Caliphate - Wikipedia A caliphate (Arabic: خِلَافَةْ, romanized: khilāfah [xi'laːfah]) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph[1][2][3] ( ˈkælɪf, ˈkeɪ - ; خَلِيفَةْ khalīfa [xæ'liːfæh], pronunciation ⓘ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of t
Who Were the Caliphs? - ThoughtCo Religiopolitical leaders of the Islamic world were known as caliphs, descendants of the Prophet Muhammed, though none have been recognized since 1924
Rashidun - Wikipedia The Rashidun (Arabic: الراشدون, romanized: al-Rāshidūn, lit 'the rightly-guided') are the first four caliphs (lit ' successors ') who led the Muslim community following the death of Muhammad: Abu Bakr (r 632–634), Umar (r 634–644), Uthman (r 644–656), and Ali (r 656–661) The reign of these caliphs, called the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), is considered in Sunni
List of caliphs - Wikipedia A caliph is the religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate [1][2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [3] and widely recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic history [4]
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
Caliph - Encyclopedia. com caliph 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
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)
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” They presided over dramatic conquests which brought into being one of the largest empires seen in world history