Caliphate - Wikipedia During the medieval period, three major caliphates succeeded each other: the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), and the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1517)
Caliphate | History, Empire, Meaning, Definition | Britannica Caliphate, the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion in the centuries following the death (632 ce) of the Prophet Muhammad
Who Were the Caliphs? - ThoughtCo A caliph is a religious leader in Islam, believed to be the successor to the Prophet Muhammad The caliph is the head of the "ummah," or the community of the faithful
Islamic Caliphates - World History Encyclopedia Caliphate (“ Khilafat ” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called Caliph (“ Khalifa ” in Arabic – meaning successor)
Caliph - New World Encyclopedia Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, nation or community of Islam It is an Anglicized Latinized version of the Arabic word خليفة or Khalīfah (listen ) which means “successor,” that is, successor to the prophet Muhammad
List of caliphs - Wikipedia The first caliphate, the Rashidun Caliphate, was ruled by the four Rashidun caliphs (Arabic: الخلفاء الراشدون, lit 'Rightly Guided Caliphs'), Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, who are considered by Sunni Muslims to have been the most virtuous and pure caliphs
The Islamic Caliphate: The Early Muslim World | TimeMaps The Arab word caliph or khalifah) means “successor” This refers to the fact that, after the death of Muhammad, the rulers of the Islamic community were the “successors of the Prophet”
Caliph and Caliphate - Islamic Studies - Oxford Bibliographies The term “caliph” (khalifah in Arabic) is generally regarded to mean “successor of the prophet Muhammad,” while “caliphate” (khilafah in Arabic) denotes the office of the political leader of the Muslim community (ummah) or state, particularly during the period from 632 to 1258