Caliph
['keɪlɪf;'kæ-] or ['kelɪf]
Definition
(noun.) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; 'many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world'.
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Definition
(n.) Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.
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Examples
- In a little while we hear stories of an Omayyad Caliph, Walid II (743-744), who mocked at the Koran, ate pork, drank wine, and did not pray. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One other Abbasid Caliph only need be named, and that quite as much for his legendary as for his real importance, Haroun-al-Raschid[331] (786-809). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The last makes the believing Negro the equal of the Caliph. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It had not even the kindly sociability of the Caliph Omar's visit six hundred years before. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- East of the Caliph, in Persia, and west of him in Palestine, Syria, and Egypt, were Shiite heretics. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To this day one main division of the Moslems, the Shiites, maintain the hereditary right of Ali to be Caliph _as an article of faith_! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Egypt, the last Abbasid Caliph was living under the protection of the Mameluke Sultan--for the Fatimite caliphate was a thing of the past. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Caliph had become a luxurious Emperor or King of Kings; the administration had changed from a patriarchal system to a bureaucracy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The city would give itself only to the Caliph Omar in person. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So the Ottoman Sultan became also Caliph of all Islam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The western boundary was carried to the Pyrenees, while to the east the domains of the Caliph marched with China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Selim bought the title of Caliph from this last degenerate Abbasid, and acquired the sacred banner and other relics of the Prophet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 749 they accomplished a carefully prepared revolution, and the last of the Omayyad Caliphs was hunted down and slain in Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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