caliph

IPA: kˈæɫʌf

The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.
Alternative letter-case form of caliph. [The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.]

Examples of "caliph" in Sentences

In these times, to be called a caliph you must have money.
'Effendi, do you think that a man can conquer Syria, who is not called a caliph?
He was called the caliph, a word which means SUCCESSOR; and this title has been borne ever since by the religious chief of the Mohammedans.
The Ottoman sultan seized the title of caliph from the Arabs and moved the capital of the Islamic empire to Istanbul formerly Constantinople.
The Ottoman sultans then claimed the title of caliph and brandished it for four centuries until Kamal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, abolished it in 1924.
The caliph was the “commander of the faithful,” the political and military leader of the worldwide community of Muslims, and the city where he lived was the caliphate—the capital of the Muslim world.