caliph
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈkeɪlɪf/
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/ˈkælɪf/
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ˈkeɪ̪lɪf
Noun
The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
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The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.
It carries us to the East, and the stately halls of the caliphs rise on the mind's eye; and we think over the thousand and one stories which made our childhood so happy, and stored up a world of unconscious poetry for our future years:...
Noun
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
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many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world
Word forms
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