
Americannoun
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In a year of famine, the second khalifa of the prophet Mohammed suspended the law of amputating hands when some people stole food to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here sat the khalifa when not officiating as imam.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
At Agordat on the 21st of December 1893 the Italian troops under Colonel Arimondi inflicted a severe defeat on the followers of the khalifa.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The khalifa rode a swiftly-ambling mule, a beast of price, his yellow slippers were ostentatiously new, and his ample girth proclaimed the wealthy man in a land where all the poor are thin.
From Morocco by A. S. (Archibald Stevenson) Forrest
In the meantime the khalifa was not idle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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